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Ryan Watkins

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Ryan’s ’25 Scouting Report: Tight Ends

2025 Tight End Scouting Rankings 2025 Tight End Scouting Rankings Overall Rank Player Name School Year Pos Height Weight RAS 40 Time Joe Ranking Consensus Rank My Rank Difference Tier…

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Ryan Watkins Apr 10, 2025
Powderkeg Podcast: Free Agency Quickfire – Defensive Tackle Options
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Powderkeg Podcast: Free Agency Quickfire – Defensive Tackle Options

Ryan takes a quick look at what the newly released pair of Jonathan Allen and Javon Hargrave have to offer the Chargers at defensive tackle when compared to the Chargers'…

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Ryan Watkins Mar 9, 2025
Analysing the 2024 offense under Greg Roman
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Analysing the 2024 offense under Greg Roman

Greg Roman's offense ultimately failed on the big stage so we took a look at who his unit have been to date, what happened against the Texans and where do…

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Ryan Watkins Jan 29, 2025 3
Wildcard Preview – Scouting the Houston Texans’ Defense
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Wildcard Preview – Scouting the Houston Texans’ Defense

Justin Herbert and the rest of offense take on a high flying Texans' offense in what seems to be an evenly matched battle. Let's look at how Greg Roman can…

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Ryan Watkins Jan 10, 2025 2
Wildcard Preview – Scouting the Houston Texans’ Offense
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Wildcard Preview – Scouting the Houston Texans’ Offense

The Chargers' defense faces a Texans' offense that failed to build upon an excellent 2023 season. We take a look at how the two units match up and try to…

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Ryan Watkins Jan 9, 2025 3
Playoff Bound: The Chargers’ offense has timed its surge just right
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Playoff Bound: The Chargers’ offense has timed its surge just right

Happy New Year to the Stormcloud community! Jim Harbaugh's image of an offense has started to appear at the right time of year with Greg Roman's unit showing off a…

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Ryan Watkins Jan 2, 2025 6
Week 17 Game Day Thread – Chargers vs Patriots
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Week 17 Game Day Thread – Chargers vs Patriots

Good Afternoon Stormcloud! The Los Angeles Chargers can secure their place in the playoffs with a win over the New England Patriots on a rare Saturday game in Foxborough. Jim…

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Ryan Watkins Dec 28, 2024 183
How Liam Coen exposed Chargers’ defensive weaknesses and where does Jesse Minter go from here?
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How Liam Coen exposed Chargers’ defensive weaknesses and where does Jesse Minter go from here?

The Chargers' defense struggled significantly against the Buccaneers, revealing a few weaknesses that future opponents could look to exploit. For the first time this season there is some slight concern…

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Ryan Watkins Dec 19, 2024 2
The problem with Roman’s offense and how he can start to fix it
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The problem with Roman’s offense and how he can start to fix it

Greg Roman's offense could do absolutely nothing against a bottom tier Falcons' defense. A performance like this was overdue but now where do the Chargers adjust to find some scoring?

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Ryan Watkins Dec 6, 2024 3
The Falcons’ offense will test the Chargers’ defensive achilles heel
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The Falcons’ offense will test the Chargers’ defensive achilles heel

The Chargers' defense has started to show areas of weakness that have been exposed by injuries to key players. Can Jesse Minter find a way of overcoming the missing pieces…

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Recent Comments

I'd agree with finding more of a true NT to supplant Tomlinson in the future but with Mike Elston on board I'd rather push that need to Day 3 in…

→ Draft Prospects 2026: Positional Rankings – Defensive Line Mar 26, 2026

Yeah I see him as a 3T and there's really not many in this class so he's going to go even higher especially with Banks' injury news. I'd be astonished…

→ Stormcloud Prospect Profile: Peter Woods, 3t, Clemson Mar 25, 2026

I feel like I'm higher on Banks than a lot of analysts because to me his flashes are worth the risks of his injury issues. If we could trade back…

→ Draft Prospects 2026: Positional Rankings – Defensive Line Mar 25, 2026

Yeah I'd be very far out on taking him that early. He's better than some options but to take him there means you want an impact player and I just…

→ Stormcloud Prospect Profile: Christen Miller, Defensive Tackle, Georgia Mar 25, 2026

Erick, first of all I want to say that I will be reading your prospect profiles and I'm super excited you're doing them. I have a policy of not reading…

→ Stormcloud Prospect Profile: Domonique Orange, Nose Tackle, Iowa State Mar 20, 2026

Zone blitzes can be separated into two categories: Fire Zone and Replacement Blitzes. Fire Zones end up with 5 or more bodies whereas Replacements (such as creepers) are seen with…

→ Why Chris O'Leary is not just Jesse Minter 2.0 Feb 16, 2026

Erick my dude, I've been meaning to get back to both your comments! I appreciate the positive feedback too. I wanted to pick up on a few things from this…

→ Harbaugh x McDaniel = A Modern Ground Game Built on Traditional Roots Feb 12, 2026

That's some high praise, thank you dude! 1) Whilst I agree on Hampton's potential he is not an adept zone runner like CMC, at least not yet. I am writing…

→ Mike McDaniel's Scheme Explained Feb 4, 2026

Just getting around to replies so my apologies for the delay: I wouldn't resign Keenan at any cost. I was a fan of the signing in Roman's static spacing scheme…

→ Mike McDaniel's Scheme Explained Feb 4, 2026

Fantastic work Tau, I can see just how much research and consideration went into making this so thank you for your efforts. It reads brilliantly too despite all the content,…

→ 2026 Roster Thoughts – Entering Offseason Jan 16, 2026
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