Tag: Anthony Lynn Hot Seat

Chargers HC Anthony Lynn not concerned about job status

Days from now, we will know the fate of coach Anthony Lynn.

The fate of coach Anthony Lynn will be decided in just a few days.

Despite winning the last three games, question still remains whether Los Angeles will elect to fire Lynn after the season finale against the Chiefs.

The question of his job security came up at Wednesday’s media availability.

“I am not concerned about that. I am concerned about Kansas City,” Lynn said.

Lynn added that he has not received indication if he will be back as the head coach in 2021 by the Spanos Family.

After going 9-7 and 12-4 in his first two season, the last two seasons have been a downward spiral for Lynn. L.A. finished 5-11 last season and are going to finish under .500 this year.

Injuries are a reason to blame for their underwhelming seasons, but Lynn’s own decisions have held the team back. Multiple poor game management decisions and questionable play calls have negatively impacted the Bolts.

The Chargers have blown a handful of leads and have had a copious amount of critical errors in vital situations in games.

Lynn has made it clear how he coaches games. I am a firm believer that it won’t be resolved, given how long it’s been going on for, even in their most recent victories.

If the upper management decides to keep him beyond this season, their reasoning could be despite the outcome of the season, Lynn was a part of the development of frontrunner Offensive Rookie of the Year, Justin Herbert, and changing coaches might hinder his rapid growth.

“Coach Lynn’s been awesome,” Herbert said. “Him and I, we’ve gotten really close over these past couple of months. He’s always out on the field and whether he’s helping the running backs, the offensive line, the quarterbacks — he’s been doing a great job of stepping into our meetings and telling us exactly what he wants and how he wants it done. He’s a leader and this team follows him and I really believe in him.”

Chargers could boast ‘most attractive’ head coaching vacancy

Los Angeles could be the top destination come January.

Despite the Chargers winning their last three games, I’m still a firm believer that the team needs to go into the 2021 season with a new guy in charge.

I’d say the chances of Los Angeles firing Lynn is about 50-50 now that they have the opportunity of ending the season with a 7-9 record as opposed to finishing 3-13.

However, if the upper management decides to part ways with coach Anthony Lynn, all attention will be shifted to L.A.

Touchdown Wire’s Mark Schofield believes that the Chargers would become the most attractive head coaching destination.

As we have found in both this exercise and in trying to identify the best general manager landing spots, when the quarterback issue is solved, life is a heck of a lot easier. The next Chargers head coach inherits a young quarterback who looks every bit the part of a franchise quarterback, along with talent at wide receiver, tight end, and running back on offense. They’ll also inherit a potentially devastating pass rush and talent in the secondary. A few smart moves from general manager Tom Telesco and a few breaks in 2021, and you’re in the playoffs your first year. A smooth glidepath to quick success makes this a very attractive option.

The Bolts possess one of the most complete rosters, which is headlined by star in the making quarterback Justin Herbert. Around Herbert is a slew of play-makers on both sides of the ball and Los Angeles will have a full offseason to only bolster what they already have.

I laid out 11 possible candidates for the Chargers, but the one that deserves the majority of the attention is Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, as the chances of him having the same kind of success like he is having with QB Josh Allen is fairly high, given their similar skillset.

“Black Monday” is upon us. Only time will tell Lynn’s fate with L.A.

Despite string of wins, Chargers HC Anthony Lynn’s job could still remain in jeopardy

Chargers fans still believe that Anthony Lynn should be gone at the end of the season.

After the worst loss in Chargers history to the Patriots in Week 13, coach Anthony Lynn’s seat was burning hot. But since then, the team has won their last three games, giving a reason to believe that Lynn should be retained.

Despite the outcome of the contests, the ongoing game management and play-calling blunders still haven’t been fixed, as seen in Week 16 against the Broncos.

On a drive where Los Angeles, converted on 4th-and-7, Lynn elected to kick a field goal on a fourth-and-goal from Denver’s two-yard line. Instead, Lynn settled on extending the lead from 13-3 to 16-3, rather than going up by three scores.

Another instance happened with a little less than two minutes remaining in the first half. On first down, a draw play was called. Lynn did not use one of his timeouts and let half of a minute run off the clock. Herbert completed back-to-back passes to move the Chargers close to midfield.

On the next play, he was sacked and fumbled for a loss of 20 yards. Lynn decided to let the final 36 seconds run out instead of using a timeout to attempt another play. Rather than regrouping and running another play to try to tally more points on the scoreboard, he was content with going into the locker room 13-0, which eventually was met by the Broncos later in the game.

But wait, there’s more. In the fourth quarter, Lynn punted on a 4th-and-1 from his 40-yard line when the Bolts had the lead, 16-6. After showing that he was bold enough to go for it on 4th-and-7 earlier on, it’s head-scratching to know that he wouldn’t attempt to go for what would have likely been the game-ensuing score in that situation.

Sure, the Chargers have won their last three games. But they have all been too close for comfort, as they have all been by at least three points, rather than being in a situation where it hasn’t had to come down to the final moments.

Even if Los Angeles beats the Chiefs in the season finale, this has happened far too often and many fans find it hard to believe that his poor handling and discipline in critical situations will be resolved beyond this season.

Why Brian Daboll should be top priority for Chargers’ potential head coach vacancy

Brian Daboll and Justin Herbert would be a lot of fun.

The Chargers are two weeks away from potentially having a head coach vacancy.

Despite winning the past two games, coach Anthony Lynn’s seat remains hot because even though the outcome was in Los Angeles’ favor, the incompetent game management almost cost them both of those contests.

With L.A. possibly needing a new man in charge, it will be an intriguing destination for coaches and coordinators across the league, which should include Bills OC Brian Daboll.

The main reason why Daboll is a hot candidate is because of what he has done for the development of quarterback Josh Allen. Daboll has taken and molded Allen into a complete player at his position and an MVP candidate.

Daboll joined Buffalo in that role back in 2018 after previously spending time with Nick Saban’s team at Alabama, helping them reach the 2018 National Championship Game. Since then, the Bills’ offense has improved its production each year.

In his first year calling the plays, Buffalo averaged just 16.8 points per game, which ranked 30th. In 2019, It improved to 19.6 points per game, good for 23rd. Now, in 2020, the Bills’ offense has become one of the best the league has to offer, averaging 29.1 points per game.

Given what Daboll has accomplished as one of the NFL’s most premiere play-callers, the sky is the limit if he was able to work with the likes of quarterback Justin Herbert, running back Austin Ekeler and wide receiver Keenan Allen.

Herbert, Ekeler, Allen are all talented enough to produce at a high level. With a mastermind like Daboll in charge, they, along with whoever else is retained and brought in, will be in a system that maximizes their skillsets, ensuring they will be in the best possible condition when it matters the most.

Daboll could be atop of Los Angeles’ priority list due to familiarity with general manager Tom Telesco. Daboll and Telesco went to the same Buffalo-area high school (St. Francis High School), and they have the same agent, Bob Lamonte.

Last offseason, Daboll was interviewed for the Browns head coaching job before they hired Kevin Stefanski. This upcoming offseason, Daboll is going to generate more interviews and many Chargers fans are hoping that he will be interviewing for Los Angeles’ probable opening.

Chargers’ victory over Raiders shouldn’t indicate that Anthony Lynn’s job is safe

Anthony Lynn’s seat should still be very hot.

If the Chargers wouldn’t have defeated the Raiders on Thursday night, I believed that coach Anthony Lynn would’ve been out of a job the following day.

Like any other given game, Lynn made some head-scratching decisions, starting with the inability to unleash quarterback Justin Herbert. Despite the fact that he was lighting up a poor secondary all night, Herbert was held to one pass….in the entire fourth quarter.

The running game was nonexistent. However, Los Angeles still resorted it quite often while Herbert made the most with the majority of his passes. Why not continue to roll with what’s working?

The most notable was in the special teams department, by no surprise. When it seemed like Lynn, who took over the unit last weekend, was starting to turn things around, it backfired as kicker Michael Badgely missed tie-breaking tries from 47 and 51 yards, both in the fourth quarter.

Why settle for field goals in those situations when the special teams has been poor and Badgley has been under 50% on field goals of 45+ yards in his career? Go for it and trust Herbert to get the team in a better position.

L.A. ended up beating Las Vegas in overtime, but it was all because Herbert was too good, which was enough to mask the poor in-game decisions made by Lynn.

Nonetheless, the negatives outweigh the positives and 16 losses in 21 one-score games should speak for itself.

The Chargers have had a roster that’s been ready to contend for a deep run the past couple of seasons. But the coaching is what’s holding them back from reaching their true potential. If the organization decides to keep Lynn beyond this season, they’re making a big mistake.

If and when Los Angeles fires Lynn, the vacancy should attract a handful of coaches and coordinators.

4 takeaways from Chargers’ loss to Patriots

Chargers Wire’s Gavino Borquez breaks down Los Angeles’ embarrassing loss to New England in Week 13.

The Chargers were embarrassed by the Patriots, suffering their worst defeat in the team history on Sunday, 45-0.

Here are four things that I took away from Los Angeles’ Week 13 loss:

Worst performance yet

Prior to the game, coach Bill Belichick had the highest praise for quarterback Justin Herbert. While everything he said about his strengths sounded good, Belichick is notorious for exploiting rookie signal-caller’s weaknesses, which is what he did on Sunday afternoon.

The Patriots gave Herbert no room to breathe, pressuring him 26 times, hitting him 11 times and sacking him three times. As a result, the 22-year old completed only 26 of his career-high 53 attempts for just 209 yards and two interceptions.

With how bad the deficit was and how much of a beating Herbert was taking, there was absolutely zero reason for him to stay on the field.

Following the game, coach Anthony Lynn said that he “wanted to be in the game with his teammates.” Herbert told reporters that he didn’t recall having a conversation with Lynn about coming out of the game,

“I can’t really remember the situation on the sideline,” Herbert said. “I just knew I was going to go back in, kind of regardless of what the situation was. I was going to be out there with the team.”

Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4