A lot of Chargers fans are super optimistic for this season and I get it.
Harbaugh is a huge get and the dude is a winner.
But THIS year is a year of corrections, not a year to expect a playoff run.
Here is my prediction, game-by-game.
Sun 9/8 vs LV 4:05
WIN (1-0).This is a tale as old as time.
They went from one of the worst QB stiuations in the league to….theworst situationin the league.
Sun 9/15 @ CAR 1PM
WIN (2-0).The Panthers stink.
What did they gain?
Maybe Legette ends up a good draft pick but Jonathan Brooks probably wont be playing this game either.
Like the Raiders, this team not having a surefire QB situation also makes me more confident.
Sun 9/22 @ PIT 1PM
WIN(3-0).
AGAIN, I think this just comes down to the other team being in a stinky QB situation.
They also beefed up their O line and added Queen to their LB room which was a great get.
BUT it just comes down to QB play and Russ looks to be out of juice.
Or concussion water, take your pick.
Sun 9/29 vs KC @ 4:25
LOSS (3-1).
KC got better in the offseason so its very hard to picture a win in either game.
I have no hope the bolts pull it off.
Prove me wrong, Jim.
Is Bo Nix legit?
I will note that their defense still looks solid, though.
This is a series the Chargers are destined to split and Id wager the loss will happen in Denver.
Mon 10/21 @ ARI
LOSS (3-3).
I have a hard time getting a read on the Cardinals.
SUN 10/27 vs NO
WIN (4-3).The Saints are in limbo which plays to the Chargers advantage.
All they picked up was Willie Gay and a washed Chase Young.
Should I be investing in the Rattler hype?
Maybe Harbaugh can send some undercover masseuses to Watsons house like in BLITZ: THE LEAGUE?
Sun 11/10 vs TEN
LOSS (4-5).I kinda love the Titans this year.
Still, I think theyre gonna be spunky.
Sun 11/17 vs CIN
LOSS (4-6).
With Burrow back and their team at full health, theyre obviously gonna be very hard to beat.
Too many missing pieces on both sides of the ball for the Bolts to win this.
The Ravens also beat them last year in SoFi by 10 for whatever that’s worth.
Their defense was also not terrible!
Unlike the Chargers, though, they dont have a proven commander-and-chief at the helm nor a top QB.
There are a ton more variables to this Pats team and all of them point to a stinky season.
Maybe they should should blow up the lighthouse.
SUN 1/5 @ LV
LOSS (8-9).Again, this just feels like a split series again.
In the end, I think 8-9 feels right.
Next year, expectations will go up.
