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Coach Jim Harbaugh was more pleased with his Chargers’ performance once he watched the film than he was when complaining to officials during their game against the Cardinals on Monday. (Rick Scuteri / Associated Press)
The Chargers have not scored a second-half touchdown since Week 1. They rushed for 59 yards in 22 carries against an Arizona defense that was allowing 153 yards per game on the ground. They failed to protect a one-point lead on the final possession, giving up the game-winning field goal as time expired.
Although a chorus of concerns arose after the team’s 17-15 “Monday Night Football” loss, coach Jim Harbaugh is singing a different tune.
“You could be singing with the choir with ‘the would have, could have and should have. If this, if that,’’’ the Chargers coach said Wednesday. “But it took watching [the tape] three, four times, all sides of the ball, to turn the hymn book to ‘we were better.’ We were better. We got better.”
Trying to stay above .500, the Chargers (3-3) hope to channel the emotional fire from a loss into a learning lesson to face the New Orleans Saints (2-5) on Sunday at SoFi Stadium.
Harbaugh started trying to shift the narrative before the Chargers even left State Farm Stadium on Monday night, paraphrasing Nelson Mandela during his post-game news conference.
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“I don’t lose,” Harbaugh said calmly, “I either win or I learn.”
The coach might not portray that the losses eat at him, but linebacker Daiyan Henley knows they do. It’s why players have continued to believe in Harbaugh at each of his successful stops in the NFL and in college.
“I just love when Harbaugh talks because I can feel that he hates losing,” Henley said. “He may not show it, but he stresses the emphasis of winning, the importance of winning. And I think that’s the best thing about having him as a coach is he feels what I feel, even though…
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Publish date : 2024-10-24 01:31:21
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