Tau837
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For a competent organization, Telesco's job would be on the line at this point. Any chance the Chargers fire him either during or immediately after this season?
Other than Rivers, Gates, Ingram, and Liuget, the entire roster is made up of players brought in by Telesco, and he gave all 4 of them new contracts/extensions. So he owns this thing now.
When he took over, he became GM of a team that was 46-37 in its previous 5 seasons but was exactly .500 over its previous 3 seasons. In 4.25 seasons since, the franchise is 25-42, including 9-27 over the most recent 3 seasons so far. So performance on the field has dropped from the middle of the league to the bottom of the league, on par with the Browns.
As I posted previously, his track record in free agency is mixed at best, and his track record on big contracts is bad.
Telesco has handled 5 drafts:
[*]2014 - only CB Verrett and DE/LB Attaochu remain
[*]Attaochu has currently played in 34 of 52 games in his first 4 seasons and has not played this season; he seems likely to be a non-contributor this season and released after the season, if not sooner
[*]2015 - 4 players remain:
[*]2016 - 5 players remain; the most surprising thing about this draft is that 3rd rounder Tuerk and 4th rounder Perry are already gone
[*]2017 - jury is out, but so far one impact player - 5th rounder King
I'm counting 5 good to great draft picks (Allen, Perryman, Bosa, Henry, Brown), with the jury out on the 2017 draft. The 2015 and 2016 drafts showed an upward trend, and we don't really know yet if 2017 will continue it. There are two serious problems here:
Other than Rivers, Gates, Ingram, and Liuget, the entire roster is made up of players brought in by Telesco, and he gave all 4 of them new contracts/extensions. So he owns this thing now.
When he took over, he became GM of a team that was 46-37 in its previous 5 seasons but was exactly .500 over its previous 3 seasons. In 4.25 seasons since, the franchise is 25-42, including 9-27 over the most recent 3 seasons so far. So performance on the field has dropped from the middle of the league to the bottom of the league, on par with the Browns.
As I posted previously, his track record in free agency is mixed at best, and his track record on big contracts is bad.
Telesco has handled 5 drafts:
- 2013 - only WR Allen remains, and he has played in 44 of 70 games since he was drafted
Some will say GM shouldn't be penalized for injuries, but Allen slid to the 3rd round primarily because of health concerns
[*]2014 - only CB Verrett and DE/LB Attaochu remain
Verrett will have played in just 25 of 64 games in his first 4 seasons, and the team is currently on the hook to pay him more than $8.5M next season
Again, some will say GM shouldn't be penalized for injuries, but inability to stay healthy was a known concern for Verrett entering the draft
[*]Attaochu has currently played in 34 of 52 games in his first 4 seasons and has not played this season; he seems likely to be a non-contributor this season and released after the season, if not sooner
[*]2015 - 4 players remain:
RB Gordon - has to be viewed as a disappointment to date, especially given the draft capital expended on him; has not completed a season healthy and has career averages of 3.7 ypc and 58.3 ypg... bad OL is not a sufficient excuse
- LB Perryman - good player, good draft pick; needs to stay healthier, as he has played only 26 of the first 36 games of his career, and he is still on IR
- LB Emanuel - average player who has a bigger role on the Chargers than he would on most teams due to lack of alternatives; still a solid 5th round pick; PFF currently grades him as the #46 LB this season
- DL Philon - poor player who wouldn't make many rosters, much less play meaningful snaps; PFF currently grades him as the #111 defensive interior player this season
[*]2016 - 5 players remain; the most surprising thing about this draft is that 3rd rounder Tuerk and 4th rounder Perry are already gone
DE Bosa - great player, great pick
- TE Henry - great player, great pick
- LB Brown - solid but overrated player, but still a good pick in the 5th round; PFF currently grades him as the #67 LB this season
- P Kaser - could have signed an equivalent or better punter off the street
- FB Watt - terrible player; literally PFF's lowest graded FB... and his grade this year is better than his grade last year
[*]2017 - jury is out, but so far one impact player - 5th rounder King
I'm counting 5 good to great draft picks (Allen, Perryman, Bosa, Henry, Brown), with the jury out on the 2017 draft. The 2015 and 2016 drafts showed an upward trend, and we don't really know yet if 2017 will continue it. There are two serious problems here:
- The 2013 and 2014 drafts were terrible, which really set the franchise back in the wake of A.J. Smith's last 2-3 seasons of roster mismanagement.
- Of the 5 good to great draft picks I listed, 1 was in the first round, 2 in the second round, and 1 in the third round. Ignoring the 2017 draft, that means 25% success in the first round, 50% success in the second round, and 25% success in the third round. That is a poor track record with valuable draft picks, and it is particularly bad given Telesco traded up for a number of those picks that have not been successful.
- The head coaches and coaching staffs under him have generally been poor, though it isn't clear how much influence he has had over that.
- The Bosa contract situation was a fiasco, though it isn't clear if that was driven by Telesco or the Spanos clan.
- He completely mismanaged the Eric Weddle situation, regardless of how much Weddle and his camp may have contributed to it.
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