NFL: Los Angeles Chargers at New York Jets
2023 Stats (Rank)
Points per game: 20.4 (21st)
Total yards per game: 329.4 (18th)
Plays per game: 65.1 (8th)
Pass Attempts + Sacks per game: 39.7 (3rd)
Dropback EPA per play: 0.02 (19th)
Rush attempts per game: 25.4 (24th)
Rush EPA per play: -0.24 (32nd)
Coaching Staff
Raiders interim head coach Antonio Pierce sent the analytically-minded Brandon Staley back to the stone age with a 63-21 decimation of the Bolts in Week 15 last year. The Chargers had a franchise quarterback on a rookie deal for the past four seasons and have one playoff appearance—an all-time meltdown loss to the Jags—to show for it. They needed to make a drastic change after firing Staley and that’s exactly what they did. LA tabbed Jim Harbaugh, hot off a national championship at Michigan, to be the team’s next head coach. Harbaugh last coached in the NFL with the 49ers. He was on the headset for four seasons and posted a 44-19-1 record, giving him one of the best win rates in NFL history. He brought along a legion of Harbaugh—Jim or John—disciples to fill out his staff and roster.
Jesse Minter is in as defensive coordinator. Minter spent the past two seasons as Michigan’s defensive coordinator and has experience in the NFL…with the Baltimore Ravens. Greg Roman is on the sticks as the offensive coordinator. Roman was Jim’s OC for all four seasons in San Francisco and later held the same role under John in Baltimore. In nine seasons as an offensive coordinator across three teams, Roman’s offenses have finished top-12 in scoring six times. Roman also wore out his welcome in Baltimore so thoroughly that Lamar Jackson told reporters in the middle of the season that opposing defenses were calling out his plays. Roman needs to develop a counterpunch and mix up his highly predictable rushing cadence if he wants to make things work this time around.
Passing Game
QB: Justin Herbert, Easton Stick
WR: Ladd McConkey. DJ Chark
WR: Joshua Palmer, Brenden Rice
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Publish date : 2024-07-12 14:20:02
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