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in which they held a 10-point lead in the second half. For the second-straight game Keenan Allen Jersey , they also failed to score a touchdown in the second half, with a field goal being the only points they have mustered after the halfway point in the last two weeks,It was another second-half implosion that should have fans reeling with PTSD-like symptoms stemming from the team’s horrendous 2016 campaign where they blew a historic amount of leads over and over again. That season, they finished 5-11. It was the final season for Mike McCoy and the year that finally caused the Chargers to move on from that lackluster coaching staff.Will this be another year that starts to warm the seat of the head coach? Will it cause Anthony Lynn to take a major look at his staff and maybe force his hand into some firings? I don’t know if we should get that far into our wallowing, but a close game to the Miami Dolphins next week, even if it’s a victory, will start to stir the pot sooner rather than later.This week was a struggle, but as always, here are the three players I believed “surged” forward with their play and three that stayed “static” or took a step back with their performance on Sunday.SurgeWR Keenan AllenAmassing a career-high in receiving yardage is an easy way to land yourself on the “Surge” list.Allen finds himself on the right side of this column for the third-straight week, making him the only player to do so through the first three weeks of the season. The savvy veteran hauled in 13 of 17 targets en route to 183 yards and two scores. That makes three receiving touchdowns in three games, bringing him to the halfway mark of his six total scores he had in both the 2017 and ‘18 seasons.Allen hasn’t scored more than six times in a season since his rookie season where he found paydirt eight times. If things continue as is, Allen could be primed for a career-year in all the receiving categories. Even when Hunter Henry returns from his knee injury, Allen will continue to be a target vacuum in this Chargers offense.K/P Ty LongOf course we have to show the kicker some love after bouncing back from two missed kicks last week. Long gained much of his lost confidence after knocking home a pair of field goals against the Texans, allowing the Chargers to stay alive for as long as possible before their second half point drought continued.Long made kicks of 34 and 43 yards, his 43-yarder being the only points that the Chargers could muster in the second half.Usual starter Michael Badgley was awfully close to suiting up this week prior to a last-minute inactive annoucement on Saturday so I expect him to take back his job this coming week barring any unforeseen setbacks.CB Desmond KingKing got the crowd fired-up from the very start of this one http://www.thechargerslockerroom.com/authentic-ladainian-tomlinson-jersey , keeping his wits about him and recovering a Deshaun Watson fumble after the quarterback made an ill-advised decision to throw a screen pass into the dirt behind his body. King collected the ball and took it all the way down to the Houston 15-yard line before a offensive linemen caught him by the heel.The third-year defender was all over the field for the Chargers, collecting the aforementioned fumble, four total stops, a pass deflection, and a QB hit. It looked like Gus Bradley was attempting to use King in a variety of ways, hoping to take advantage of King’s knack for big plays in big moments.StaticS Roderic TeamerAfter not suiting up for the first two weeks due to injury, Teamer got the starting nod at strong safety following the loss of Adrian Phillips to a broken forearm. Teamer, along with outside linebacker Chris Peace, made the team after going undrafted in the 2019 NFL Draft.Teamer got the start this week against a lot of backlash from fans who wished to see 2019 second-round pick Nasir Addelrey receive some more snaps in Phillips place. Lynn decided to stick with Teamer, who available all throughout training camp. This was the main reason given when asked about Adderley’s chances of stating. Lynn believes Adderley is still far behind after missing most of training camp before suiting up for just the preseason finale.The former Tulane Green Wave safety was a bright spot during the preseason exhibition games but wound-up looking not-so-bright when he took the field. On the Texans second scoring play, a intermediate shot to tight end Darren Fells, Teamer lost track of the massive tight end, leading to a wide-open score for the veteran.Overall, he simply didn’t look ready to start for this defense. The Chargers have other options. Knowledge of the playbook, be damned. Let your best players play Womens Jatavis Brown Jersey , and make plays. Teamer is not that, right now.WR Travis BenjaminBenjamin was once again on the wrong end of a potential big play for the Chargers on Sunday afternoon. With the Chargers down 27-20 towards the end of the fourth quarter, Rivers lofted a high-arcing pass to the speedster downfield. Although Benjamin was being double-covered, he had a step on the two defenders. Rivers’ pass landed right in between his hands but the short-armed Benjamin didn’t fully extend for the catch which caused the ball to squeeze through is digits incomplete.He finished with two catches for five yards. Obviously not what you expect from a player whose sole purpose as a member of this team is to beat the defense deep.The Pass RushIt’s widely known that Deshaun Watson has been the most-sacked quarterback in the NFL since the beginning of last year. After being brought down 10 times in the first two weeks, the Chargers only managed two sacks of the quarterback, one of which was by Brandon Mebane while Bosa and Ingram were off the field. The four that rushed? Mebane, Uchenna Nwosu, Isaac Rochell, and Justin Jones.Later on during a crucial third down, Bosa and Thomas Davis were able to get home and split a sack, but two is nowhere near enough for this defensive front. In fact, according to Aaron Reiss from The Athletic, Watson was pressure on just 13.9 percent of his dropbacks on Sunday. That was the lowest percentage OF HIS CAREER.HIS WHOLE DAMN CAREER.The Chargers literally gave him his most casual experience in the pocket as a professional quarterback, with two “elite” edge rushers.On a 1st-and-10 for the Texans with 22 seconds left on the clock in the first half, the announcers shouted “Watson is sacked!” and the quarterback proceeded to squirt out of multiple tackle attempts by Justin Jones and Jerry Tillery before tossing an incomplete pass.This was such a let-down by the defensive line and their inability to get after the quarterback on a consistent basis will also hamper the inexperienced players in the secondary that are being forced into action following the string of long-term injuries throughout the defense. Ten months ago Rayshawn Jenkins Jersey , the Colts were a laughingstock. They had been spurned by Josh McDaniels. They had misjudged the seriousness of Andrew Luck‘s shoulder injury. They were coming off a disastrous season and looked like they had far too many holes to fill on both sides of the ball to get back to the playoffs.Chris Ballard turned the franchise around, and that’s why he’s PFT’s choice as the NFL’s executive of the year.Ballard got all the big decisions right: He hired Frank Reich as head coach after the embarrassment of the failed McDaniels hiring. He trusted the slow but steady process for getting Luck back on track, and had Luck back on the field and ready to go for the start of the season. He traded down in the draft, picking up three extra second-round picks, and then drafted guard Quenton Nelson, who did outstanding work protecting Luck as a rookie. With his second-round pick, he drafted Darius Leonard, perhaps the best defensive rookie in the NFL this year. The Colts are in the playoffs when few thought they would be, and Ballard deserves enormous credit for that.A close second for the executive of the year award would be Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco, who has done an excellent job putting together a team that has stayed together when it easily could have fallen apart, playing in a tiny soccer stadium while functioning as the “other” team in Los Angeles. Telesco’s first-round picks — Derwin James in 2018, Mike Williams in 2017, Joey Bosa in 2016, Melvin Gordon in 2015 — are all playing big roles on this year’s playoff team.Some would argue for Bears General Manager Ryan Pace. He has certainly done good work, taking over a last-place team and building a first-place roster http://www.thechargerslockerroom.com/authentic-justin-jones-jersey , but there are knocks against him as well. Mitchell Trubisky is developing into a fine quarterback, but Pace traded up to draft Trubisky when he could have stayed put or even moved down and drafted league MVP Patrick Mahomes. The Khalil Mack trade looks like a good move, but the bill hasn’t come due yet: Let’s see how Pace continues replenishing the roster while managing Mack’s big hit on the salary cap, and without the 2019 and 2020 first-round picks he traded away for Mack, before we declare that trade a slam-dunk success. And Pace has still failed to find a good kicker to replace Robbie Gould, whom Pace cut three years ago. None of those issues mean Pace isn’t a good G.M., but they are enough to rank him below Ballard and Telesco.There were people who mocked Ballard last year when he said, “The rivalry is back on,” referring to the Colts losing McDaniels to the Patriots, just as they’ve lost so many big game to the Patriots. Some would say it wasn’t much of a rivalry, as the Patriots so often came out on top. But Ballard has made the Colts legitimate rivals to the Patriots, and legitimate contenders to be the Patriots’ successors as the best team in the AFC.