The Los Angeles Chargers woke up to overcast skies
Cheap Jerry Tillery Jersey , brisk temperatures and light rain falling outside their downtown hotel.It was far from a picturesque Monday in Cleveland, but wide
receiver."There's
really no other place I'd rather be," the fourth-year pro said. "I'm just having
fun. It's a cool experience."We're on a road trip, we get to go to London and we
play in the NFL. So if you've got complaints with that, you've got something
wrong with you."Williams and the Chargers made themselves right at home on the
road Sunday, blowing out the Browns 38-14 for their third straight
victory.Instead of flying back to the West Coast following the win, they will
spend four more days in Northeast Ohio, preparing for their Sunday game against
the Titans at Wembley Stadium in England.Los Angeles' team plane won't touch
down in California again until the early hours of Oct. 22."Being on the road for
two weeks, it's kind of cool, like this whole gladiator mentality," said nose
tackle Damion Square, who had 1? sacks of Cleveland rookie Baker Mayfield.
"You've got to move on the run and we've got things to do, but we've still got
business to handle."Williams caught a pair of touchdown passes and Melvin Gordon
had a career-high three rushing scores against the Browns, keeping Los Angeles
as the only NFL team with three or more offensive TDs in every game this
season.Philip Rivers has 15 touchdowns to three interceptions, ranks second in
the league with a 115.1 passer rating and is the main reason why the Chargers
are 4-2. The only AFC team with a better record is Kansas City at 5-1."People
see that we ran for 246 yards yesterday, but Philip is a big part of that
process," Los Angeles coach Anthony Lynn said. "First of all, he threw a number
of big passes and he got us in most of those runs. Philip is a quarterback that
can get you in the right front for the runs, and he does a heck of a job in the
run game."The 36-year-old Rivers and his teammates won't return to the practice
field until Wednesday, but took part in mandatory morning meetings before
breaking off into position groups.More than a dozen players plan on using their
day off to visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton (an hour drive to the
south), while others intend to explore the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (a mile
walk to the north).Lynn promises that the Chargers will do much more sightseeing
in London later in the week."This can be a galvanizing experience for our
football team," the coach said. "We're a pretty tight group
Youth Uchenna Nwosu Jerseys , but it can definitely bring a team together even more."I'll give you an example. I went out to have a steak last night and I saw
all of our guys having dinner there, too. Just eating lunch and hanging out
together for an entire week is a real positive thing."Williams noted that
staying in five-star hotels with NFL-provided per diems isn't too shabby,
either."In college at Western Oregon, we always had long road trips, like a
28-hour bus ride to Utah and a 24-hour bus trip to Los Angeles," he said,
breaking into a smile. "I know it takes a while to get to London, but this is a
little better now."Surge or Static: Sturgis facing the boot? If you are anything
like me, you probably also just got done banging your head against your desk,
your kitchen counter, a wall, or something along those lines because, well, the
Chargers are still missing kicks due to a horrendous kicker situation.For the
better part of the last one, two, maybe twenty years, debacles in the third
phase of the game have haunted the Charger to no end.In their most recent tilt
with the 49ers, Caleb Sturgis pushed the ball wide right on a 54-yard attempt.
He also added two missed extra points which puts him at 6-of-9 on the season. He
is only doing a hair better with field goals as he sits with seven made out of
nine attempts.Yes, yes, the Chargers won, but with much less room for error in a
game that should have ended with a four point lead instead of two. I want to
stress the importance of those two missed extra kicks because they can be a
doozy on the mindset of players when they consider the potential for those kicks
to come back and bite them later in the game. And they almost did.With the
Chargers struggling to maintain the two point lead through the remainder of the
fourth quarter, the scoreboard likely felt like a ton of bricks on their
demeanor when they know that
Justin Jones Jerseys Stitched , because of the kicker, they now have to worry about letting the Niners into field goal range instead of being able to just focus on
keeping them out of the endzone.We also cannot forget how absolutely
demoralizing it is for the offense when they fight and claw to score a touchdown
and they get a metaphorical kick in the gonads because their kicker can’t make a
kick that needs to essentially be “automatic”.It’s tough. It sucks. It’s
incredibly frustrating. But the Bolts pulled out the win and we can all keep our
hair on our heads instead of decorating the living floor like a weird, psychotic
work of contemporary art.LET’S GET TO IT!SurgedRB Melvin GordonFor the first
time in 2018, and only the sixth time in his young career, Gordon surpassed the
100-yard rushing threshold against the Niners behind some surprisingly strong
running as he found his groove early and often.For the running back who often
gets chided for going down on first contact, Gordon orchestrated a number of big
boy runs in which he refused to be halted. His final numbers were also fairly
uncharacteristic of the former-Wisconsin Badger as he totaled 104 yards on just
15 totes. His 6.9 yards per carry on the day were almost double his season
average and, although he didn’t find the end zone on the ground, Gordon was just
as productive through the air.Philip Rivers’ third touchdown pass sailed
Gordon’s way after he found a hole in the defenseoff a reverse pivot route from
the right flanker spot. In total, Gordon caught seven of his 10 targets for an
additional 55 yards, giving him 159 total yards from scrimmage on the night.S
Derwin JamesAnother day, another Derwin.....or something along those lines.It
seemed like just another day at the office for the Florida State-product as he
finished third on the team with seven total tackles, a sack, a tackle-for-loss,
three QB hits, and two passes defensed.James was his usual-productive self as he
impacted the game about as often as he filled the stat sheet.His biggest play of
the day came on a 2nd and 6 in the fourth as the 49ers were attempting to get
down the field and into field goal range. James was sent off the right side and
smacked into Beathard as he brought the ball up for a pass. The ball become
dislodged before the quarterback’s arm came forward it sailed into the waiting
arms of defensive end Isaac Rochell.This was the final nail in the coffin for
San Francisco as the Chargers ended the game with a string of kneel downs.At
this point, I’ve already lost count of all the massive, impact plays that the
rookie has made through the team’s first four games.Take a bow, Derwin.StaticS
Jahleel AddaeAs much as we could endlessly talk and talk about Derwin James and
how he has been playing out of his mind so far, we could also vent and vent
about the abysmal play of the safety starting opposite of number 33.It’s a weird
situation because one would think that a rookie coming in and outplaying a
veteran at the same position would cause the veteran to be overcome with
motivation to prove himself. However, this just doesn’t seem to be the case with
Addae following what some could argue was his worst game of the season.On CJ
Beathard’s first touchdown of the night, even though Casey Hayward already blew
the coverage, Addae should have been able break that throw up as his only
responsibility was to shut down any routes thrown over the middle of the field.
Since there was only one route that did this
Youth Rayshawn Jenkins Jerseys , it should have been an easy decision. Instead, Addae, who started seven yards back in the end zone, fell horredously for the
play-action fake and didn’t see the slant by wide receiver Kendrick Bourne.His
second blunder, arguably just as bad or even worse, was the 82-yard touchdown
pass he allowed by tight end George Kittle.On this play, Addae was playing
single high in a situation where the Niners only had the potential for three
downfirld routes. With Hayward on the field side receiver and Williams on the
boundary wideout, Beathard dropped back and hit Kittle on a corner-post route on
the right side of the field. As Kittle released, Addae waited only a second
before turning and running towards Williams and his receiver running a go route.
This left the entire middle of the field wide open for Kittle to catch the ball
before completely turning Addae around and then dusting him into the end
zone.Now, Kittle is a phenomenal athlete at 6-foot-5 and 250+ pounds who ran a
4.53 forty-yard dash at last year’s NFL Combine. But Addae is a starting free
safety in the NFL, one who was apparently worthy of a contract extension several
years ago, but these misreads are eventually going to start costing the team
games. And as of right now, the team already has a number of other factors that
could potentially keep them out of the playoffs.K Caleb SturgisI’m not really
sure what I really have to say here other than the fact that Sturgis is simply
not getting the job done. I mean, if it’s less surprising when your kicker
misses and you find yourself hysterically laughing when another extra point
misses wide right, then it might be time for a new kicker.On the season, Sturgis
is seven of nine on field goals with his latest miss coming from 54 yards out on
Sunday. He unfortunately hasn’t been an better on extra points. After his two
misses against the Niners, he sits with a .666 average, hitting on just six of
his nine attempts so far this season.At this point, I think the time has finally
run out for Sturgis in LA and I hope Anthony Lynn realizes this sooner rather
than later. I’d would be wildy surprised if a bus full of kicker doesn’t arrive
in Costa Mesa sometime tomorrow.
