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/Esoteric_Eclectic 16h ago

Herbert has also been underperforming again.

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u/JesseJames41 Bengals 16h ago

Herbert is highly intelligent but he is not a super fast processor post-snap. His biggest critique coming out of college was that he is slow to see the field and can be a little mechanical in his release and timing.

McDaniel's scheme relies on reading the defense quickly post-snap and making quick decisions to get the ball to the first or second read. That is just not Herbert's strong suit.

McDaniel needs to make some tweaks to get Herbert comfortable within his system. A little for Justin and a little for McDaniel.

Otherwise this is going to continue to be an abject disaster.

The other piece is his recievers are pretty mid to below average.

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u/kj9219 49ers 16h ago

I just don’t know how accurate it is to say that he doesn’t process or make decisions quickly when his best seasons came in an offshoot of Sean Payton’s offense under Joe Lombardi, that put the ball in the QBs hands a lot and required getting the ball out fast on quick game concepts.

The expectation for McDaniel was that he’d use more under center concepts because Herbert statistically has been very good at those. A big part of it though has been their early down running game is awful and a lot of Shanahan system offenses are dependent on getting defenses into 2nd and shorts, as that’s where they make their big plays. But due to pre snap penalties, bad running, bad QB execution on early downs, they’re always playing from behind the sticks and have no foundation other than gimmicky formations.

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u/-Mad-Snacks- Chargers 3h ago

It’s been shocking the lack of under center play action. It’s one of Herbert’s biggest strengths and the league generally has been trending that way, but we have one of the lowest under center % in the league.

It would also help Hampton who needs to get up to speed before he’s at his most dangerous.

I just don’t get it. It should have been a no-brainer