The Chargers were blown out by the Texans to fall to 0-8. Then, they managed to somehow also lose the trade deadline. After acquiring two picks from Denver in a trade for LB Daiyan Henley, it ended up being nixed. Still searching for their first win on Monday Night Football vs. Batlimore, the season has gotten very dark for the organizational brain trust.
Frankly, Chargers fans are less concerned about the rest of the games this season as opposed to what the organizational structure will be going forward. WIll HC Jim Harbaugh or GM Joe Hortiz return? Is OC Mike McDaniel the most obvious sacrificial lamb? Plenty of questions need to be answered. But as the losses pile up, the solution might become more drastic.
Will the Chargers consider "wholesale changes" to their brain trust after this season? Well, they should.
ESPN NFL insider Ian Rapoport made an appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" in which he discussed the future of the Chargers after their 0-8 start to the season:
“I would expect a pretty wholesale look at everything after the season.”
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"I would expect a pretty wholesale look at everything after this season," Rapoport said of the Chargers. "Too much talent. This is a place that really should win games and I don't quite understand why they're not."
Rapoport then clearly differentiated the fate of Justin Herbert after the season from the coaching staff and front office. He brought up the trade inquiries into Herbert from other teams and how quickly the Chargers shut those down. By all accounts, Herbert seems safe.
But when it came to Jim Harbaugh and the rest of the organization, Rapoport didn't feel comfortable enough to make a proclamation. "When you have a season as horrific as this is, you take a look at absolutely, literally everything," Rapoport explained.
The organization could stand to benefit from a reset. HC Jim Harbaugh has consistently been outcoached in regards to game management this season. OC Mike McDaniel still runs the worst offense in the league through eight games. GM Joe Hortiz clearly didn't do enough in free agency or the draft to stabilize the team along the offensive line. Wherever you choose to look, the problems extend beyond just one person.
Then, the Chargers became an 0-8 team that didn't get a single draft pick back for any player at the deadline. It just keeps getting worse. If Los Angeles is unable to get any sliver of positive momentum over the back half of the season, I'm not sure how this front office or coaching staff returning is justified.
It would be a blow to the organization to admit that the Harbaugh era was a failure. But someone will have to be punished for double-digit losses in year three. And if the organization is hellbent on keeping Herbert, that means sending those who created the current circumstances around him packing.
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