NFL insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano of ESPN each imagine the Los Angeles Chargers might half methods with head coach Brandon Staley after Week 18 concludes on Jan. 7.
“The sensation across the league is Staley wanted to win in 2023,” Fowler defined in a bit revealed Wednesday. Graziano added that his “understanding all alongside was Staley needed to make the playoffs to outlive” past this season.
Staley holds an general regular-season document of 24-23 with the Chargers however could largely be remembered for the epic playoff collapse on the Jacksonville Jaguars this previous January. This season, Los Angeles has limped to a 5-8 mark, and star quarterback Justin Herbert was shut down to get surgical procedure to restore a fracture to his proper index finger.
The Chargers play on the 5-8 Las Vegas Raiders Thursday night time. As of Wednesday afternoon, the ESPN Football Power Index gave Los Angeles a 0.7% likelihood to make the playoffs. At that very same time, oddschecker had the Chargers as three-point underdogs versus the Raiders.
“This can be a in style job that comes up when individuals within the know talk about potential openings, and I do not see that altering,” Fowler stated concerning the Chargers gig.
In the meantime, Graziano famous that the Los Angeles job “greater than doubtless comes open” as quickly because the league’s “Black Monday” subsequent month.
Because it pertains to potential replacements for Staley, Graziano mentioned in a distinct column that the Chargers might goal none apart from New England Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick. Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft has reportedly already determined to half methods with Belichick this winter, and Kraft might commerce the 71-year-old to the Chargers assuming claims about Belichick being beneath contract by way of no less than subsequent season are correct.
It is believed Belichick will not retire in early 2024 as a result of he’s solely 15 wins behind Don Shula for probably the most profession victories (common season and postseason mixed) gathered by an NFL head coach.
“Belichick and the Chargers is unquestionably an idea individuals across the league are no less than watching and contemplating,” Fowler wrote.