Trekgeekscott
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ORIGINAL: David F. First and foremost - a mutual opponent isn't the cut-and-dried direct comparison some people think it is. We played the Chargers a long time ago when they had a much healthier squad. That said - our squad was a lot healthier back then too. I see a lot of "how did we lose to this chargers team?" posts on twitter. The most common answer is "turnovers" and I think that's a pretty good answer. I also see "our defense wasn't up to speed yet" and this answer is not as good in my opinion. Sure we shut out Las Vegas and the Chargers allowed 49 (remember two of the TDs were defensive scores). But what about the comparison of points allowed to the Chargers? We allowed 28 and the Raiders allowed 21. Our 28 was against the best version the Chargers had to offer on a day when Justin Herbert put on a masterclass of pocket awareness and keeping his eyes downfield to find the open receiver. Sometimes, even with a great defense, you're going to come up against one of the best on their best day. It's days like that where you're either going to lose, having left everything on the field, disappointed but assured you did everything you could - or you're going to win when your defense miraculously gives you the ball back in their territory late in the game. We chose neither of those outcomes that day. Outstanding analysis.
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