Chargers Making Big Change With OC Mike McDaniel Amid Rough Offensive Struggles

Newsweek · Reice Shipley · 2026-11-06 05:42 UTC

Chargers OC Mike McDaniel will call plays from the booth instead of the sideline in their Week 9 matchup against the Texans.

The Los Angeles Chargers are a team looking for any possible answers offensively as they head into Week 9 looking for their first win of the NFL season.

Coming into the year, expectations were quite high for the Chargers offense. Not only has quarterback Justin Herbert shown flashes of brilliance of the course of his seven-year NFL career. But first-year Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel has a track record of putting dynamic offenses out on the field during his time with the Miami Dolphins.

To say McDaniel's tenure in Los Angeles thus far has been a disappointment would be an understatement. Currently, the Chargers have both a bottom-five offense in both points per game and yards per game, as well as committing the most turnovers in football.

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