The Los Angeles Chargers suffered their second loss in Week 2. The defense can rightly be described as the Achilles tendon of the team. Star quarterback Justin Herbert still advises against blaming the defense alone for the two opening defeats.
In the duels with the Miami Dolphins (34:36) and the Tennessee Titans (24:27), Los Angeles looked like the sure winner twice, only to end up empty-handed in the end. In both cases, the Californians gave up their lead late. Previously, the Chargers once again made avoidable mistakes on defense.
Despite the wasted points and the resulting poor starting position, Justin Herbert has no grudge against his teammates. He also believes the criticism of the defense is exaggerated.
“Panicting will never fix anything,” the Chargers QB told a series of reporters on Wednesday. The 25-year-old also tried to get the players in his own defense out of the line of fire.
“It’s up to us to handle it as an offense and score more points. And you know what? We believe in our defense. Sometimes we’ll score a lot of points. Sometimes we won’t, but it’s up to us to play together as a team.” , Herbert called on his comrades to unite.
Does Brandon Staley have to worry about his NFL job?
Although the Chargers defense has received the majority of criticism recently, the team’s head coach ultimately bears responsibility for the poor start to the NFL season. Brandon Staley will therefore hope that his boys can overturn the buck next weekend. Otherwise, the air could indeed become thin for him.
Staley is entering his third season with Los Angeles. During this time he has not managed to stop the unnecessary defeats, which are now even decried throughout the league as “charging”. The 40-year-old’s chair is likely to wobble if he makes any further mistakes.
Meanwhile, the sports data company “Elias Sports Bureau” underlined how important a win on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings would be. According to his records, there have only been five coaches since 2010 who started their third season 0-3. Three of them were fired before the end of the season.