Sunday’s loss was another glaring example of an ongoing weakness in a team that was otherwise proficient on offense and with its special teams play.
Let the Monday morning quarterbacking begin after the Chargers gave up a stunning 536 yards, including 466 passing in Week 1. Here’s what we learned, what we heard and what comes next in the wake ofBrandon Staley has been the Chargers’ head coach for three seasons now, and their defense hasn’t improved significantly. Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins was another glaring example of an ongoing weakness in a team that was otherwise proficient on offense and with its special teams play.
What’s more, per additional statistical research by The Associated Press, Tagovailoa’s 466 passing yards were the most ever allowed by the Chargers. Miami’s 536 yards of total offense were the most the Chargers gave up in a season-opening game since beginning play in the old AFL in 1960. Meanwhile, in the secondary, the Chargers’ coverage of Tyreek Hill and his teammates was as soft as a warm marshmallow but nowhere near as sticky. The Dolphins didn’t exactly re-invent the game Sunday, but devastated the Chargers with simple patterns over the middle.Much of the postgame blame fell heavily on the shoulders of cornerback J.C. Jackson, who was playing for the first time since rupturing his patellar tendon in an Oct. 23 game against the Seattle Seahawks.
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