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The Lightning Round: A Los Angeles Chargers Podcast

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The Lightning Round Podcast #317: Joey Bosa & Khalil Mack Contract Restructures Mar 11, 2023

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Just a few short day ago the Chargers restructured a pair of wide receivers contracts and now they restructure the contracts of a pair of their edge rushers. The Chargers created almost $26M in cap space by restructuring the contracts of edge rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack. Jamie gives all the details on the contract restructure and breaks down where the Chargers stand now. After he breaks down all the numbers Jamie suggests some possible cuts that could still come before they need to be cap compliant prior to the March 17th deadline.

For reference: before these contract restructures, the Lightning Round Podcast broke down their estimates on possible restructures, cuts and extensions on a previous podcast and the numbers aligned with the actual moves made this week.

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The Lightning Round Podcast #316: Keenan Allen & Mike Williams Contract Restructures Mar 10, 2023

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The Chargers created $14.3M in cap space by restructuring the contracts of wide receivers Keenan Allen and Mike Williams. The team now sits just over $8.6M over the cap. Jamie gives all the details on the contract restructure and breaks down where the Chargers stand now. After he breaks down all the numbers Jamie suggests some possible cuts that could still come before they need to be cap compliant prior to the March 17th deadline.

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The Lightning Round Podcast #315: Free Agent Upgrades For The Chargers Mar 08, 2023

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The Lightning Round Podcast continues it’s offseason coverage with just a couple more days before Free Agency; on this episode they cover outside free agents that could improve the Chargers roster. The guys go bargain shopping and cover some of the Chargers biggest needs and provide some players in their price range that the team could sign to improve their roster. They breakdown why the players would be good fits for the roster, comparable contracts to each player and how long they’d sign them for. In order, they cover free agent edge rushers, linebackers, cornerbacks, free safeties, wide receivers, tight ends, centers and back up quarterbacks.

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The Lightning Round Podcast #314: The Chargers Internal Free Agents Feb 23, 2023

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It’s time to kick off the offseason shows for the Lightning Round Podcast with an eye toward Free Agency; on this episode they cover all the Chargers internal Free Agents. They dive into the long list of the Chargers internal free agents and whether they would re-sign those players and if they think the team will re-sign those players. Afterwards, they cover possible cuts and they dive into multiple contract restructures to get the Chargers under the cap. The list of free agents in order includes:

Unrestricted Free Agents

Inside Linebacker Drue Tranquill
Right Tackle Trey Pipkins III
Free Safety Nasir Adderley
Linebacker Kyle Van Noy
Cornerback Bryce Callahan
Defensive Lineman Morgan Fox
Wide Receiver DeAndre Carter
Linebacker Troy Reeder
Quarterback Chase Daniel
Quarterback Easton Stick
Center Will Clapp
Punter JK Scott
Defensive Tackle Christian Covington
Tight End Richard Rodgers
Defensive Lineman Tyeler Davison

Restricted Free Agents

Tight End Donald Parham Jr.
Wide Receiver Jalen Guyton
Defensive Tackle Breiden Fehoko
Offensive Tackle Storm Norton
Defensive Lineman Joe Gaziano
EDGE Derrek Tuszka

Exclusive Rights Free Agents

Kicker Cameron Dicker
Wide Receiver Michael Bandy
Offensive Tackle Foster Sarell
Cornerback Kemon Hall
Defensive Tackle Forrest Merrill

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The Lightning Round Podcast #313: Chargers new Offensive Coordinator Kellen Moore Feb 03, 2023

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The Charger just announced the hiring of new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore. Moore fills the empty seat left by Joe Lombardi who the team released after the season and Moore makes a lateral move from offensive coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys to now calling the plays for the Chargers offense .

Kellen Moore’s resume is impressive. He’s had success in the NFL as an offensive coordinator, had the number one offense as the youngest OC in the league. In his tenure with Dallas, the Cowboys have typically been a Top 5 team in most offensive categories. In 2021, Dallas led the NFL in scoring and set a franchise record for most points in a single season under Kellen Moore.

Garrett and Jamie talk about Kellen Moore’s system and offensive philosophy, how he improves the middle and deep passing game and how effective he was as a coordinator in the red zone. They also share what Moore asks of his personnel on offense, how he can help improve Justin Herbert and also get the running game going.

There is a discussion about some reservations they have about this hire and what they want to see next from the Chargers front office to help Moore succeed his way.

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The Lightning Round Podcast #312: Chargers Offensive Coordinator Candidates Jan 30, 2023

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The Chargers recently fired their offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi after two seasons of underwhelming performances from Justin Herbert and company. With a new vacancy open Garrett and Jamie explore the next possible offensive coordinator options for the Bolts including some coaches they’ve already interviewed and some of the guys they would like to see get interviews in the next few weeks. Some of the names include (in order):

Former Dallas Cowboys Offensive Coordinator Kellen Moore
Los Angeles Rams passing game coordinator/QBs coach Zac Robinson
Los Angeles Rams senior offensive assistant Greg Olson
Minnesota Vikings assistant QBs coach Jerrod Johnson
Los Angeles Rams assistant head coach/TEs coach Thomas Brown
Tennessee Titans TEs coach Luke Steckel
Buffalo Bills QB Coach Joe Brady
San Francisco 49ers passing game coordinator Bobby Slowik
Georgia OC Todd Monken
Philadelphia Eagles QB Coach Brian Johnson

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The Lightning Round Podcast #311: Historic collapse Jan 15, 2023

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Garrett and Jamie recap the Chargers playoff loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on the Lightning Round Podcast: After Hours. Theylive streamed their reactions regarding how the Chargers lost and some of the major turning points in the game.

Defensively, the Chargers had as good of a gameplan to start the game as you could've hoped for, they had five total turnovers: four interceptions, one fumble, forced three punts and only gave up seven points in the first half. On 3rd downs, the Jags were 0 for 7 and the Chargers were 5 of 8 going into halftime. Unfortunately, everything changed in the second half. The Chargers defense didn’t get a single stop in the third and fourth quarter finishing the game with four straight touchdowns and a field goal to win it.

Even though the Chargers put up 30 points, Justin Herbert was off. Herbert was 25 of 43 with 273 passing yards and a touchdown. Herbert didn’t get a single touchdown in the second half when the team needed it most. Gerald Everett had his best game as a Charger leading the team in yards with 109 and tied with Keenan Allen in receptions with six. Austin Ekeler scored two quick touchdowns but finished the day with 35 rushing yards and was bottled up in the second half.

The guys talk about whose job is in jeopardy after this historic collapse, the events that shifted the game and Joey Bosa’s antics on the sideline that hurt the team late.

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FROM THE SB NATION NFL SHOW: Chargers at Jaguars Jan 13, 2023

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The Lightning Round Podcast #310: Wild Card Podcast Preview - Chargers vs. Jaguars Jan 12, 2023

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The Lightning Round Podcast previews the upcoming playoff matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jaguars finished the season on a five game winning streak, capping it off with a win-and-get in victory over the Tennessee Titans. The Jags and Chargers played once this season in Week 3 where the Jaguars absolutely stomped the Chargers 38-10 at home. During that game the Chargers were without some of their star players including Joey Bosa, Keenan Allen, Corey Linsley and Justin Herbert was fresh off his rib injury. This time it’s a different matchup.

Trevor Lawrence has got some weapons at his disposal including speedster Christian Kirk, the possession receiver Zay Jones, both of which scored a touchdown during their Week 3 game, and the tight end Evan Engram who is having a career year.

Defensively, Jacksonville is fast and versatile. Their pass rush can get to the quarterback. Josh Allen demolished Storm Norton in their first matchup, Allen had four QB hits and a pass deflection. Rookie pass rusher and first overall pick Travon Walker is starting to emerge and Arden Key helps add to the speed off the edge. Their Linebackers (Foyesade Oluokun and rookies Devin Lloyd & Chad Muma) are good in the run game and are very athletic.

The guys go through all the important players and matchups on both sides of the ball and talk about where the Chargers have advantages and disadvantages. To wrap it all up, they give a prediction of what they think the score will be and why.

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The Lightning Round Podcast #309: Why’d the starters play so long? Jan 09, 2023

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Garrett is joined by Craig Smith to recap the Chargers losing the regular season finale to the Denver Broncos on the Lightning Round Podcast: After Hours. Theylive streamed their reactions regarding how the Chargers lost and some of the major turning points in the game.

Defensively, the Chargers uncharacteristically gave up a lot of big plays through the air. The biggest beneficiary was Jerry Jeudy who caught five passes for 154 yards including a 57-yard bomb down the sideline. Russell Wilson finished with 283 passing yards and three touchdowns. The Broncos had 205 yards on the ground led by running back Latavius Murray who had 103 yards and a rushing touchdown.

Justin Herbert was solid again today despite the result. Herbert was 25 of 37 with 273 passing yards and two touchdowns. Keenan Allen doubled his receiving touchdowns on the season with two today, one from Justin Herbert and one late in the fourth quarter from Chase Daniel. The Chargers had six receivers with over 30 yards receiving yards but Allen led the team with 102 yards on eight catches on the the game. Gerald Everett has had back-to back games with a receiving touchdown. The biggest milestone on the day was Austin Ekeler getting his 107th reception on the season which is a new Chargers franchise record.

The guys talk about why Brandon Staley elected to keep the starters in as long as he did when the result didn’t matter, if they are worried heading into the playoffs and Craig gives a brief rundown of the matchup in Jacksonville and ends with a score prediction.

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