Almost halftime. Anyone watching?
The Charger defense which is supposed to be really good has allowed 3 straight TD's.
Although they had a Bronco illegally down field on a TD and picked up the flag when he was clearly illegally down field. I don't get these refs.
21-10 Broncos
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I'm tolerating. For now. Nix looks good. Harbaugh is a mouth breather.
Bolts need some D. Herbert LOOKS the part but seems to wither when needed.
Free kick!! Penalty Thanks to Broncos interfering with fair catch.
Crazy and they scored the 3! Go Chargers!!
What the heck? a free kick? 
Glad to have seen that. Dude had plenty of distance. Moar free kicks plz. I wanna see a 75 yarder, surely someone can do it.
The game started out as a defensive struggle, but the Chargers flamed out over the 2nd qtr.
Denver was moving the ball at will.
The INT by the Broncos was a fairly huge swing in the game.
I'm no fan of Sean Payton, but Harbaugh (Jim) can eat a big fat dick!
Take off those Coke bottle glasses and he couldn't tell the difference between that and a Johnsonville Brat.
Justin Herbert is one tough SOB.
Chargers roar back and take the lead 27 - 24. But here come the Broncos.
@Dave in GA posted:What the heck? a free kick?
Holy crap!! Whatta run by Herbert on 3rd & 10 for a first down.....then a YOOOGE run by Gus Edwards!!
Touchdown Chargers!! They're up by 10...... 34-24 with 2:20 left to play
This got good! Thought Denver was going to pull away.
I was kinda hoping the Packers would get a shot to beat the Broncos in the Super Bowl this year 😁😈
Good for Herbert. Can’t stand Sean Payton so glad they lost.
Look at Sean Payton crying to the refs when his offense commits not one ...but TWO penalties
I've been a Charger fan since Dan Fouts & Kellen Winslow. We usually got to see them after the Packer game in the 80's
Love the old Chargers blue. How about Miami vs. San Diego 1982?
Chargers win! Had to run that clock down. Good job on 4th down to just chuck it deep and OOB with only :04 left
Dang my Bo Nix ROY bet took a hit tonight. Need to start rooting against the Commanders if I'm going to have any chance.
Last guy to drill a FREE KICK, back in 1976?
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@Boris posted:Look at Sean Payton crying to the refs when his offense commits not one ...but TWO penalties
I've been a Charger fan since Dan Fouts & Kellen Winslow. We usually got to see them after the Packer game in the 80's
I also liked the Chargers back when Fouts threw to Lance "Bambi" Alworth in the "Air Coryell" offense. It was always fun to watch those West Coast games, after the Packers games had aired.
Nobody is talking about the way DEN handled their last offensive series at the end of the game?
Granted I don't get to watch a lot of football these days but down 10 with under a minute to go, I've never seen a team kick a field goal on first down with the intent of leaving more time on the clock to score the needed TD after an onsides kick. And the onsides kick just barely missed working.
I've seen kicking the FG on fourth down rather than another desperate attempt to get it in the end zone (depending on field position) but I've never seen the FG take first priority in that situation. It makes a lot of sense since you would think getting that TD would take more time than getting into FG range if you are successful on the onsides kick. The other striking thing was how nonchalant the kicker and kick team were setting up and nailing a 55yarder. Maybe I still have the yips from our recent kicker experience. But they looked like they executed an XP.
@mrtundra posted:I also liked the Chargers back when Fouts threw to Lance "Bambi" Alworth in the "Air Coryell" offense. It was always fun to watch those West Coast games, after the Packers games had aired.
Not sure their careers coincided
@DH13 posted:Nobody is talking about the way DEN handled their last offensive series at the end of the game?
Granted I don't get to watch a lot of football these days but down 10 with under a minute to go, I've never seen a team kick a field goal on first down with the intent of leaving more time on the clock to score the needed TD after an onsides kick. And the onsides kick just barely missed working.
I've seen kicking the FG on fourth down rather than another desperate attempt to get it in the end zone (depending on field position) but I've never seen the FG take first priority in that situation. It makes a lot of sense since you would think getting that TD would take more time than getting into FG range if you are successful on the onsides kick. The other striking thing was how nonchalant the kicker and kick team were setting up and nailing a 55yarder. Maybe I still have the yips from our recent kicker experience. But they looked like they executed an XP.
I thought it was really smart. Most teams waste all their TOs and time on the clock to get that TD first, leaving no time to get the FG. I'm no Payton fan but I was kind of surprised how much game time was left even after the Chargers recovered the onside kick. With all the analytics in play these days, this is one of the first times I've seen this and seemed to work.
@Dave in GA posted:What the heck? a free kick?
Over the wall, no less.
@CUPackFan posted:I thought it was really smart. Most teams waste all their TOs and time on the clock to get that TD first, leaving no time to get the FG. I'm no Payton fan but I was kind of surprised how much game time was left even after the Chargers recovered the onside kick. With all the analytics in play these days, this is one of the first times I've seen this and seemed to work.
Also not surprised they kicked the FG 1st but was surprised they didn't try to get a little closer a 55 yard FG is no gimme. A sideline pass could have gotten the Broncos 10 - 15 more yards and only took 6 - 7 seconds.
@DH13 posted:Nobody is talking about the way DEN handled their last offensive series at the end of the game?
Granted I don't get to watch a lot of football these days but down 10 with under a minute to go, I've never seen a team kick a field goal on first down with the intent of leaving more time on the clock to score the needed TD after an onsides kick. And the onsides kick just barely missed working.
I've seen it before and it's the correct way to handle it. Why burn all the time trying to score the TD first? You need 2 scores anyway. They had 2 timeouts left plus just under a minute left. Smart!
Like Ammo stated, the only real head scratcher was the FG kick was long! Trying to save time. Still need 2 scores.
I think the Cowboys did that once a few years ago (Jason Garrett maybe??)
Hopefully MLF handles future situations correctly too. He knows he really screwed up end of first half in Seattle. He mentioned it and it sounded like he thought Love was going to handle it (Rodgers always handled it). MLF & Love need to be on the same page especially in playoffs. Good learning experience in Seattle. Now don't do it again!!
Yes, like I said. I was just surprised at how much sense it made and the fact that I had never seen it before. Or more so that you don't see this strategy more often. And then the fact that CC and MT didn't really talk about it being unusual.
Seeing them make the free kick was pretty cool. Would have thought for sure that it had been executed more recently than 76. I would have assumed Belichick tried it at some point in NE. Looked like he could have made it from another 10-20yds back! Not too surprising considering how many kickoffs we've seen drilled way beyond the end zone.
It seems absurd that a team has to state that it is trying a OSK. I would think for safety sake they could have fiddled with the required distance the ball has to travel before being touched instead. It’s a very important play which is also exciting and can and has determined wins and loses.
Ended up being a really good game! Best of all, I picked the Chargers in my Pick 'em league. One of a few that did!....
@Dave in GA posted:What the heck? a free kick?
I thought it was Adam and Eve
A couple more grams and Marcol may have made the free kick in the College All Star game.
@Pikes Peak posted:I thought it was Adam and Eve
Was it Eve delivering the kick? And what did Adam do to deserve that? Not like he was out late with the guys, or something.
@Pikes Peak posted:Not sure their careers coincided
You're correct. It was Hadl who QBed for Alworth. Fouts came later. My bad.
