Los Angeles Chargers
The Los Angeles Chargers run as Kings of Carson, California is over. Next year, they’ll have a brand-new stadium to not fill down in Inglewood—which is mislabeled and generally up to all kinds of good. Anyway. The Chargers had a rough go in 2019, losing a handful of games by the slimmest of margins…and Philip Rivers’ interceptions. The passing defense was a top 5 air diffuser, but other than that didn’t really scare the schematic pants off of many offensive coordinators. And the offense? Right there with the Browns, Giants, and Panthers. Translation: Not great, but not terrible.
2020 Resolution: Regardless if you’re going by a river(s) or not, make the journey last a little longer. No team in the NFL averaged shorter drives on offense than the Chargers. That’s OK, of course, if the team is acting like a video game and scoring on four-play drives at will. But that was not the case with this team, which averaged a turnover nearly 20 percent of the time.