Week 1 Chargers vs Bengals

The Los Angeles Chargers are facing the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. The Bolts offense has some new weapons and some injures.

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00:00The NFL season is upon us and the LA Chargers will start off this weekend in

00:04Cincinnati against the Bengals on Sunday. So let's take a look at the offense and

00:08how they will prepare for the Bengals defense this upcoming weekend.

00:11Expect the offense to look a little different this weekend than years past.

00:15The Chargers now have Tyrod Taylor as their starting quarterback. He is very

00:19athletic, he can move in the pocket, he could do a lot of different things that

00:22we haven't really seen from a Chargers offense ever and the Chargers expect him

00:27to move around in the pocket, make sure that guys get open, use his legs as

00:31athleticism to make bigger plays and hopefully limit this number of sacks.

00:38Keenan Allen was saying to the media this week that he's really excited about

00:42this new style of offense that the Chargers are gonna be throwing out there

00:45because of all the things that Tyrod can do, now you have to defend all 11

00:49players on the field. So really look to see the changes on the offense. Also

00:54expect to see a lot more running this weekend. Anthony Lynn is a former

00:58running backs coach, he likes running the football a lot, he feels like if the

01:03team is running the ball effectively that'll open up the pass. So really I'm

01:07expecting there to be about 55% running, 45% passing and a couple of new wrinkles

01:13thrown in there. First off the Chargers are dealing with some injuries this week.

01:17Center Mike Pouncey has not practiced the whole week, he has a hip injury, he

01:21really didn't practice the last two to three weeks of training camp so it'll be

01:25interesting to monitor. Wide receiver Mike Williams is also dealing with an

01:28injury, he's been limited the whole week with a shoulder injury. It'll be

01:32interesting to see if he goes on Sunday, if not the Chargers are confident in

01:36Jalen Guyton, Jason Moore, Joe Reed and KJ Hill to pick up the slack. So with Tyrod

01:43Taylor taking over as quarterback, expect some new things out of the

01:46Chargers offense this weekend and like Anthony Lynn said, yes we might not have

01:49a lot of film on the Bengals, but the Bengals don't have a lot of film on us.

01:52So we might be able to throw in a new wrinkle here and there, but for more on

01:55that and more on the Chargers, continue following my page for some more new

01:59content. I'm Fernando Ramirez for Sports Illustrated.