The coach has a rock-solid defense, a run-game-driven offense, and a smart, efficient quarterback at the controls. Plus, what we’re hearing as the trade deadline nears and more.
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“When you got a leader like that leading, you see the team that we have, with the guys we have. You can see the team we’re forming over here. Coach Harbaugh’s around us to give us that chance.”Sunday’s 27–10 rout of the Cleveland Browns was just more evidence of what’s been quietly developing along over the past few months. The Chargers didn’t run all over Cleveland, but J.K. Dobbins was effective when he needed to be, churning out 85 yards, and scoring on runs of 16 and seven yards.
It was Still’s first career pick. It showed, too, how the defense could work for a rookie, the same as it does for a seasoned vet such as James or Khalil Mack, giving the players a shot to play fast and physical while the offense tries to figure out what’s happening. Which, of course, is a big reason why no team has given up fewer points per game than the Chargers.
• It sounds funny, then, to not include the 7–2 Washington Commanders in that group. But my sense is they are committed to building the team a certain way, and they still have big enough holes at premium positions, where if they stand pat and sit on the capital they have … I’d get it. If anything, you’d look at all that, say the Jets were lucky to be down just 7–0, and expect a good Texans team to jam on the accelerator and bury Rodgers’s second season in New York.After that half—and after a week in that building, coming off the loss to the New England Patriots, that was described to me as “weird” where “everyone was “walking on eggshells”—somehow Ulbrich, Rodgers and the rest of them dug deep and, just maybe, saved the Jets’ season. The final was Jets 21, Texans 13.
Of course, it has felt this way through the past couple of presidential elections, and that’s why I think it’s so interesting that the conversation in NFL circles is way more toned down this time around. • The head coach for a third team addressed his players Wednesday, telling them that he’d publicly advocate for voting, without disseminating his own leanings. The coach then told the players that the team has public relations and public affairs staff there to help anyone wanting to make a statement to craft that statement. Also, he asked the players simply to let the team know if something was coming, so they’d be prepared for it.
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