Chargers’ Eric Weddle Does Donuts After Possible Final Game at Qualcomm
The fourth-year linebacker now has eight sacks on the year after he picked up two more on Sunday, to go along with 56 tackles and three forced fumbles.
“Charles Woodson is one of those players that comes along and reminds you why you love the game”, Oakland general manager Reggie McKenzie said.
The Chargers scored their first touchdown in three home games midway through the first quarter.
Under the Spanos regime, the Chargers have had only 12 winning seasons and have missed the playoffs five of the past six years, including 2015. That’s what football fans were asking as they turned up for the team’s last game at Qualcomm Stadium Sunday.
White caught three passes for 47 yards in the Falcons’ 23-17 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
“It’s all 11 guys doing their job better”, McCoy said. Team executives have proposed building and sharing a stadium in the L.A. area with the Oakland Raiders; moreover, they have essentially stopped negotiating with San Diego officials on a new facility in that city. Defensively, Oakland is allowing 25.4 points and 366.9 yards per game. Teammate Latavius Murray ran 15 times for 85 and a score. Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree have combined for 1,889 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns while Seth Roberts has 27 receptions.
Woodhead might be the one whose performance is ingrained in history, regardless of what Rivers did, and that is because he also rushed for a pair of touchdowns, the first rushing touchdowns for his team since Week One.
Rookie running back Melvin Gordon’s season is done because of torn cartilage in his left knee. And quarterback Philip Rivers made note of just how special the parking lot is, commenting on when he drove in – possibly for the last time – for Sunday’s win over the Dolphins. “If this is the last one, I’ll always be sick that we didn’t win a championship while we were here”, said Phillip Rivers during a postgame interview.
Not long after the Chargers beat the Miami Dolphins 30-14 in a matchup of last-place teams on Sunday, Philip Rivers, Malcom Floyd, Eric Weddle and even coach Mike McCoy came back out to greet several thousand fans who don’t want their team moving to Los Angeles. Lamar Miller was benched in the second half for rookie Ajayi after Miller had 9 carries for a disappointing 12 yards.
In the meantime it appears the players are simply waiting for the season to end, which will happen after they host Indianapolis and New England in the next two weeks. In all, Woodhead scored four touchdowns for his team, a career high.
“It’s not a one-man show, but everybody else has to do their job better, and he has to do his job better on certain things”. Also, rookie Amari Cooper and pass rushing specialist Khalil Mack have the Raiders on the road to a bright future.