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Could the Chargers Contend for the AFC Crown in 2025?
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1/15/2025
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It's looking at notable AFC quarterbacks because in that
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conference, there are a ton and everybody is younger than 30
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years old. Mahomes, of course, is the gold standard. 15
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playoff wins, three Lombardi trophies, Josh Allen, six
00:13
playoff wins trying to get to a Super Bowl. Joe Burrow has
00:17
played in a Super Bowl, has been highly successful in the
00:20
years he has been healthy and led the Bengals to the post
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season. Lamar Jackson trying to change the narrative as well.
00:27
Justin Herbert, only two playoff appearances, but two playoff
00:31
disasters, if you will buy or sell DRS focusing on those
00:36
bolts. The Chargers can realistically win the AFC next
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season.
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I'm going to sell that next year. I am. But if you're asking
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this question, which I know we're not doing, we'll get back
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to the original question, if that makes sense in a second
00:48
year. In the future, I do think they're going to win a Super
00:49
Bowl. I do. But next year, I don't think it's we're ready
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yet. Because the one thing we need to see is a true number
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one wide receiver, love Lab McConkie, operate out of the
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pocket, destroy teams, but give him some help on the outside,
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which they don't have. Go out and get a true running back.
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Did you see some of the teams this year really elevate their
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time? Philadelphia Eagles go out and get Saquon Barkley,
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dominant. You see the Baltimore Ravens, Eric Henry, dominant.
01:08
Jacobs goes to the Green Bay Packers, dominant on the ground.
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Give me one of those players in a horrible offense, they will
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use them. Herbert is a good quarterback still learning to
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win in big pressure situations. They just don't have enough
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players right now. But it's not so much about the Chargers and
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their players. Then it's about the rest of the AFC and their
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players. Yes, look at the guys that Patrick Mahomes is doing
01:28
his prime. You take a look at Lamar Jackson's probably gonna
01:30
win a third MVP, Josh Allen right behind him. Those are the
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guys you're fighting with just to get not win a Super Bowl just
01:36
to get to a Super Bowl. I do think the Chargers future is
01:39
bright, but to win it next year, realistically, I don't think is
01:42
the case they can win the AFC. And it's not because it's the
01:45
Chargers fault. They'll be good next year for me. They'll make
01:47
the playoffs. But as I just explained, you have generational
01:51
talent still waiting in line in the middle of their prime. I
01:54
just don't think it's the Chargers time yet.
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