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Sep 17, 2026 · 1h 57m · take 8 of 55
- The Chargers miss the playoffs.
Reversing his preseason pick of the Chargers as a playoff team.
“I don't think that's a playoff team.”
Also said Sep 21 · The Bill Simmons Podcast
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BillUm, Herbert was a mess.
BillThey lost McKinkey in the game because he threw him a hospital ball and you know i i watched that game thinking like i think arizona is like right there they i think they have more talent arizona had like six long drives on them it wasn't like you know like when they uh what was the game when the the steelers beat the pats last year and the pats had like five turnovers and it's like your classic stupid september game yeah
Billthis was like arizona kind of kicked the chargers ass and the stuff harbaugh said after the game about like Like, ah, maybe we should have taken preseason more seriously. And I thought it was alarming. That was the team I had in the playoffs. And that would be my one do -over from what I saw in week one.
BillI don't think that's a playoff team.
PelisseroThere's this strange thing happening, too, with the Chargers. And it's gone on the entire time Jim Harbaugh has been there. But it accelerated with the whole Justin Herbert will go down as the greatest quarterback to ever play the game, quote.
PelisseroYeah. Jim is brought in in part to turn Justin Herbert into that player. And yet here we are. Justin Herbert's a really, really good football player, but you're entering year seven, I believe for Herbert. You have no playoff wins. They just looked not good around him. It wasn't all Herbert, but like the whole offense just looked bad in that game.
PelisseroAnd I don't know. Jim's a unique guy. Like, I don't know if there's a strategy behind that to try to like pull it out of Herbert or why you keep making those remarks. But like, and I'm sure he didn't expect to get the crap kicked out of him by Arizona in week one, but just to like set that as like the baseline, this guy's the greatest ever.
From the episode transcript around 00:27:10. Speaker names are recognized by voice.

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