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Eric Williams
NFC West Writer
Brandon Staley, the embattled head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, has been in this situation before. Last year, the Bolts trudged their way to a 5-5 record before getting hot late, winning five of their last seven games and reaching the playoffs.
Of course, everyone remembers what happened in the postseason, as the Chargers blew a 27-0 lead in a road loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Wild Card game.
Staley has been trying to make NFL observers forget that historic collapse, but at 4-5 with a 31 percent chance of reaching the postseason per the NY Times calculator, it doesn’t appear he has many lifelines left. There is also a potential head coach in waiting already in the building: offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.
Staley is in the third season of a four-year deal, reportedly earning $4 million annually. His predecessors Anthony Lynn and Mike McCoy each got a chance to coach a fourth season before ultimately being shown the door by owner Dean Spanos.
Lynn coached the first four seasons for the Chargers in Los Angeles, finishing 5-11 and 7-9 in his last two years with the team. McCoy was at the helm for the last four years in San Diego, finishing with 4-12 and 5-11 records in his last two seasons before being fired minutes after his final game coaching the team.
The Chargers usually do not fire head coaches in the middle of the year. Spanos last fired someone midseason when the team moved on from Kevin Gilbride, replacing him with June Jones in 1998. But it’s fair to say that if Staley doesn’t lead this team to the postseason again, it seems unlikely he will stick around in 2024.
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Publish date : 2023-11-15 20:10:51
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