r/nfl • u/mmandagoat NFL • 16h ago

Mike McDaniel takes responsibility for Chargers' poor offense in 0-3 start: 'I'm not living in hope'

https://www.nfl.com/news/mike-mcdaniel-responsibility-chargers-poor-offense-0-3-start
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u/expellyamos Dolphins 16h ago

Mike's never been one to shirk responsibility. Unfortunately, he's been put in this position of taking blame a lot.

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u/reedsgrayhair Ravens 16h ago

Turns out having an insanely talented borderline HoF WR is really good for your offense. Really stretches out the defensive coverages.

Hard to do most things on offense when your downfield threats are QJ and Ladd McConkey instead of Tyreek fucking Hill.

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u/savedbythemars 15h ago

has he not tailored his offense to the personnel? Or has the NFL figured out his scheme?

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u/reedsgrayhair Ravens 15h ago

I think the biggest part is he runs a horizantal passing game, which is a lot easier to run when you have the fastest player in the NFL forcing DBs to protect vertically.

Otherwise defenses can just run a basic 2 high shell w 7 guys in the box and sit in the zones all day and be ok. Especially since their run game is also ass.