This week’s Q&A is with Mike Tanier (@MikeTanier). He is the Senior Analyst at Football Outsiders and a weekly contributor to the New York Times. He's been covering the NFL for more than 20 years and wrote the Los Angeles Chargers chapter of this year’s Football Outsider’s Almanac.
What is different/same between this Chargers team and previous ones?
Entering the season, this was the strongest Chargers team since the days of Philip Rivers/LaDanian Tomlinson/Antonio Gates/Shawne Merriman. They appeared to have an explosive offense, a sack-happy defense and an aggressive style, particularly when it came to daring fourth down decisions.