I can’t blame Nate Kaeding for missing the field goal in the 2006 playoffs. It’s the 2009 3 misses against the jets that kill me. Rivers never had any luck.
@pussy Eater rivers was a way better QB for the chargers than brees was. give rivers the saints and he will do better and he wont be a racist either straight up
@pussy Eater wholeheartedly disagree. Look at brees stats w the chargers he wasnt at rivers level then he went on to play in a dome for the rest of his career. I cant really name one playoff loss in that year span that was solely his fault, i dont understand your point of him underperforming brady in the playoffs, he actually plays better than brady when facing him in the postseason. Shit even norv turner said rivers looked better than brees when they faced eachother in camp
yea dat exactly!!! Everyone puts the blame on everyone and everything else, but had rivers played somewhat decent in the playoffs this team could have made it all the way. Rivers is a choker and has a pathetic playoff career!!! The never set the team up for success and was never able to take this team over the hump!
My heart breaks every time the say the Los Angeles chargers…..I’m a grown ass man born and raised in San Diego and when I heard about the move to L.A I literally broke down in tears….the chargers are in my blood they are like family to me…..BOLT UP ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
And they say San Diego Chargers don’t have fans. 🤦🏾♂️😭... those were the good old days now all we got is great memories we went through the good the bad and the ugly with that team it sucks San Diego will never have that again with football.. but cheers and salud to the good old days to me they will always be the San Diego Chargers.. 😔
I agree 1000th precent. When I moved there in 1973 I was instantly a charger fan and Dan Faust fan.... continued to this day. I am pretty impressed with the new quarterback but will see how it goes, so far good. I agree with everything that you said... I guess you just to wait and see
Only the smartest franchises fire their head coach after a 14-2 season. I really hope this new era doesn’t suffer from the same idiotic front office mistakes from before.
He was clearly F'ing up when it mattered..... I mean, us firing McCarthy was LOOONNNGG overdue considering he accomplished no SB with a god tier prime QB for nearly a decade.. Plenty of really good regular season runs. Our new coach is far worse sadly
@@phillipowens3612 The 2009 Chargers was such a weird year. I remember our Defense was sooooo trashy. Shawn Merriman and Jamal Williams were injured all year and Cromartie fell off hard. Shaun Phillips was like the only good player. On offense, LT become a non-factor and we no longer had Chris Chambers. Yet, they won close games and were 13-3. Mainly because of Rivers, Gates, Jackson, and a surprisingly good O-line. But heading into the playoffs, I really had no faith with that defense and lack of running game. I saw that first round exit coming.
You didn't have the worst season ever , the Minnesota Vikings have had the last five years under Mike ZIMMER a total wasted of years. Now there will another five years of wasted football because COUSINS can't seem to understand that you throw a football to the receiver and they run for touch downs... People in Minnesota are so discouraged and disappointed in the team and we have a billion stadium. I live in Minnesota and sometimes like the Vikings but a die hard Charger fan. That's one more reason I love San Diego and then there's Ocean Beach. Did they tear down the stadium where the chargers used to play.
@@cloudsfluff5505 just drove by the stadium and less then half of it remains. The parking lot is all dirt now. Its very sad how everything is just gone.
I was 15 years old this season. I hung each sports page from the Union Tribune on my wall as we won all of those games that season. Marlon, you made me cry. I loved my San Diego Chargers.
I'll never forget this season as I graduated in San Diego in '06 and have been a chargers fan since I was a kid and I literally live in the apartments directly across the old stadium currently
Man THIS right here! The San Diego SUPER CHARGERS⚡️2006 was one of our best seasons ever. For me as a fan being a 14 yr old kid from SD and finally understanding every aspect of the sport this season was epic to me. We should’ve went all the way that year, every player on that roster deserved a super bowl win for them and our city. They’ll always be the San Diego Super Chargers to us loyal fans!
It hurts every day. I was like 19 during this season. Best chance in my lifetime to win a superbowl. Besides 94 but I was a new fan back then. This season changed everything. I don't think the chargers would have left SD if Marty wasn't fired that season. or even a superbowl. Who knows. We're wating for a new coach. Maybe we will get the next Marty in Harbaugh. I guess we'll see.
Man, that might be the team I fell in love with as a little 6 year old boy, I’m sure it all started with a huge game against Broncos and I remember it was at night, so I’m going to say it was that week 11 comeback, my dad and I were so excited about it and he’s a 49er. An MVP, a great team, a huge game and a bad ass uniform it’s all it took to let me know that that was the team I was gonna support for the rest of my life. -Your biggest fan from Mexico. #BoltUp ⚡️🇲🇽
This was the year I really became a charger fan. LT single handedly destroying other teams was my favorite to watch, haven't seen anything like it since.
Watching this is legit interdimensional time travel. The first season with 17 Those blue helmets and big bolt jerseys LT and Loneal Cro wearing #25 Lights out Jammer The Murph The Old Man
I was just 15 years old im 28 now still my favorite squad lots of great memories that season felt special just like LT said even though we didn't win the chip we sure as hell had some Championship moments. Come on bolt fans we gotta bring that football culture back dont matter where they play we still bout that asap⚡⚡⚡ the Super Chargers will be back!
I was 9 during this season and thought LT was a God. Ever since been a die hard. I gotta say between the amazing coaching on Lynn and the deep talent they got I feel like this is the year 😭🙌🏽💯
LT crying at the 50 yard line should be included in the highlights. Oct 2005 Chargers danced on the Pats logo in Foxboro after stream rolling them. Patriots didn't forget and returned the favor.
Being a Charger fan in NJ can get lonely. I was the only dude in the restaurant screaming when LT broke the TD record in 06. I thought it was THE year for sure. Then that playoff game, the worst game of my life, worse than traveling to Miami in 95 to watch them get slaughtered in the super bowl. I was in a bar with like 3 people in it who cared fkng less about the game. After the traumatic loss, I was in disbelief and got totally messy drunk, almost got in a fight (I would have lost). Started a new job the next day, hungover and miserable. I still have PTSD to this day.
i went to the week 9 comeback vs. Cincinnati. had to drive down from Ontario by myself ....the absolute best memory of my football life. Rivers, LT, VJ, Malcolm Williams Merriman, Jammer, Philips. so fun to watch these guys
We had 10 dominate lineman on both sides. The best offensive line in team history.Phillips is the most underrated player in chargers history.Merriman was absolutely insane that year. One of the best young qbs in the game . Best player and rb in the game. The best backup running back in the game . Malcom Floyd and Vincent Jackson were both up and coming . Antonio gates in his prime. A solid secondary and linebacking crew . The best special teams in the game ( Kassiim osgood is the goat) . When you have a team this good and this deep and you don’t win a chip you have to fire the coach. No matter how it happens you have to win. Even tho I loved the winning and the hope. It was inexcusable I completely stand by the decision to fire Marty to this day. You have to understand everyone in San Diego felt this way. But man that was my most fun football season as a fan in my life
If he had missed the playoffs like the goofballs after him and the Padres Manager Tingler but he was up 23-13 or whatever with 6 left had them backed up 4th no 6 along with a missed field goal that’s not how you conduct business mate what happened after? 0 championships or 14-2 seasons
@@alexander13580 I lived in San Diego at the time and the city was alive and Charger spirit everywhere..... when i moved i never lost that San Diego Chargers spirit and still have it.
Man, 2006 the Chargers were stacked on both sides of the ball. The team was ridiculous. Literally every position was strong. This was the only year the O-Line was strong. I loved the defense in 2006.
As a packers fan I was rooting for both you guys and the ravens and as a team the chargers were the best besides the 2014 packers to not win sb this century and the ravens was the best defense not to win a sb and did their best vs manning
Crazy how this team didn’t atleast make it to the SB… I put them in the same category of teams 84 Dolphins, 98 Vikings as teams I feel should’ve won it all.
They should edit Norv Turner out of this video... Marty was the man for the job, Turner screwed up our team big time! Either way, 06' was one for the books! #BoltUp! 🔥⚡⚡⚡🔥
Saw the tile for this video when it got posted, but it took me a few days before I actually clicked on it. Great season and had a lot of fun times during this year.
Always forget how good this Chargers team was. Pro Bowlers QB Philip Rivers RB LaDainian Tomlinson LB Shawne Merriman OT Marcus McNeill NT Jamal Williams FB Lorenzo Neal ST Kassim Osgood TE Antonio Gates LS David Binn C Nick Hardwick K Nate Kaeding ...and not to mention second year players Vincent Jackson and Darren Sproles. And rookie Antonio Cromartie. Incredible and Im not even a Chargers fan.
People forget Lorenzo Neal cause of fullbacks now in the NFL it's all extra tight end sets and the chargers had Brandon manumanumla a extra offensive lineman and people forget how special Marcus mcneill was that year
This was the first year I started really paying attention to football, loved this team and was so bummed when they fired Marty Schottenheimer the next year. And hired Norv Turner 😅
I know you gotta have a good coach but, their input is kinda overrated. Like are you telling me if Don Shula coached the team, that they wouldn’t have dropped those passes? Or they wouldn’t have dropped that interception? Is the suggestion that Marty wasn’t coaching them on that stuff and was just fucking around at practice? Again I know you gotta have a good coach but at the end of the day it’s the players. Dumb decision to fire Marty.
this team was so good. 9 times out of ten that team wins a super bowl that year. we sadly live in the dimension that they just so happened to lose. the 06 chargers should.be more widely recognized as a historically great team that didn't make it. that was our super bowl year man. still waiting for a team to be so dominant like that one.
I was 6 years old during this season and thanks to my dads fandom I've been a die hard fan every since. Really hope Herbie can finally take us to the SB!!
Now, those jerseys are one of my all time favorites . Idk what it was??? But the yellow lining outside and around the numbers and that dark Charger blue gave that Jersey a pop n shine thats made it unique to all others. N still my personal favorite till this day. Thank u. Just thought id share that.
I’m a Chiefs fan and this team was arguably top 10 most talented of all time. They were absolutely loaded from top to bottom. It’s very disappointing they didn’t go all the way
This year gets me more than these damn 4 and 5 win seasons we’ve been having. To me it seems like our defense has been missing a piece or two that hasn’t made us elite. This year I think is going to be one of the best teams we’ve had. A fast covering linebacker in the draft, 3 pro-bowl cornerbacks, arguably the best safety in the game, arguably a top 3 edge rushing duo, and added a double teamer in Linval. I hope that these 2nd and 3rd year players can step up and make this defense scary ⚡️⚡️
Yep. And notice now Marty Schottenheimer is not given any credit or mentioned in any way in this video. That's how classless the Chargers' organization is.
14 and 2!!! Yes, loss came early with other due to Kaeding missing. Yes, 10 game WIN STREAK with playoff loss due to Kaeding missing and a lucky fumble for Pats. This team was AWESOME and EVERYGAME the other team looks like current Chargers of always STRUGGILING AND GETTING TOO TIRED BY 3RD QUARTER. We will never see Chargers be this great again to enjoy watching each games due to how ownership changed how players practice just to avoid injuries during the week. 2006 if you get injured, oh well, its why you draft or sign great back ups as this was the case with 2006..
Current 2021 Chargers are only missing a few pieces and I guarantee they're gonna be back to this form. Got the QB and other pieces in place. Need a couple more defensive stars and a dominant RB (doesn't even need to be LT level) and Superbowl here we come
I'm from New England and have been a patriot fan my whole life but the mid 2000s chargers are my favorite none pats team of all time besides the 86 bears
The season goes that LT makes history we go 14-2 and just because the guy who intercepted the ball from Brady felt like running with it instead of going down to chew the clock we loss to the pats and then we cry because this was the only season the chargers could have won the super bowl.
I’ll never forget going to these games when I was a kid, my dad a SD native got season tickets so I got to witness history every home game and never experienced a loss…I still hold hope that one day the Bolts will be back in SD where they belong once the Spanos’ are finally out of the picture.
I wish I were the age I am now to have been able to watch that season and remember everything. my dad remembers how awesome it was to be a Chargers fan that year. I remember watching a few games with him and each one was better than the next! Regardless, I’m a diehard Chargers fan thanks to my dad!
Man first off I’m not a charger fan I’m a cheesehead but being from San Diego and being able to watch this franchise for 26 years of my life. It’s sad how the Spanos family incompetence ruined their later chances at winning a SB, I feel for y’all
I was not even a year old...but looking back on that season I'm proud and wish I could have seen LT and the chargers do what they did that year. BOLT GANG⚡🏈
From New Mexico Charger fan since I was six years old I watch a game I believe a Monday night game against jets wonder if that who they were playing , anyway I am 54 now 55 in November if anybody knows how to look that up. Wow! time flys I would have never thought we would be superbowless. .wow that 55 stands out SAEU, WE will win a Superbowl this year . Chargers for life Just want to watch my team play once live that's number #1 on my bucket list.
Reliving this still hurts. Next two opponents would've been: 1. Colts -- Chargers had their number (2005 they spoiled the Colts perfect win record, 2007 they intercepted Manning SIX times in one half, 2008 playoffs 8-8 Chargers upset Colts in OT) 2. Rex Grossman and the Bears
I loved Lee Hacksaw Hamilton as the radio voice of the Bolts. But during this era, we had the best most exciting announcer/color commentator team in Josh Lewin & Hank Bauer.
Man this year was so fun the best time ever being a Chargers fan during regular season then the playoffs happened.
Yea the season was great but the playoffs.
Yes the chiefs smacked you guys both times in regular devision alone with the broncos and raiders it’s ok tho
@@YoungCorleone i remember kicking the chiefs ass like 11 times in a row after that
Unknown Mob Boss you prolly wasn’t even a Kansas chiefs fan till they won the Super Bowl 😂😂
__ a100 yea you a probably right on that one 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I can’t blame Nate Kaeding for missing the field goal in the 2006 playoffs. It’s the 2009 3 misses against the jets that kill me. Rivers never had any luck.
It's like Kaeding intentionally missed against the Jets. Guy was a joke
True but maybe rivers and this high powered offense should of scored some touchdowns instead of relying on the kicker to save them
@pussy Eater rivers was a way better QB for the chargers than brees was. give rivers the saints and he will do better and he wont be a racist either straight up
@pussy Eater wholeheartedly disagree. Look at brees stats w the chargers he wasnt at rivers level then he went on to play in a dome for the rest of his career. I cant really name one playoff loss in that year span that was solely his fault, i dont understand your point of him underperforming brady in the playoffs, he actually plays better than brady when facing him in the postseason. Shit even norv turner said rivers looked better than brees when they faced eachother in camp
yea dat exactly!!! Everyone puts the blame on everyone and everything else, but had rivers played somewhat decent in the playoffs this team could have made it all the way. Rivers is a choker and has a pathetic playoff career!!! The never set the team up for success and was never able to take this team over the hump!
I was still in middle school when i witnessed this team go 14-2. Bittersweet memories 🥺⚡️
War eagle 🦅. Auburn
High school for me. Sophomore year
I was in 8th grade. Back when the Chargers were a powerhouse
This year and 2007 is what solidified me as a Chargers fan.
Me as well bro⚡🏈✌️#21LT SD/LA
Literally same
Same bro
Yessir. Bolt up ⚡️
Go Chargers⚡
My heart breaks every time the say the Los Angeles chargers…..I’m a grown ass man born and raised in San Diego and when I heard about the move to L.A I literally broke down in tears….the chargers are in my blood they are like family to me…..BOLT UP ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
people forget Marcus McNeil was almost offensive rookie of the year as a offensive lineman
Trust me it’s not just San Diego natives that miss them being there. We all do
And they say San Diego Chargers don’t have fans. 🤦🏾♂️😭... those were the good old days now all we got is great memories we went through the good the bad and the ugly with that team it sucks San Diego will never have that again with football.. but cheers and salud to the good old days to me they will always be the San Diego Chargers.. 😔
I agree 1000th precent. When I moved there in 1973 I was instantly a charger fan and Dan Faust fan.... continued to this day. I am pretty impressed with the new quarterback but will see how it goes, so far good. I agree with everything that you said... I guess you just to wait and see
Would they have a book about the history of the San Diego Chargers... if so whats the name and where can I get it from
I miss them dearly, I like the team still but it still stings
@@CHRIS-ol4eb trust me I feel the same way I miss them days I was a season ticket holder still a fan too but shit sucks San Diego lost the Chargers
Doesn't matter the team is in L.A. they will always be the san diego chargers as long as they represent that lightning bolt.
Only the smartest franchises fire their head coach after a 14-2 season. I really hope this new era doesn’t suffer from the same idiotic front office mistakes from before.
He was clearly F'ing up when it mattered..... I mean, us firing McCarthy was LOOONNNGG overdue considering he accomplished no SB with a god tier prime QB for nearly a decade.. Plenty of really good regular season runs. Our new coach is far worse sadly
@@carefulilickwindows6881 nah Rodgers is just overrated
Nah. Not Only the smartest franchises. /
Ya that was due to the shitty GM at the time It was we know GM smith and Marty hated each other hence why Lt left
it already has, remember going for it on 4th down in questionable game calls??? They should have replaced the coach
The Missing Rings: 2006 San Diego Chargers
As told by: Marty Schottenheimer, LaDamian Tomlinson, and Philip Rivers.
Mary Schottenmier R.I.P 2021
@@jasonrandom372 I guess we could use Antonio Gates
Throw the 2009 San Diego Chargers in there too☹️
@@phillipowens3612 The 2009 Chargers was such a weird year. I remember our Defense was sooooo trashy. Shawn Merriman and Jamal Williams were injured all year and Cromartie fell off hard. Shaun Phillips was like the only good player. On offense, LT become a non-factor and we no longer had Chris Chambers. Yet, they won close games and were 13-3. Mainly because of Rivers, Gates, Jackson, and a surprisingly good O-line. But heading into the playoffs, I really had no faith with that defense and lack of running game. I saw that first round exit coming.
LaDaiNian
Worst ending to a season EVER. This team should've steamrolled through the AFC playoffs to a Super Bowl victory. UGH.
You didn't have the worst season ever , the Minnesota Vikings have had the last five years under Mike ZIMMER a total wasted of years. Now there will another five years of wasted football because COUSINS can't seem to understand that you throw a football to the receiver and they run for touch downs... People in Minnesota are so discouraged and disappointed in the team and we have a billion stadium. I live in Minnesota and sometimes like the Vikings but a die hard Charger fan. That's one more reason I love San Diego and then there's Ocean Beach. Did they tear down the stadium where the chargers used to play.
The Troy Brown play.
Fucking McCree
Marlin Macree is the Gary Anderson for the Chargers if you know who that is.
@@cloudsfluff5505 just drove by the stadium and less then half of it remains. The parking lot is all dirt now. Its very sad how everything is just gone.
I was 15 years old this season. I hung each sports page from the Union Tribune on my wall as we won all of those games that season. Marlon, you made me cry. I loved my San Diego Chargers.
Atleast he didn't run far where it was more obvious he should of gotten down it kinda happened quickly the more I rewatch it
That's right hometeam! 1991 baby, we share the memories my friend. Let's go bolts.
@@streeter9431 Yes sir! 91!
@@streeter9431people forget Marcus McNeil was almost offensive rookie of the year as a offensive lineman
That 2006 season still eats away at me 14-2 had homefield advantage and went one and done by the patriots
If rivers and LT are healthy no way they lost that game
@@FeatheredAndLethal they were both healthy.... you're thinking of the 2007 AFC championship game
Benny G Philip had a foot injury in 06 apparently
Marcus mcneil was historically goodchis rookie year
Marlon McCree
I'll never forget this season as I graduated in San Diego in '06 and have been a chargers fan since I was a kid and I literally live in the apartments directly across the old stadium currently
Man THIS right here! The San Diego SUPER CHARGERS⚡️2006 was one of our best seasons ever. For me as a fan being a 14 yr old kid from SD and finally understanding every aspect of the sport this season was epic to me. We should’ve went all the way that year, every player on that roster deserved a super bowl win for them and our city. They’ll always be the San Diego Super Chargers to us loyal fans!
It hurts every day. I was like 19 during this season. Best chance in my lifetime to win a superbowl. Besides 94 but I was a new fan back then. This season changed everything. I don't think the chargers would have left SD if Marty wasn't fired that season. or even a superbowl. Who knows. We're wating for a new coach. Maybe we will get the next Marty in Harbaugh. I guess we'll see.
Man, that might be the team I fell in love with as a little 6 year old boy, I’m sure it all started with a huge game against Broncos and I remember it was at night, so I’m going to say it was that week 11 comeback, my dad and I were so excited about it and he’s a 49er. An MVP, a great team, a huge game and a bad ass uniform it’s all it took to let me know that that was the team I was gonna support for the rest of my life.
-Your biggest fan from Mexico. #BoltUp ⚡️🇲🇽
Puro pinche chargers 😎⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
This is still a pain spot for me to this day. I will never forget this year.
The year both the Padres and Chargers made the playoffs. Great times in San Diego...
The Chargers, Padres, Lakers, Clippers and Dodgers all made the playoffs in 2006! It was a wonderful year for sports in Southern California!
Watch those Chargers come back to life. Get the right coach and the right players. May it come real soon. Whether LA or SD, it CAN be done.
I'm not watching this video, that playoff loss still hurts and then to be followed by the firing of Marty. The darkest time for any Charger fan...
Why not remember all the fun, exciting wins? :)
@@mannyboricua2051 this playoff loss stung the most for any Chargers fan that is hard to remember the good times of that year due to the loss
@@mannyboricua2051 yeah great memories that were all dashed by a disgusting loss and piss poor performance.
@@igot1i it almost seemed like they didn't wanna put the game away vs the patriots every possible way to keep them in the game
This was the year I really became a charger fan. LT single handedly destroying other teams was my favorite to watch, haven't seen anything like it since.
Simply amazing team. Phillip Rivers outstanding.
Watching this is legit interdimensional time travel.
The first season with 17
Those blue helmets and big bolt jerseys
LT and Loneal
Cro wearing #25
Lights out
Jammer
The Murph
The Old Man
I was just 15 years old im 28 now still my favorite squad lots of great memories that season felt special just like LT said even though we didn't win the chip we sure as hell had some Championship moments. Come on bolt fans we gotta bring that football culture back dont matter where they play we still bout that asap⚡⚡⚡ the Super Chargers will be back!
Same here bro
I was 9 during this season and thought LT was a God. Ever since been a die hard. I gotta say between the amazing coaching on Lynn and the deep talent they got I feel like this is the year 😭🙌🏽💯
same here bro
@@frankiey9943 you 23
cristian walller correct 😂🙏🏽
We were destined to play and possibly win the Super Bowl that year!! You really could not get any better than the 2006 Chargers ⚡️⚡️
War eagle Auburn
It will this year. BOLT UP
Watch this year
Would have been great to get a ring 😭
That 14-2 season was waisted
That was are greatest chance
@@ryanop1774 so far
Gates, Rivers, LT all deserve one
@@ryanduffy6089 they will be in the hall of fame🙂
LT crying at the 50 yard line should be included in the highlights. Oct 2005 Chargers danced on the Pats logo in Foxboro after stream rolling them. Patriots didn't forget and returned the favor.
Being a Charger fan in NJ can get lonely. I was the only dude in the restaurant screaming when LT broke the TD record in 06. I thought it was THE year for sure. Then that playoff game, the worst game of my life, worse than traveling to Miami in 95 to watch them get slaughtered in the super bowl. I was in a bar with like 3 people in it who cared fkng less about the game. After the traumatic loss, I was in disbelief and got totally messy drunk, almost got in a fight (I would have lost). Started a new job the next day, hungover and miserable. I still have PTSD to this day.
i went to the week 9 comeback vs. Cincinnati. had to drive down from Ontario by myself ....the absolute best memory of my football life. Rivers, LT, VJ, Malcolm Williams Merriman, Jammer, Philips. so fun to watch these guys
people forget Marcus McNeil was almost offensive rookie of the year as a offensive lineman
We had 10 dominate lineman on both sides. The best offensive line in team history.Phillips is the most underrated player in chargers history.Merriman was absolutely insane that year. One of the best young qbs in the game . Best player and rb in the game. The best backup running back in the game . Malcom Floyd and Vincent Jackson were both up and coming . Antonio gates in his prime. A solid secondary and linebacking crew . The best special teams in the game ( Kassiim osgood is the goat) . When you have a team this good and this deep and you don’t win a chip you have to fire the coach. No matter how it happens you have to win. Even tho I loved the winning and the hope. It was inexcusable I completely stand by the decision to fire Marty to this day. You have to understand everyone in San Diego felt this way. But man that was my most fun football season as a fan in my life
If he had missed the playoffs like the goofballs after him and the Padres Manager Tingler but he was up 23-13 or whatever with 6 left had them backed up 4th no 6 along with a missed field goal that’s not how you conduct business mate what happened after? 0 championships or 14-2 seasons
I was 16 a junior at helix high, I loved this team and the whole daygo was popping on Sundays
All of Southern California was popping back then!
@@alexander13580 I lived in San Diego at the time and the city was alive and Charger spirit everywhere..... when i moved i never lost that San Diego Chargers spirit and still have it.
@@cloudsfluff5505 I would love to see that Chargers Spirit come back again in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles again! ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡
As a Raiders fan.. LT is my favorite running back of all time. Mad love and mad Respects.
Man, 2006 the Chargers were stacked on both sides of the ball. The team was ridiculous. Literally every position was strong. This was the only year the O-Line was strong. I loved the defense in 2006.
Marcus mcneil all pro rookie at left tackle I wanna say he won rookie of the year
Still feels like yesterday …
You just gonna talk about the LB's and NOT mention Donnie. Man that guy was the heart of that defense
As a packers fan I was rooting for both you guys and the ravens and as a team the chargers were the best besides the 2014 packers to not win sb this century and the ravens was the best defense not to win a sb and did their best vs manning
Crazy how this team didn’t atleast make it to the SB… I put them in the same category of teams 84 Dolphins, 98 Vikings as teams I feel should’ve won it all.
They should edit Norv Turner out of this video... Marty was the man for the job, Turner screwed up our team big time! Either way, 06' was one for the books! #BoltUp! 🔥⚡⚡⚡🔥
I like the powder blue but those navy jerseys and helmet are my favorite of all time .
LT was so fun to watch 🐐⚡⚡⚡
Believe first game was a shutout from Chargers D. Not sure , either year before but remembered first game of TOTAL Defense on a consistent basis..
Rip Qualcomm stadium and rip Marty 🥺😭😭😭
R.I.P. Chargers uniform and logo (1988-2006)
@@JohnHMcCoybring back that logo
Saw the tile for this video when it got posted, but it took me a few days before I actually clicked on it. Great season and had a lot of fun times during this year.
If only we had Justin Hebert in the 2006 and 2007 season. We would of definitely won 2 back to back superbowls with him and those stacked teams
Rivers was nice bruh
@@dreamcage1801ya & Marcus McNeil from Auburn has best rookie year for offensive lineman of all time !
That era will come back soon, we have the talents, and they will reap the reward soon⚡⚡⚡⚡
#BoltUp,#AnySquadAnyPlace,#BoltGangOrDontBang
ASAP, BABY!!
@@gregthornton4209
Bolt Gang Or Dont Bang⚡⚡⚡⚡
If we healthy true
Jó is lenne. De sok áll vagy bukik az edzői munkán és Herbert felépítésén.
Just need james to be healthy and we're good
Always forget how good this Chargers team was.
Pro Bowlers
QB Philip Rivers
RB LaDainian Tomlinson
LB Shawne Merriman
OT Marcus McNeill
NT Jamal Williams
FB Lorenzo Neal
ST Kassim Osgood
TE Antonio Gates
LS David Binn
C Nick Hardwick
K Nate Kaeding
...and not to mention second year players Vincent Jackson and Darren Sproles. And rookie Antonio Cromartie.
Incredible and Im not even a Chargers fan.
People forget Lorenzo Neal cause of fullbacks now in the NFL it's all extra tight end sets and the chargers had Brandon manumanumla a extra offensive lineman and people forget how special Marcus mcneill was that year
Back when I was a charger fan from the real San Diego Chargers 2006 chargers were epic...god I miss dem good ol days 🥺
Ahhh the 1st year I became a Chargers fan. Loved watching this greatness.
This was the first year I started really paying attention to football, loved this team and was so bummed when they fired Marty Schottenheimer the next year. And hired Norv Turner 😅
Poor Marty had the worse playoff luck
I know you gotta have a good coach but, their input is kinda overrated. Like are you telling me if Don Shula coached the team, that they wouldn’t have dropped those passes? Or they wouldn’t have dropped that interception? Is the suggestion that Marty wasn’t coaching them on that stuff and was just fucking around at practice? Again I know you gotta have a good coach but at the end of the day it’s the players. Dumb decision to fire Marty.
15 years later and Im still not over it
I miss the sound of touchdown San Diego 🤧
I miss it to never should have went to smell lay
@@Harvz619602 born is SD and raised in LA...fuck I wish they woulda stayed in SD .sure the stadium wasnt pretty but the atmosphere was better
Josh Lewin said "Touchdown San Diego" on the radio!
this team was so good. 9 times out of ten that team wins a super bowl that year. we sadly live in the dimension that they just so happened to lose. the 06 chargers should.be more widely recognized as a historically great team that didn't make it. that was our super bowl year man. still waiting for a team to be so dominant like that one.
marty schottenheimers playoff demons stayed with him for his entire HC NFL career, he just was cursed in the playoffs
the new uniforms are FIRE!!!
Light blue jawn look phat
I remember watching the game at Cincinnati with my mom and we were both cheering like crazy 🙌🏼 good times
Give LT the rock and watch the wins come in
I was 6 years old during this season and thanks to my dads fandom I've been a die hard fan every since. Really hope Herbie can finally take us to the SB!!
Now, those jerseys are one of my all time favorites . Idk what it was??? But the yellow lining outside and around the numbers and that dark Charger blue gave that Jersey a pop n shine thats made it unique to all others. N still my personal favorite till this day. Thank u. Just thought id share that.
That San Diego stadium looks so cool to be in it looked so alive
I’m a Chiefs fan and this team was arguably top 10 most talented of all time. They were absolutely loaded from top to bottom. It’s very disappointing they didn’t go all the way
This year gets me more than these damn 4 and 5 win seasons we’ve been having. To me it seems like our defense has been missing a piece or two that hasn’t made us elite. This year I think is going to be one of the best teams we’ve had. A fast covering linebacker in the draft, 3 pro-bowl cornerbacks, arguably the best safety in the game, arguably a top 3 edge rushing duo, and added a double teamer in Linval. I hope that these 2nd and 3rd year players can step up and make this defense scary ⚡️⚡️
Still have the jerseys. Cromartie, Castillo, Jammer, LT, Merriman, etc. ⚡⚡⚡
As a Chargers fan! I’m proud of what they finished in the regular season.
I thank God for allowing me to be at that Chargers vs Broncos game with LT and fans.⚡❤😎👍🇺🇸⚡
Thank you chargers media
I was only a baby when this group played, but it's my favorite group of chargers and I wished I could of watch that season
Chargers will return to San Diego one day.
I miss the 06 Chargers when players were all about the team
funny having Dean and AJ Smith in this video..the same people who ruined this great team lol
War eagle Marcus McNeil was offensive rookie of the year that's rare
Yep. And notice now Marty Schottenheimer is not given any credit or mentioned in any way in this video. That's how classless the Chargers' organization is.
14 and 2!!! Yes, loss came early with other due to Kaeding missing. Yes, 10 game WIN STREAK with playoff loss due to Kaeding missing and a lucky fumble for Pats. This team was AWESOME and EVERYGAME the other team looks like current Chargers of always STRUGGILING AND GETTING TOO TIRED BY 3RD QUARTER. We will never see Chargers be this great again to enjoy watching each games due to how ownership changed how players practice just to avoid injuries during the week. 2006 if you get injured, oh well, its why you draft or sign great back ups as this was the case with 2006..
Current 2021 Chargers are only missing a few pieces and I guarantee they're gonna be back to this form. Got the QB and other pieces in place. Need a couple more defensive stars and a dominant RB (doesn't even need to be LT level) and Superbowl here we come
Team Was Stacked Offense & Defense If Only Rivers Wouldn’t Had Gotten Injured
That wasn't the year Rivers got hurt. It was the next year when rivers tore his acl and played new england in the afc championship and lost 21-12
I completely understand if you’ve blocked it out but this was the year McCree happened
Giovanni Trejo don’t. Please don’t. That was my first heart break at 14.
Christopher Muller foot injury
Fan since when I was born in 2007. Sent a letter to you guys and y’all gave me gifts
man oh man😢
Started watching football because of this team
I'm from New England and have been a patriot fan my whole life but the mid 2000s chargers are my favorite none pats team of all time besides the 86 bears
Those navy looking charger uniforms was nice 🔥
Those were the best ones honestly and I wish that they never ditched them.
P.S: Charger will return to San Diego one day
@@dreamcage1801people forget Marcus McNeil was almost offensive rookie of the year as a offensive lineman
The season I started watching the NFL, and the reason I've been following the Chargers ever since.
I was 9 and this is the team that made me love football and the reason I’m a chargers fan to this day
The season goes that LT makes history we go 14-2 and just because the guy who intercepted the ball from Brady felt like running with it instead of going down to chew the clock we loss to the pats and then we cry because this was the only season the chargers could have won the super bowl.
I’ll never forget going to these games when I was a kid, my dad a SD native got season tickets so I got to witness history every home game and never experienced a loss…I still hold hope that one day the Bolts will be back in SD where they belong once the Spanos’ are finally out of the picture.
I wish I were the age I am now to have been able to watch that season and remember everything. my dad remembers how awesome it was to be a Chargers fan that year. I remember watching a few games with him and each one was better than the next! Regardless, I’m a diehard Chargers fan thanks to my dad!
Man first off I’m not a charger fan I’m a cheesehead but being from San Diego and being able to watch this franchise for 26 years of my life. It’s sad how the Spanos family incompetence ruined their later chances at winning a SB, I feel for y’all
Same here go pack go people forget Marcus McNeil was almost offensive rookie of the year as a offensive lineman
Harbough going to bring the 2006 vibes .
The only time LT was ready AND healthy for a playoff run..
My madden team when I was lil. Dolphins fan born in Miami but the chargers especially this era❤️ forever they were a complete team
Ty for remembering the San Diego chargers
I miss those uniforms
I haven’t been to Qualcomm in years! I’ll have to visit this year!!!!
Man....Staley really has me feelin good this yr. Feel like 21’ will be special
I was not even a year old...but looking back on that season I'm proud and wish I could have seen LT and the chargers do what they did that year. BOLT GANG⚡🏈
The 2006 San Diego Chargers what an awesome team⚡️⚡️⚡️🌩
Looks like history is going to repeat itself. Except we're going for it all this time. ITS LIGHTS OUT 2022-2023!!! BOLT UP ⚡😎⚡
Anybody know the orchestra song starting at 6:28 when Jamal Williams is being interviewed?
Im a packers fan and this still awesome!
From New Mexico Charger fan since I was six years old I watch a game I believe a Monday night game against jets wonder if that who they were playing , anyway I am 54 now 55 in November if anybody knows how to look that up. Wow! time flys I would have never thought we would be superbowless.
.wow that 55 stands out SAEU, WE will win a Superbowl this year . Chargers for life
Just want to watch my team play once live that's number #1 on my bucket list.
This season was soo good had so many good moments they deserved the superbowl win but they beat themselves in the playoffs
Reliving this still hurts. Next two opponents would've been:
1. Colts -- Chargers had their number (2005 they spoiled the Colts perfect win record, 2007 they intercepted Manning SIX times in one half, 2008 playoffs 8-8 Chargers upset Colts in OT)
2. Rex Grossman and the Bears
Eric Parker and his father were my high school wrestling coaches at Helix High in San Diego 2010/2011
Man Rivers, LT, VJ, Parker, Floyd, Gates, McNeil, Dielman, Hardwick, Castillo, Igor, JC, Jamaal Will, Meriman, Phillips, Edwards, Cro, Jammer, Florence, Gregory
How we ain’t win a chip is mind boggling 🤔😔😭😭
people forget Marcus McNeil was almost offensive rookie of the year as a offensive lineman
I miss those jerseys so much. Please bring those colors back. 😭😭😭😥
I loved Lee Hacksaw Hamilton as the radio voice of the Bolts. But during this era, we had the best most exciting announcer/color commentator team in Josh Lewin & Hank Bauer.
I love it when the radio announcer yells “Touchdown San Diego!!!”. It brings me back memories.