Los Angeles Chargers

Been a Chargers fan my whole life, when the Jags scored to make it 27-7 right before the half I knew what was going to happen lol. I came into the season thinking it was the best Chargers roster since 2006, now I'm not so sure. JC Jackson is a huge question mark going forward and they probably need to draft a receiver early despite paying $20+ million to Keenan Allen and Mike Williams.

 

We are going to get Jim Harbaugh, and we are going to become a respectable franchise damn it! Herbert is a generational talent

 

I think I might be done with the Chargers tbh. I didn't grow up in California, but I became a Chargers fan when I was a kid because my dad was a Chargers fan and that whole side of the family was from SD. Then I moved to SD for college in 2012 and have been here ever since. It hasn't felt the same since they left SD, and now Keenan Allen is really the last guy left from the SD era. Bosa, Derwin James, Ekeler, Mike Williams, they've been good players but I've never liked them as much since I associate them with that lame soccer stadium in Carson overrun with the opposing fans.

I really haven't loved the Chargers for a while now, that ended when Rivers and Gates retired/left. This franchise is just so pathetic and the move to LA has really erased any sense of tradition or connection to previous eras. They do need a proven head coach with some real gravitas to come in and completely reset the culture. But knowing the Spanos family, they'll probably cheap out and bring in another first-time head coach like Bienemy. Rinse and repeat the McCoy, Lynn and Staley years.

 

I am very excited!

 

I honestly think a lot of the narrative about the Spanii is overblown. They get portrayed as being cheap and not caring about winning, but I’ve seen them continue to spend big on free agents (some just didn’t work out), invest in a new state of the art facility, and now very likely signed the most expensive contract of this coaching cycle.

And I’m such a fan of Harbaugh, I think he must have been hyper aware about the concerns people have about the Spanos family. If he thought they would actually get in the way of him fighting for a Super Bowl the way he envisions it, I don’t think he would have signed then contract

 

Trading Keenan Allen is literally making me sick

 

Piston owner Tom Gores buys 27 percent of the Chargers
By
Mike Florio
Published September 27, 2024 01:13 PM
Who’s got it better than us?

A multi-billionaire who owns an NBA team and who just bought a fairly sizable chunk of an NFL team. (“Nobody” really is catchier.)

PFT has confirmed that Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores has finalized a deal to purchase 27 percent of the L.A. Chargers. Although Tom Gores serves as Chair and CEO of the Platinum Equity private equity fund, he’s purchasing the interest in his individual capacity.

Gores will have no control or path to control, and he will have no day-to-day involvement in the Chargers.

He’s essentially buying out Dea Spanos Berberian, the sister of controlling owner Dean Spanos. The move resolves a protracted Spanos family dispute that resulted in multiple pieces of litigation.

The price to be paid for the 27-percent share isn’t known. That number would reveal the valuation of the team. Some in league circles believe that NFL franchises are inching closer and closer to a base value of $8 billion to $10 million. The record sale happened in 2023, when a group led by Josh Harris bought the Commanders for $6.05 billion.

The purchase is expected to be approved by the league’s owners next month, at their regularly-scheduled quarterly meeting.