(10-14-2024, 03:56 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(10-14-2024, 03:51 PM)The_Franchise_QB Wrote: I keep seeing poster's refer back to 2022, I just want to remind... that team was 1 game above .500. That team was 9-8. Let's not act like this was a great team lol. I know 9-8 is a massive deal for this franchise, but c'mon now. It was an epic playoff win, and if any coach not named Brandon Staley is the HC of the chargers I don't think we come back from a 27 point deficit.  Let's not act like that team was some great team.

A lot of luck was involved in 2022 as well. Something I think most of us forget. That 9 - 8 was a very, VERY difficult 9 - 8 to grind out. I remember Lawrence got blasted against the Ravens and fumbled the ball and we somehow got it back. Tucker barely missed a chance to take the win away. You had the goofy tip drill INT to Jenkins with Dallas at home to finish the game. You had Dobbs fumble the ball against the tacks in the season finale to clinch it all as well. 

I think we need to focus on 2023 and right now. 2022 is not who this team is anymore. That team had more energy, more positive vibes, more up tempo and rhythm to it, but, again, a lot of it was luck. Last year, this team won against the teams it should have beat and it got manhandled by the better teams the NFL has to offer and they couldn't figure out a way to muster out one more win when it counted the most. 

This team has not been the same since that loss to the Bengals on MNF. They really haven't been the same since the tacks with Tannehill, Vrabel and Henry's had their farewell party at our expense in last year's finale with Lawrence back in the line-up. We're not even a middling team right now. We're back in the basement again.