{"id":95152,"date":"2023-10-26T17:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=95152"},"modified":"2023-10-26T17:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:25:18","slug":"austin-ekeler-explains-frustration-with-chargers-2-4-start-its-my-job-to-go-play-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/mlb\/austin-ekeler-explains-frustration-with-chargers-2-4-start-its-my-job-to-go-play-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Ekeler explains frustration with Chargers' 2-4 start: 'It's my job to go play well'"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 2-4, the Chargers are headed toward a dark place.<\/p>\n

Their defense hasn’t given them a ton of chances to win games. And the Los Angeles offense is sputtering as of late, especially following the loss of receiver Mike Williams.<\/p>\n

One of their most important players, running back Austin Ekeler, was asked recently if the team still had faith in coach Brandon Staley. Ekeler responded quickly and succinctly: “We have no choice, right?”<\/p>\n

Given time to consider his reaction and the message it may have sent, Ekeler attempted to clarify.<\/p>\n

“I think the clip got taken out of context,” Ekeler explained Wednesday, per NFL Network’s Bridget Condon. “It doesn’t matter how I feel, like, what matters is I have to go out and do my job. It’s my job to go play well, and then that will [in turn] make Staley look even better.<\/p>\n

“It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter how I feel about it. I don’t give a damn about how I feel. I’m not spending one ounce of my energy thinking about how I feel because it doesn’t matter. What matters is I have to go execute. And if I don’t feel like I did that at a high level, I can’t think about anything besides that. And so that’s where I’m coming from, where it’s like, how do you feel about Staley? I don’t have an opinion about that. Because I gotta make sure I do my job first.”<\/p>\n

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