Game Thread: Week 17- Los Angeles Chargers @ Denver Broncos

[iknowftbll]

Nice to get to 8 wins. It’ll be too little to take it any further than next week, but certainly an improvement over last year.

 

[MileHigh64]

My only battle cry left for the 2023 season. BEAT THE RAIDERS!

 

[iknowftbll]

Broncos had plenty of opportunities along the way to get into the playoffs and came up short multiple times. I think the Texans and Patriots games will sting the most but that’s probably some recency bias at play.

As I said earlier, it’s nice to get to 8 wins and be In a place where they can get to 9 next week. The standards at Dove Valley have fallen so low that a winning season has got to be considered wildly successful at this point.

 

[megalodon30]

A win next week and we finish over .500

AND

Over .500 vs the AFC West.

 

[iknowftbll]

A win next week and we finish over .500

AND

Over .500 vs the AFC West.

That’s huge. So much work to do and a lot of uncertainty ahead. One game is one game, but Stidham turned in as good a performance as we could have expected from Wilson.

 

[Mingo]

That’s huge. So much work to do and a lot of uncertainty ahead. One game is one game, but Stidham turned in as good a performance as we could have expected from Wilson.

I thought the offense opened up a little with Stidham. I enjoyed seeing Stidham showing himself having fun playing football.

 

[Tahuyaman]

I thought the offense opened up a little with Stidham. I enjoyed seeing Stidham showing himself having fun playing football.

The offense opened up? Are you serious? They were mediocre at best.

 

[Duffman]

The offense opened up? Are you serious? They were mediocre at best.

Take your trolling somewhere else.

Stidham played about the exact same as Russ did against LA despite missing Sutton #1 WR, Mims #3 WR, Trautman #1 TE, and McGlinchey #1 RT.

 

[Tahuyaman]

Take your trolling somewhere else.

Stidham played about the exact same as Russ did against LA despite missing Sutton #1 WR, Mims #3 WR, Trautman #1 TE, and McGlinchey #1 RT.

Lol. Stidham is mediocre. He’s not the guy. He will always be a back-up.

 

[Mingo]

The offense opened up? Are you serious? They were mediocre at best.

You are mediocre at best - so you should be attuned to that condition.

 

[iknowftbll]

Lol. Stidham is mediocre. He’s not the guy. He will always be a back-up.

That's very likely true, but his line yesterday was as good as anything we got from Wilson. And at $5 million. Wilson is not worth his contract.

 

[iknowftbll]

I thought the offense opened up a little with Stidham. I enjoyed seeing Stidham showing himself having fun playing football.

The stat line didn't look a different so anyone who just looks at the box score isn't going to see a big difference. But the plays, routes, etc were closer to a Payton offense than what we had with Wilson. We're also at the bottom of our depth chart so realistically we shouldn't have expected 30+ points. At this stage in his career, Wilson is what he is. He isn't a good fit for Payton's system. Stidham may not be the long term answer and probably isn't. But he's a 4 year guy with just a few starts. So the likelihood he can grow into the system is probably greater than Wilson suddenly adapting his style of play. Next week will be an interesting game. And this off season will be another interesting one. I don't see the team not drafting a QB at this point. They definitely won't have the cap space to sign a FA who will be an upgrade over Wilson or Stidham. Stidham has a great opportunity to put some good film down and make a case for himself.

 

[Draft Crazy]

We won. I was happy.

Finally swept a division opponent. Breaking all kinds of bad divisional droughts his year.

Now we need to break the Raiders streak.

and give up more for Bo Nix.

 

[Mingo]

Right in the Nix of time.

 

[CEH]

The offense opened up? Are you serious? They were mediocre at best.

same production from a career backup as the $250M QB.

 

[Tahuyaman]

same production from a career backup as the $250M QB.

He played against one of the weakest teams in the NFL. The chargers are horrible and Denver pulled out a very unimpressive win.

I didn’t watch the game. I saw the recap on the NFL Network. It looked like a yawner.

Only an idiot would think Stidham is anything even close to Wilson.

 

[iknowftbll]

I didn’t watch the game.

We know.

 

[Tahuyaman]

We know.

So what? Was it an exciting game played by two quality teams, or was it a yawner played by two weak teams? It was the latter.

 

[Tahuyaman]

He played against one of the weakest teams in the NFL. The chargers are horrible and Denver pulled out a very unimpressive win.

I didn’t watch the game. I saw the recap on the NFL Network. It looked like a yawner.

Only an idiot would think Stidham is anything even close to Wilson.

Reality sucks sometimes.

 

[CEH]

He played against one of the weakest teams in the NFL. The chargers are horrible and Denver pulled out a very unimpressive win.

I didn’t watch the game. I saw the recap on the NFL Network. It looked like a yawner.

Only an idiot would think Stidham is anything even close to Wilson

He played against one of the weakest teams in the NFL. The chargers are horrible and Denver pulled out a very unimpressive win.

I didn’t watch the game. I saw the recap on the NFL Network. It looked like a yawner.

Only an idiot would think Stidham is anything even close to Wilson.

why dont you break down for us Russ play vs LAC three weeks earlier and Stiham play against the same LAC team?