What's the over/under on how many HOME games the Chargers play this season?

I'll take zero.
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Telesco is in the company Chris Ballard. WTF have their teams ever done?

They don't even have to win Super Bowls. Just... make it to the playoffs every year. That's all you have to do. Or with some level of consistency. And when you get there, just don't be an immediate flame out team.

They've both been with their teams, what? 5+ years? Telesco was hired the same year as Dorsey, so he's been at it even fucking longer.

They're not elite GMs at all. They're both Rick Spielmans. Good GMs who hit on a few draft picks and otherwise behave like a couple of Carl Peterson pussies in free agency.

I get this year was kind of different for the Chargers with the Mack trade, but again... we've had hype before. Only for them to be massive disappointments.
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I'm not a fan of the QB wins argument.

Regardless, I think it's a bit too early to write that book on either guy.
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Maybe, but I think the current reasons are more legit than in past years. In the past it was "maybe Old Man Rivers won't throw as many picks with the game on the line this year" or "KC's going to take a big step back with Mahomes in his first year as a starter."
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Please. No one would be saying this if the Titans and Chiefs' offenses hadn't self-destructed. Start Herbert in place of Burrow and the Bengals win those two games handily, with much better stats.

Burrow basically just existed in those two games.
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Burrow is great. Herbert is great.

Burrow has to be careful, though. He is willing to stand in the pocket and take a hit to make a play. One of those hits is going to shorten his career. I love his attitude, but that style of play can't last.
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Probably due to the fact the Chargers have never won anything in their history so they are the consummate underdog like the Browns.
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Plus they're in a big market (though to be fair, they were hyped every year when they were in San Diego as well).
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Also, everybody wanna roast Norv Turner and make fun of him, but he was the last coach who ever won jack shit with the team or at least got really really close to making it to the big game.
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Chargers owner Dean Spanos is very cheap. He'll never pay for a big time coach. So they always have guys like Mike McCoy, Anothony Lynn and now the insanely overrated Brandon Staley. Its very hard to compete in the NFL with poor coaching. The GM Telesco isn't bad, he actually drafts well. He's good at his job even though he has never won a playoff game in 9 years as the GM....

But IMO it goes back to the poor coaching and that's on the owner. This is just who the Chargers are. Bad ownership.
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Dean Spanos is cheap because he's poor. That's why he left San Diego and lives like every other poor person in Los Angeles... paying rent
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Chargers have been preseason #1 in the minds of these dorks for like 15 years running. Never contended for anything.

Maybe we'll get to hear more talk about how they're the best team ever not to make the playoffs again
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Pimples' bubble will burst again. Just like his zits.

Every year, the Chargers are preseason #1.
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Yes. Especially since the NFL expanded the playoff format last season, and they still missed them. :-)
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