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Only one team has overcome an 0-4 start. Can Chargers be next?

Only one other team has made the playoffs after a 0-4 start. The 2026 Chargers will look to be the second.
Only one team has overcome an 0-4 start. Can Chargers be next?

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Only one team has overcome an 0-4 start. Can Chargers be next?

Ricardo Sandoval , Chargers Wire

Wed, October 7, 2026 at 5:59 AM UTC·

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Chargers OC Mike McDaniel isn’t surprised at all that he’s under fire after nightmare 0-4 start

The Los Angeles Chargers entered 2026 expecting Mike McDaniel to unlock a new level for Justin Herbert . Four games in, the team is winless, and the first-year Chargers offensive coordinator is hearing calls for his job . McDaniel says that comes with the territory. “I think it’s probably zero percent entitlement,” McDaniel told reporters . “I know […] The post Chargers OC Mike McDaniel isn’t surprised at all that he’s under fire after nightmare 0-4 start appeared first on ClutchPoints.

ESPN Analyst Drops Rare Optimistic Prediction for 0-4 Chargers Ahead of Week 5

When the Chargers finally get off the snip and win their first game of the season, it’s going to feel almost hard to believe given how brutal things have looked for Jim Harbaugh’s squad. ESPN’s Ben Solak thinks that turnaround happens this week. “I might think … the Chargers will win this week,” Solak writes […] The post ESPN Analyst Drops Rare Optimistic Prediction for 0-4 Chargers Ahead of Week 5 appeared first on HEAVY.

Chargers Rumors: LA, Cardinals Connected In Season-Saving Trade

The Los Angeles Chargers are 0-4 and desperately need to do something to salvage their season. After making the playoffs in spite of a decimated offensive line, head coach Jim Harbaugh and company spent the offseason bolstering the trenches and trying to make life easier for quarterback Justin Herbert by adding offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel …

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Los Angeles Chargers news: What was the Chargers’ identity supposed to be this season?

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Mike McDaniel Makes Bizarre Statement Regarding His Own Job Security With Chargers

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Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh reacts to ‘insult’ from reporter

The Los Angeles Chargers are 0-4 to start the 2026 NFL season, and after Sunday’s 30-23 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, criticism of the coach-and-QB duo has begun to boil over. According to the New York Post, during a media conference Monday, head coach Jim Harbaugh called out a reporter after he believed that their…

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Rob Gronkowski Calls Out Chargers For Wasting Justin Herbert’s Talent

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