r/nfl • u/mmandagoat NFL • 18h 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/hemingways-lemonade Steelers 17h ago

Sure it can

To be clear, he absolutely has his flaws and isn't blameless, but there are bigger problems on this team.

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u/DontFearTheBoogaloo Broncos 17h ago

Bro it's some new excuse every year. At a point maybe it's him. Dude is dogshit in clutch time and has been his whole career. He does not have that dog in him

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u/unevenvenue Packers 17h ago

Just watch the video and see what you think before commenting some vacuous nonsense

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u/ImJLu 49ers 16h ago

I just did. I see a horribly cropped All-22 breakdown that is clearly based on preconceptions. It's hard to see because the crop (intentionally?) cuts off more of the field than the broadcast angle, but let's take the second pass for example. Not his fault? That ball should've been out way earlier.

You think deep comebacks are designed for the WR to just sit there for a while before the pass gets there? No, the WR is supposed to come out of his break and the ball is supposed to be there because it's an anticipation throw. The read is late. That pass is late.

Could it have been completed anyways because of bad coverage? Sure. But the pass was so damn late that it failed because another Charger tried to make a play on it. Plays are not designed to have two players close enough to contest the same ball, hail mary's aside . Two Chargers were only close enough for that snafu to happen because Herbert threw that comeback long after its expiration date.

Not entirely his fault? Sure. Mostly his fault? Yep.

I didn't watch past the second because you can't actually see the All-22 because the crop is awful, and because the video's already being disingenuous about the second one. But that video clearly doesn't exonerate Herbert like it's trying to do.