Chris O'leary

Yeah.

I think in, at the end of the day, it's gonna be a pretty long ordeal for Chris O'Leary.

He doesn't have the guys to pull in.

Um, like I said, Genesis with Tony Jefferson now also in the, the secondary.

You know, they've played exceptionally well and, you know, it's been [laughs] very surprising that, uh, uh, you know, the Chargers have two new coordinators, and the one that was very much less, uh, touted than the other is performing a whole lot better than the one that was very highly touted in Mike McDaniel.

Chris O'Leary's defense has been very good.

So Chargers have been pretty good against the run so far this year.

Per True Media, the Chargers rank 11th in defensive rush EPA.

Just wanna bring up this comment from HelpI'mStuckStepbrother.

It says, "O'Leary was throwing the NASCAR three edge package on early downs against the Broncos, so I think having three high-end edges is basically mandatory." And to Chris O'Leary's credit, I think this has been one of the more fun things that I've, we've seen him on film kind of add some twist to with those three edge rusher looks because we've seen, you know, Mesidor is playing on the inside somewhat.

Obviously Tuli can play on the inside.

There's been times where they've done, uh, you know, just the three edge rusher looks, this week was one of them, and then they had, uh, Dayon on the line of scrimmage rushing the passer.

So O'Leary's doing a great job mixing those guys up, and I do, I, I do definitely agree that three edge rushers on any NFL team is, is highly, highly important.

Um, but you look at kinda where the, the resources can be allocated and can you get by with, you know, signing like a, a guy like Kingsley Anikari in free agency or a Zaven Collins or, you know, that v- that kind of player who can fill the role that you're playing Mesidor in right now, and then Mesidor is kind of taking over for Khalil Mack, I think is more plausible than finding the equivalent at corner.

And I think just- That, that's kinda where I'm at and I think just from like a balance perspective, you would have Meszaros and Tulley at the edge, you would have, um, obviously Leonard Moore in this case in the secondary, maybe you get your linebacker on day two and you kind of have more of a, a well-balanced, youthful investment in the defensive roster and I think just like in my brain that makes sense on, on October 13th.

Um, you know, like you could even think about Nick Marsh at that point, um, the other Indiana receiver who I think is also more of an X and so I think that's pro- like the early teens is probably as far down as I'd be willing to go, um, before things start to get a little bit, uh, more questionable.

Jeremy Jim Harbaugh found a gem.

Chris O'Leary is him.

After that first two weeks of being iffy, getting used to a new coordinator, they're seventh in the EPA per player on defense for the season now.

They made Josh Allen turn it over five times.

Man, we need schematic geniuses.

Nah, he looks lost.

Now, to be fair, he did find Chris O'Leary.

He really don't know.

So, um, I, uh...

Credit to Chris O'Leary, who's gotten this defense back to what Jesse Minter had them at.

But, uh, it's, it's kind of the offense that's letting them down, which obviously, since Justin's been here, that hasn't been the case.

The case has been the defense kinda let these guys down.