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The One Massive Shakeup to the Chargers Starting Lineup that Signals an Actual Change

SI Feed·Thomas Martinez·3 days ago
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The Los Angeles Chargers are hoping to find some answers, retool and get some of their talent back following their bye week here in week seven. The 0-6 Chargers have been horrible on the offensive side of the ball and are ranked dead last in the NFL in EPA per play on offense and are the third-worst scoring offense in the NFL,

Injuries have ravaged Los Angeles and for the second year in a row, the football gods have punished the Chargers offensive line. The Chargers resorted to starting four rookies on their offensive line against division opponents in weeks five and six.

The Chargers were expected to have a much more efficient rushing attack with the hiring of Mike McDaniel as their new offensive coordinator. A switch to a wide zone rushing attack was expected under McDaniel but with some mixture of gap and zone rushing concepts.

The 2026 Chargers have been anything but efficient in the run game. Their current EPA per rush is -0.18, good enough for 28th in the NFL.…

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