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Wildcard Preview – Scouting the Houston Texans’ Offense
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 understand what Bobby Slowik’s approach to beating Jesse Minter’s system will be.

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Ryan Watkins Jan 9, 2025 3
Playoff Bound: The Chargers’ offense has timed its surge just right
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 well rounded attack to dominate the Patriots.

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Ryan Watkins Jan 2, 2025 6
How Liam Coen exposed Chargers’ defensive weaknesses and where does Jesse Minter go from here?
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 about the adjustments needed from Jesse Minter and the coaching staff moving forward.

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Ryan Watkins Dec 19, 2024 2
The problem with Roman’s offense and how he can start to fix it
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
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 in a week where the Falcons’ offense is set up to attack these areas.

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Ryan Watkins Dec 1, 2024 279
Why the offensive display against the Bengals was a positive sign for the playoffs
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 into view

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Ryan Watkins Nov 23, 2024 6
Joe Hortiz Deserves a “B” for trade deadline
Joe Hortiz Deserves a “B” for trade deadline

Joe Hortiz showed restraint by not overpaying at the trade deadline

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Kyle DeDiminicantanio Nov 5, 2024 8
Evaluating the Chargers’ Potential Trade Candidates
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
Week 8 vs New Orleans Saints – Game Preview
Week 8 vs New Orleans Saints – Game Preview

Week 8 sees the Chargers take on a Saints side on a losing streak, let’s take a look at the schematic matchup and try to predict where the game will be won or lost.

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Ryan Watkins Oct 26, 2024 119
What Went Wrong: Chargers’ Defeat Explained
What Went Wrong: Chargers’ Defeat Explained

The Chargers’ Week 7 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on MNF was the result of both sides of the ball falling trap to what the Cardinals wanted to expose. Let’s take a look at what happened.

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Ryan Watkins Oct 26, 2024
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