Good morning StormCloud!
The Chargers face off against the Carolina Panthers for their Week 2 matchup. The Panthers have been a struggling franchise as of late. Their quarterback carousel has been dizzying, their owner has tossed drinks on fans, and they may have blown their franchise-saving opportunity by selecting Bryce Young over CJ Stroud. It’s been a rough go in Charlotte.
The Panthers may be one of the easier matchups on the Chargers’ schedule, but the importance of this win can’t be overstated. The Bolts are staying on the east coast to cut down on travel time in preparation of their Week 3 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. We’ve seen extended road trips like this galvanize teams, and starting the trip off on the emotional high of a win would be an excellent way for the boys to continue buying-in to Jim Harbaugh’s vision.
To get you pumped up for the game, look at this post from Tony Jefferson this morning.
Alohi Gilman was announced OUT yesterday, with Tony Jefferson getting the practice squad activation. Harbaugh indicated that Jefferson is the “next man up” in place of Alohi. The fact that TJ is posting a old Seau picture has me PUMPED to see how physical he plans on being today!
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BOLT UP STORMCLOUD!
JK!!!!
He’s hitting home runs!!
He’s so good.
Another score is huge.
oh shit
D feastin
I’m loving it!!!
How bout dat!?!?!
I have family over so I’m in and out of the game on radio. I haven’t listened to a game in probably twenty years. It’s pretty enjoyable. Money and DJ call a good game.
There we go QJ!
2 for QJ!!!!
Best cure for the yips ever.
Man the confidence boost?? Huge.
Man designed runs from Herbert look so great and at the same time drive me crazy 🙂
Worries me a bit esp after seeing Tua but Herbert is so much bigger and more athletic than him.
Don’t be taking those hits, Justin. Sheesh.
Man….we got another call???
Love the designed run!!!!
Nice run Herb!
Good decision, good yards.
OK, OK….back to looking more like that first drive.
Okay I’m back up to speed. 1st drive looked pretty good. Shame they couldn’t get more on the other drives.
Defense is looking damn good. I am really not used to a Chargers defense playing like this. I’ve been watching since 2009 and I can’t think of a defense that looked like this. Obviously we’ll have to see of they can keep it up, especially against tougher competition but so far very good!
Glad ya made it!!
OK, let’s get this offense untracked.
Dang….almost pinned them.
We should be up 14 by now. Happy with the D but the offense concerns me.
Me too. Herbert looks slightly iffy today.
Started slow on offense last week too. That won’t cut it against better teams.
Another good stop and some shake from DD. Almost broke it.
OK, let’s flip the field. Stop them deep.
Disagree with that decision. You wanna impose your will, that was the time to do it.
I think Jim is OK with letting the defense impose their will. Even if it’s an overcorrection from the Staley days, I’m personally OK with it.
But – that’s also a matchup dependent decision. I’d be bummed if we were playing the Chiefs and had the chance to put the game away
I’m OK with it, just would’ve gone for it. I’d trust the D to hold if the attempt failed.
I’d go for it.
Good effort Dissly. Protect that ball, please.
Whew….not accustomed to us getting these calls.
Whew!
Tau was making notes for his Davis tracker 😋
Funny….and true. 😆
FUCK!!!!
Penalty, please?
No harm done thx to the D (and Bryce Young)
Holy shit Perryman. MY MAN
Lunch pail this week?
Oh yeahhhh
D balling out
This defense just reminds me so much of the mid/late 2000’s squad. Flying to the ball, playing physical, stopping the run… damn
Terrible decision. Just take the 5 yard scramble.
Maaaaaaan that’s a rare, awful decision by Herbie.
Wtf Justin
Well shit Herbert
That looked like me playing Madden on my fifth beer, playing wayyy too confident 😭😭
Nice D!!! Get off the field.
Poona is stout.
Damn Dicker….that’s unusual for him.
Had to happen sometime. Now let’s see him bounce back and kick a 55 harder
Nice QJ!
A catch through contact?! He can do that?!
Only against Panthers DB lol
Still a good corner.
Whodathunkit?!?!
What??? A break our way???
And QJ!!!!
That looked like a catch
Run game looks strong but very little separation from any receivers.
Ruined a good looking drive….🫤
Second big mistake I saw Tomlinson made on that drive.
He gets a very short leash. Can’t be turning that beautiful last name into a curse word!
The horror!!!
Dammit!!!
Dammit QJ!!
Tomlinson got away with a hold there
Thx Carolina!!
Nice third down pickup.
Watching the impact and RB with vision has me really, really open to using a high pick on an RB in future drafts. Sure. We can likely find out late if we keep churning… but I don’t expect Dobbins to hold up forever and having a legit RB is so frigging nice.
JK moving the pile…
McConkey is already our best receiver.
Facemask!!!
Here we go!!!
I’m going 27-13 Chargers. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Damn it. Putting these pesky kids(whom I love dearly) in bed is turning out more difficult than expected. I will have to start the game later so I won’t be posting until I’m caught up with the live feed.
That’s Charlotte, not Charlottesville. 🙂
I did the math this morning. Cheaper to get NFL Ticket (w/o Youtube TV) than to go to a bar every Sunday.
So I’m in!! Let’s go Chargers!!!
ha, I just signed up too! Chargers, don’t make me regret it!
Whoops! Thanks Buck! 🤣 I was definitely in a rush to throw this thing up, appreciate you looking out 🙂
Excited yet again to see what this new Chargers team can show us today.
Benefit of East coast early game for me is that the game starts at 7pm. Just gotta get my kids in bed and then I can watch the full game without sacrificing any sleep.
Let’s hope the offense can get out of the gates a lot quicker this time around and that Minter has some crazy stuff on the menu for little Bryce Young.
Go Chargers!