2024 Los Angeles Chargers

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The first year in Jim Harbaugh's NFL return looks to be an improvement from their previous direction. However, will the Chargers now mimic a typical University of Michigan roster composition? Let's see:

Total White Athletes on Roster (Starters in bold)
17 Whites total, with 7 starters. Grade: D+

QB - Justin Herbert, Easton Stick, Taylor Heinicke
WR - Ladd McConkey
TE - Hayden Hurst, Will Dissly, Eric Tomlinson
T - Joe Alt, Foster Sarell
C - Bradley Bozeman, Brenden Jaimes

DE - Morgan Fox
DT - Scott Matlock
OLB - Joey Bosa

K - Cameron Dicker
P - JK Scott
LS - Josh Harris

IR - Nick Niemann (ILB), Tyler McLellan (T), Bucky Williams (C/G)
PS - Luke Benson (TE), Tucker Fisk (TE), Karsen Barnhart (T),

A bump in overall roster and starters thanks to a commitment to White tight ends, that previous iterations of the Chargers always shunned. Also, an outlier at starting WR gives another easy tick upward.

Justin Herbert is a top young quarterback that has thrown for 5,000 yards once and 4,000 yards twice already. Last year, he operated in a restrained offense and missed a few games. This year so far, the team has operated a Harbaugh inspired run-first offense. Expect Herbert to be efficient and have a successful year despite not hitting his lofty numbers from early in his NFL career. I'll take that tradeoff if the Chargers can actually make the playoffs and give Herbert that exposure. Next big development was the drafting of WR Ladd McConkey early in the 2nd round. Ladd was a star for the 2021 and 2022 National Champions Georgia Bulldogs. Ladd has a good blend of speed, size, route running and hands. Just a solid receiver who is a rare White athlete at the skill positions to eschew a racial apprentice. Joe Alt was the top offensive lineman in college last year and made the top of the draft a "touchdown" for the Chargers. Look for him to hold down one of the tackle positions for along time. Bradley Bozeman replaces the great Corey Linsley, who retired a bit early due to a medical condition. The tight end position went from entirely black (for many years) to 3/4ths White. Thank you Harbaugh for that. Hayden Hurst is the standout here and has a had a good career while bouncing from team to team in recent years. A former 1st round pick, that you could argue has disappointed by never becoming a star player. Dissly is a Plantation Pete refugee, who's had some good receiving totals with few targets.

The defense is pretty similar to last year. Bosa is great when healthy and already has a few sacks. Fox is underrated as a stout 3-4 DE. Expect him to get his usual tackles and 5 or 6 sacks. Matlock rotates in as a DT and has been doubling as the team's fullback when needed. Nick Niemann is always productive but seems destined for a reserve role and will return later in the year from his injury. The practice squad has zero White defensive players.

All in all, this is a decent team to support but has little depth beyond the fairly impressive 7 starters. If they weren't in the AFC West, where the Broncos, Raiders and Chiefs have good demographics too, they've be an easy team to pull for. I guess the good news is that whoever wins this division will be palatable for the playoffs.
 
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Like many white QBs recently, Justin Herbert has flown under the radar. Now that he's fully healthy, he's "quietly" been one of the league's top QBs, with the highest PFF score of any position over the last 2 weeks. The addition of Joe Alt and McConkey have been a major boost to this Charger's offense as well - McConkey in particularly is putting up WR1 numbers.

https://x.com/PFF_Chargers/status/1851371084152558006
 

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Harbaugh compares Ladd McConkey to Steve Smith. Fat ass Keyshawn Johnson and Crack Head Michael Irvin weren’t having it on FS1’s trash show “Speak.” Basically saying if you’re not an outside receiver, you’re not worthy.
 

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Harbaugh compares Ladd McConkey to Steve Smith. Fat ass Keyshawn Johnson and Crack Head Michael Irvin weren’t having it on FS1’s trash show “Speak.” Basically saying if you’re not an outside receiver, you’re not worthy.
I guess they're really going to have it out with BSPN analyst Marcus Spears who said that McConkey was very similar to Emmanuel Sanders with his speed, route-running and hands before the week 7 Monday nite game.
 

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Keyshawn Johnson was too slow for me ever to consider him a great outside WR. Good body control and possession WR but nothing flashy IMO. Very overrated.
 

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Keyshawn Johnson is a racist who repeatedly ridiculed and demeaned his Jets teammate Wayne Chrebet, both verbally and in his book, calling him the "team mascot" and a "flashlight to his star." He apparently still attacks Chrebet some 30 years on.

Chrebet made the Jets as an undrafted free agent and even started as a rookie. At the time (1995) he and Ricky Proehl were the only two starting White receivers in the NFL. Chrebet had a fine career, retiring with 580 catches and in 1998 he and Ed McCaffrey broke a prolonged drought in the league among White WRs by both going over 1,000 receiving yards. Keyshawn is a piece of trash whose anti-White racism has been rewarded with a long-time high-paying job with ESPN.
 
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