NFL rumors: Three reasons Chargers won’t make playoffs

Jan 29, 2017; Orlando, FL, USA; NFC wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants (13) and AFC running back Melvin Gordon of the San Diego Chargers (28) talk prior to the game at Citrus Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 29, 2017; Orlando, FL, USA; NFC wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants (13) and AFC running back Melvin Gordon of the San Diego Chargers (28) talk prior to the game at Citrus Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 29, 2017; Orlando, FL, USA; NFC wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants (13) and AFC running back Melvin Gordon of the San Diego Chargers (28) talk prior to the game at Citrus Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 29, 2017; Orlando, FL, USA; NFC wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants (13) and AFC running back Melvin Gordon of the San Diego Chargers (28) talk prior to the game at Citrus Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

It’s time to address the NFL rumors of how good the Los Angeles Chargers will be.

Sure, their off-season move out of San Diego didn’t come as too much of a surprise. It wasn’t that we didn’t see it coming, either.

Instead, it was something that didn’t make a whole lot of sense for a variety of reasons. Most fans were trying to get back behind the Rams, if they weren’t already. Not to mention that San Diego had done plenty of good for the Chargers during their decades spent there.

In moving, the Chargers have opened themselves up to a new world of criticism. Doing bad or mediocre in San Diego is handled very different than failing to produce in the city of angels.

Philip Rivers is going to need to excel with the offense he has around him. If they plan on going anywhere past the regular season other than back to the drawing board, that is.

That in mind, here’s three reasons that the Chargers won’t have enough in the tank to see the post-season.