Bolts from the Blue: for Los Angeles Chargers fans

We’ve spent the last six seasons and 205 episodes living our dream by talking Chargers with thousands of fans every week. During that time, Garrett and Jamie have shared a wide range of emotions with everyone including joy, elation, shock, frustration, disappointment, rage, and love. Now, it’s time to share one last powerful emotion with all of you – sadness.

We have decided this week’s show will be our last. While this wasn’t an easy decision for either one of us, the time is right.

While we’re each moving on to fun, happy and important things in the immediate future, this was a tough choice to make. We have loved every second we’ve spent interacting with each and every one of you over the last six seasons and we’ll miss you.

TLR started as a passion project for two guys with no reputation, no platform, and no listeners/followers. We had no reason to believe we’d reach 50 episodes, let alone 205, and none of it would have been possible without what we now refer to as our extended TLR family.

Thanks to you, we were able to live out our sports writing and broadcasting dreams. We love and appreciate all of you, and want to thank you for giving us a platform and bringing us into your homes, cars, and workplaces each and every week for the last six seasons. We are truly humbled by all of it.

We can only think of one way to wrap this up, and that’s by ending this message the same way we’ve ended every show since episode #1, which is by saying, “We will see you next time. Thanks everybody.”

Garrett & Jamie

The Lightning Round Podcast

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The Chargers thrash the Jacksonville Jaguars on the road behind an effective offensive gameplan. The guys start off the show talking about why Denzel Perryman and Roderic Teamer got sent home before the game Sunday and why that may not be good news for Perryman's future with the team. They then rave about Philip Rivers performance, Austin Ekeler's historic game on the ground and through the air, Derwin James returning to form and if Melvin Ingram should get another contract after he’s a free agent in 2021.

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The Chargers find another unique way to lose a game, this time to the Denver Broncos. Coming off the bye week the team made some minor tweaks to the lineup and the results were both good and bad. The guys talk about Desmond King losing his returner role, more playing time for Kyzir White, the return of Derwin James and Adrian Phillips and of course the calamity of errors that lost the game for the Chargers.

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The Chargers have some reinforcements on the way with the upcoming return of Derwin James and Adrian Phillips but is it enough to save the season? The guys take the entire show to discuss Philip Rivers recent play and whether they believe he’s part of the future. They answer some important questions like: Should Rivers retire after this season? Should the team bench Rivers and start Tyrod Taylor to finish out the year? Are his teammates losing faith in him? What should the Chargers do at quarterback in 2020?

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The show just surpassed it’s 200th episode of the Lightning Round Podcast. They are re-airing episode 100 which contains highlights throughout the years including their favorite bits, song parodies and much more. 200 episodes is a big deal, a lot of the success of this podcast is because of all the ongoing support. Thank you for continuously listening/downloading/subscribing to the Lightning Round Podcast.

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Well that didn’t go as planned. Garrett and Jamie celebrate 200 episodes of the Lightning Round Podcast live on Youtube but the thing is only one of them could get on last night. Garrett is on mic and Jamie is on speaker phone but they did the show anyways. They took questions, talked Chargers, had some drinks and most importantly they had some fun doing it.

A special thank you to everyone who has listened to the podcast, 200 episodes is no small feat and the guys have you to thank for the consistent support that keeps them going.

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The Chargers collect a meaningful victory over the Green Bay Packers. The guys start off the show talking about how the team’s new offensive coordinator Shane Steichen did in his first game of action. They then move on to recap last Sunday’s game and discuss how Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram carried the load, the improvement of the offensive line, some new players stepping up plus they discuss head coach Anthony Lynn’s decision to go for it on 4th down late in the game.

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The Chargers lose three in a row and fumble Sunday’s game away to the Tennessee Titans. Before the guys breakdown some storylines from the game they talk about the upcoming return of the Chargers Left Tackle Russell Okung. They then move on to recap last Sunday’s game and discuss why the team keeps making things complicated offensively, some players that made a positive impact, how the defensive tackles looked while down two starters and of course the Melvin Gordon fumble that cost them the game.

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The Chargers lose an ugly one against the Denver Broncos and the guys scrap the format and take questions for the majority of the podcast. Before all that, they discuss the ramifications of the team sending center Mike Pouncey to the IR and how Forrest Lamp will finally get his shot. The questions they answer include: If Rivers might retire after this season, grading OC Ken Whisenhunt and DC Gus Bradley so far this year, Jerry Tillery’s development and who on the BFTB staff would win the combine.

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