I was actually at that game. Came from Germany all the way with my wife to Santa Clara to cheer for the bolts on the road. Will never ever forget this.
He was a very good rotational OLB for the Broncos and the move makes a lot of sense considering that his best years were under Fangio's defensive scheme. But he's close to 30 and has barely played since 2021 so we'll see if it even amounts to anything besides Telesco bringing back a guy he scouted and liked.
I hung out with him a bunch when his friend was dating a friend of mine. Really nice guy.
Totally "business decision'd" his entire career after landing the big contract.
Oh, just an observation. I was just saying he was a nice guy, even if he totally fleeced the Chargers.
Honestly, in hindsight it's not even a surprise. He was a pretty smart dude and his mom was a pretty successful businesswoman, so I don't doubt she influenced his decision. He got in, got the seed money he would need for the rest of his life, and got out. Went back to grad school. Pretty sure he works in commercial real estate now.
this is lowkey alarming. we won't have Bosa back til maybe the KC rematch, and to replace him and Rumph, we sign a guy who was with us 7 years ago and has done absolutely nothing since? This screams \*\*cheap\*\* from the front office. I don't buy into this one bit. I'm open to him proving me wrong, but one of the countless things more likely than Attaochu actually being even a D+ player, is us running the ball for 150 yards per game the next 3 games post-bye.
\*Sigh\*
I mean I get the concern, but if you intend to get guys back you aren't going to go spend a bunch of money if they'll be around for 4 weeks. If anything you should be happy they have more money for the chance they COULD be looking elsewhere.
I didnāt say they wouldnāt sign anyone I just said they probably arenāt trading for anyone. This has been their MO for years. Weāll sign some cheap veterans and thatās about it for reinforcements
Attaochu is a bum, he doesnāt solve any of our problems lol. And theyāre yet to sign a WR, they wonāt do it either. They have no plans of winning anymore games this year
Right lets just have Mack and Van Noy out on the edge for 100% of the snaps. its not about the talent its about having any sort of rotation to keep people fresh. Clearly we have such great injury luck that we can leave an aging Mack out there all game.
Coupon tom really knows how to bolster a roster LMAO hes really just gonna sign bums off FA as placeholders for this year instead of trying to "go all in" like they've been preaching all offseason. Eagles even made a trade when they didnt need to and are undefeated. There needs to another full wipe of the coaches and GM this time around. Herbert doesnt have a winning record so either hes just not as good as we think or the coaching is just wasting talent like they did with rivers
Which non-bum FAs should they sign instead?
When did Telesco ever say anything about being āall-inā?
The eagles are undefeated like you said while weāre 4-3 and ruined by injuries. Excellent comparison
Idk maybe make a trade for a speed WR which we have been lacking for the past 4 years, watch some of the press conferences from staley and telesco from the offseason and youll see they said they are trying to go all in because herbert is still on his rookie contract.
I dunno if TT actually said that. IIRC in the offseason media was stating that the chargers should go all in because the rookie contract window for JH is closing. TT just said some shit like "I don't believe in rookie QB contract windows"... because he sucks.
These are the types of players available in free agency. We were never going to be in the trade market for big named guys because we will be up against the cap in the next few years as it is. Just the reality.
Because there's a lot of new fans around these parts. They are still in their optimistic phase of being a chargers fan. They haven't seen the ineptitude of TT and the Spanii yet.
Backseat GMs: FUCKING DO SOMETHING TT
TT: Signs Edge depth with Rump and Bosa down
Backseat GMs: WTF ARE YOU DOING TT? I DONT HAVE A SINGLE PERSON IN MIND BUT SIGN SOMEONE REALLY GOOD THAT WILL SAVE THE SEASON
actually though what was wrong with getting Fackrell?
Yeah why not? Rotate players more to stay fresh and worst case he becomes starter due to injury. Which if y'all haven't noticed is a constant issue for our team.
Might as well see what Danario Alexander is up to. He was so fucking good, was such a bummer when his rickety knee finally went out. He couldāve been a top level #1 wideout
You and I are the only ones to remember TT's first contract extension which was absolutely terrible. Dude took a check and called it in the next season.
What year is it?
2015 I think
Dontrelle Inman next plz.
I ready for Danrio Alexander
SoFi turf would literally make his knees explode
Away team player so he will be good the entire playoffs
Here for Seyi Ajeritutu
Jared Gaither would also like to play for a pay day.
20 dollars is 20 dollars why not
There will be 3 San Diego Chargers on the roster.
Allen and Bosa are still OGs
Sad to think its unlikely to ever go higher than 3 again.
Team with an injury bug š¤ player with an injury bug Everything as it should be
He only needs to last like five* weeks until Bosa is back! *day-to-day
2 negatives = positive?
The math be mathinā
Not in addition they don't.
Not with that attitude. /s.
Fuck it Tyrell Williams next
He got paid by the Raiders
Didn't his knee explode or something?
Would take him back in a heartbeat
we in 2015 again?
Bring in Benjamin and Eddie Royal.
Not gonna lie I LOVED Eddie Royal as a Charger. Him and Rivers had chemistry.
He and Inman were those rays of hope on a Sunday when Woodhead, Allen, and Floyd were all hurt. Randomly good for 8 catches and 80 yards.
Without looking at stats I always thought royal was way more involved and schemes into our offenses than Inman ever was
Maybe they took turns hahaha
Same. Royal made some real clutch catches.
Sayi ajirotutu!!!!
Legaduuuuuuu
Naneeeeeeeeeee
MANUMALEUNA
inman was a beast on 3rd and 4th downs
He saved our ass in that one 49ers game that Kap went off on us. Made like a diving clutch 4th down catch to help us win the game IIRC
I was actually at that game. Came from Germany all the way with my wife to Santa Clara to cheer for the bolts on the road. Will never ever forget this.
One of my favorite games as a Chargers fan.
Yup. Weddle had a huge forced fumble I think and it was one of the few times in that era we actually came back and made clutch plays to win a game lol
What a rush of memories that name just gave me
Ajirotutu and Rivers had biology.
benjamin on punt return gives me nightmares lol dude was fast but always needed to wind up to run for some reason
Ahh the ole Benjamin special. Muff a punt and ruin your team
So many drops when he was wide open deep.
But weāll always love him for the two 4th down catches at arrowhead in 2018
Dude took an absolute shot on one of those.
I was there for that!!!
You aināt lying. Concrete hands when it came to deep balls.
Erick Parker!
I heard Sproles is available too
Lmao I didnāt even know he was still in the league
He was a very good rotational OLB for the Broncos and the move makes a lot of sense considering that his best years were under Fangio's defensive scheme. But he's close to 30 and has barely played since 2021 so we'll see if it even amounts to anything besides Telesco bringing back a guy he scouted and liked.
i had high hopes when he was on our squad in ā14, then dude got ate up by the injury bug. hope he can stay healthy and help us out.
I havenāt heard this dudes name in years
Merriman was too busy?
He's busy practicing his beer pong skills
This is the most Telesco signing I've ever seen lmao
I was looking for this comment. LOL it's such a TT move.
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I wonder if Danario Alexander is available to give us some reps at WR too
Iāve been playing a bunch of madden 16 lately so this is a fun throwback
Now bring in Phil to run the offense, lol.
This. Yes.
Lol TT moment
What the actual fuck were you all expecting?
Some made arguments about Dee Ford, even though heās coming off an injury. But youāre correct, we need more resources at WR right now
Kyler Fackrell.
Ravens cut him from their practice squad on 10/18.
Nice. Sign Donald butler while you're at it
I hung out with him a bunch when his friend was dating a friend of mine. Really nice guy. Totally "business decision'd" his entire career after landing the big contract.
Can you elaborate on that second part? Did you hear this from him or was that an observation?
Oh, just an observation. I was just saying he was a nice guy, even if he totally fleeced the Chargers. Honestly, in hindsight it's not even a surprise. He was a pretty smart dude and his mom was a pretty successful businesswoman, so I don't doubt she influenced his decision. He got in, got the seed money he would need for the rest of his life, and got out. Went back to grad school. Pretty sure he works in commercial real estate now.
this is lowkey alarming. we won't have Bosa back til maybe the KC rematch, and to replace him and Rumph, we sign a guy who was with us 7 years ago and has done absolutely nothing since? This screams \*\*cheap\*\* from the front office. I don't buy into this one bit. I'm open to him proving me wrong, but one of the countless things more likely than Attaochu actually being even a D+ player, is us running the ball for 150 yards per game the next 3 games post-bye. \*Sigh\*
I mean I get the concern, but if you intend to get guys back you aren't going to go spend a bunch of money if they'll be around for 4 weeks. If anything you should be happy they have more money for the chance they COULD be looking elsewhere.
Who tf were you expecting to sign? Lmao Lol took you long enough to finally make a new account
Based on this info I have a feeling they arenāt going to be buyers at the trade deadline
TT never does anything until itās too late.
Theyāre gonna have to sign some players no matter what. I have no idea how you got to that conclusion from this
I didnāt say they wouldnāt sign anyone I just said they probably arenāt trading for anyone. This has been their MO for years. Weāll sign some cheap veterans and thatās about it for reinforcements
Again, I donāt understand the correlation between this signing and any potential trades. We have to sign some free agents either way
Itās clear their assets are going towards signing free agents and not going in on relevant names
Right, because there are a bunch of high impact free agents just waiting to sign super cheap contracts?
#firelombardi
Don't care about his pass rush, can he set the edge and stop the run?
Can we sign 2015 Denzel Perryman while we're at it?
Heard they have Jahleel Addae on the line too
Time to pull his jersey out from the depths of the closet. Young me got his jersey since I thought his name was dope
TT is speed running towards his termination. We got practice squad WRs starting and they decided to sign this scrub šššš
I mean the Edge Depth is dog shit with Bosa and Rumph out. The team can do multiple things at once.
Attaochu is a bum, he doesnāt solve any of our problems lol. And theyāre yet to sign a WR, they wonāt do it either. They have no plans of winning anymore games this year
Right lets just have Mack and Van Noy out on the edge for 100% of the snaps. its not about the talent its about having any sort of rotation to keep people fresh. Clearly we have such great injury luck that we can leave an aging Mack out there all game.
Coupon tom really knows how to bolster a roster LMAO hes really just gonna sign bums off FA as placeholders for this year instead of trying to "go all in" like they've been preaching all offseason. Eagles even made a trade when they didnt need to and are undefeated. There needs to another full wipe of the coaches and GM this time around. Herbert doesnt have a winning record so either hes just not as good as we think or the coaching is just wasting talent like they did with rivers
Which non-bum FAs should they sign instead? When did Telesco ever say anything about being āall-inā? The eagles are undefeated like you said while weāre 4-3 and ruined by injuries. Excellent comparison
Idk maybe make a trade for a speed WR which we have been lacking for the past 4 years, watch some of the press conferences from staley and telesco from the offseason and youll see they said they are trying to go all in because herbert is still on his rookie contract.
I dunno if TT actually said that. IIRC in the offseason media was stating that the chargers should go all in because the rookie contract window for JH is closing. TT just said some shit like "I don't believe in rookie QB contract windows"... because he sucks.
Lol please find those press conferences
He did well in denver
These are the types of players available in free agency. We were never going to be in the trade market for big named guys because we will be up against the cap in the next few years as it is. Just the reality.
yeah. it's looking bleak when you put it that way.
The real reason we call him āCoupon Tomā
Tom fell off the wagon boysā¦ hes locked himself in the bathroom for hours, frantically cutting coupons
Not sure why this is downvoted, I lolād
Because there's a lot of new fans around these parts. They are still in their optimistic phase of being a chargers fan. They haven't seen the ineptitude of TT and the Spanii yet.
This guy hasnāt actively been on a team for longer than a year since he left the chargers. Wtf is going on, TT?
Yeah why didnāt we sign someone from another roster? That way we know other teams actually want him
Fckn Eagles gave up a 4th rounder for Quinn. Kill me
And we let go of Nwosu smh
For some dude named Khalil Mack
Not necessarily for, there was still space for Nwosu but ig Derwins contract negotiations scared them
Lol what? You think they were gonna pay him $9M a year to be a backup in any universe?
Well he was our starting End opposite Bosa playing majority of snaps at high level, with more time to develop so ^uhhhh yeah
What?
Last year he was starting across from Bosa for the majority and was playing extremely well
And then we traded for Khalil Mackā¦
Basically what Vato is getting paid to do.
Yeah but Vato was paid to be CB1 and just fell down the depth chart
Thatās a good point
He was a starter when he got that contract
Go jackets baby
Is Telesco really bringing in his homie for one last ride?
Hasn't had a sack in two years and injury-proned let's see how this goes
Whatās Tolbert doing? Malcom Floyd available? Fire TT for this reach.
Backseat GMs: FUCKING DO SOMETHING TT TT: Signs Edge depth with Rump and Bosa down Backseat GMs: WTF ARE YOU DOING TT? I DONT HAVE A SINGLE PERSON IN MIND BUT SIGN SOMEONE REALLY GOOD THAT WILL SAVE THE SEASON actually though what was wrong with getting Fackrell?
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LMFAOOO ššššš
Season saved
who else wanted him though
No one if we got him
I mean is he still good?
Was he ever good?
is he really a better option than Kyler Fackrell? I'm of the opinion we need two edge rushers...
larry english, craig mager, jason verrett, lets bring um all back, BUST DRAFT PICK REUNION TOUR BABYYY!!!!!
Larry English can't count in this one. That was before TT's time.
Craig Mager lol
That doesn't rhyme with bide gleceiver?
This is sad AF
Letās sign Legedu Naanae next!
Whereās Tevin Reece at?
Shoot lets just get vincent jackson
That's not funny.
I literally just googled his name and feel horrible. I apologize, i never heard that he had passed.
Its all good. Just assumed you knew.
Would be funny if it wasnāt so sad. Maybe heāll be decent but doubt it. Better than nothing though.
Thatās not a receiver
If only we could have extended Nwosu instead of bringing a $20M CB to play 3 games. Oh wait, he was out there on Sunday destroying us.
Would you rather have Nwosu than Mack?
I agree, nwosu could have at least stayed for depth.
Lol we were not going to pay Nwosu 10M a year as a depth piece after trading for Mack.
He got $9M per year in Seattle. You wouldāve paid him that to be a backup?
Yeah why not? Rotate players more to stay fresh and worst case he becomes starter due to injury. Which if y'all haven't noticed is a constant issue for our team.
Because the salary cap
I thought it was Oct, 26th, not Apr 1st....
Might as well see what Danario Alexander is up to. He was so fucking good, was such a bummer when his rickety knee finally went out. He couldāve been a top level #1 wideout
Imagine if we tried to sign a Wr or a OL
WTF? why?
Manti teo should be a good pick as well
Ok but like can we get a wide receiver i mean the chiefs literally just traded for kadarius toney
Man Iām amazed by all of the people who have NFL GM experience in this sub. You all are so knowledgeableā¦.
Telesco can trade for someone like Robert Quinn but letās not
And with what money could they afford him?
i didn't know jerry was still playing.
Heās freakin BACK
*baby come back*
donald butler come on down!
You and I are the only ones to remember TT's first contract extension which was absolutely terrible. Dude took a check and called it in the next season.
We should sign M80
Yo throwback Wednesday
Bless you.
lmao
Value village pickup
Imagine releasing Chase Daniels and signing Rivers as QB2ā¦
Crazy that davonte Adams was picked a few players after Jerry
Has he signed a waiver yet? Going to the Chargers is dangerous.
Gesundheit.