Los Angeles Chargers: The battle of LA will go to the Chargers

Just two seasons ago Los Angeles was without a football team. Now, both the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers are battling for the city.

Isn’t it crazy how fast things can change in the NFL? If you would have told any fan just a few seasons ago that both the Rams and Chargers would be in LA they would call you crazy. Sure, the Rams made sense, but other teams such as the Raiders made far more sense than the Chargers. However, heading into the 2017-18 season, we will have the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.

This city sharing as created an interesting dynamic, a dynamic that currently is only present with the Giants and Jets. One-half of Los Angeles will be in favor, the other half in favor of the Chargers.

However, despite the similarities, this is not all the same as the Giants-Jets rivalry. The two teams do not share a stadium, in fact, Los Angeles has seemingly already picked their favorite.

Right now the Rams are playing at the Coliseum, a football stadium that can seat over 90,000 people. As for the Chargers, well, they are playing at the StubHub Center; a soccer stadium that only seats 27,000 people. The Rams can fit three times as many fans in their stadium, and then still have 9,000 seats to spare.

Even after the new LA Stadium at Hollywood Park is finished it won’t be an even playing field. Sure, the teams are sharing the stadium, but this seemingly is not a 50/50 partnership like the Jets and Giants have. Instead, this is merely the Chargers using the Rams stadium.

It makes sense that the Rams have more fans in Los Angeles. The Rams played in LA for almost fifty seasons from the 1940’s to the 1990’s. The Chargers, well, this will be their second season in LA.

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The Chargers never seemed to be a fit for Los Angeles, they always seemed perfect for San Diego. Some would even argue that there are more Raiders fans in Los Angeles than Charger fan, and as a Charger fan myself, I can’t disagree.

However, taking all of the off the field aspects away, it is apparent that the Chargers will win the battle of Los Angeles. They may get blown away in ticket sales, attendance, and overall revenue; but on the football field, well, they will have the upper hand.

Don’t get me wrong, the Rams have a promising young core that, with the right coaching, can turn into something special. Jared Goff has many new weapons at his disposal and likely will utilize the, for a bounceback season.

However, the Los Angeles Chargers have veteran Phillip Rivers. They have promising halfback Melvin Gordon, who will battle Todd Gurley. With a promising pass rush, a revamped offensive line, and a new potential number one receiver. With all of these tools, this Chargers team looks primed for improvements.

The Chargers do have a hole in their secondary, but it is still superior to the Rams. Gordon outplayed Gurley last season, Rivers is far more seasoned, the Chargers passing game is deeper, their offensive line, if they play to their potential, is deeper, and their pass rushing game led by Joey Bosa mirrors that of Aaron Donald and company.

Overall, it seems that the Los Angeles Chargers are as good or better than the Los Angeles Rams in every aspect of the game. While the Rams may be getting the primetime slots on television, these Chargers will dominate the battle of LA on the field.

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