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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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Why the offensive display against the Bengals was a positive sign for the playoffs
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Why the offensive display against the Bengals was a positive sign for the playoffs

The SNF primetime statement win over a talented Cincinnati Bengals team was a tale of two halves but it showed some reasons for optimism as the playoffs start to come…

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Ryan Watkins Nov 23, 2024 6
Evaluating the Chargers’ Potential Trade Candidates
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Evaluating the Chargers’ Potential Trade Candidates

Ryan highlights 8 trade candidates that Joe Hortiz and Jim Harbaugh could look to add before the Week 8 trade deadline

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Ryan Watkins Oct 31, 2024 1

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Maybe by framing O'Leary as much more aggressive than Minter I have done him a disservice because he's most certainly not a reckless gambler like a Flores type DC. He…

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Thanks for highlighting that mishap Tau. I've changed it now and to be honest the data is even more stark so it only strengthens the case. I don't see the…

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