{"id":1031764,"date":"2026-10-19T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1031764\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T13:27:15","slug":"chargers-jim-harbaugh-mum-on-ex-dolphins-coach-mike-mcdaniel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1031764\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers’ Jim Harbaugh mum on ex-Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel"},"content":{"rendered":"

KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh vowed to look at every aspect of his operation \u2014 including new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel<\/a> \u2014 after a 22-6 loss<\/a> to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday that sent Los Angeles winless into its bye.<\/p>\n

The only other team without a victory is the Miami Dolphins (0-5) \u2014 the team McDaniel coached for four seasons before being fired in the offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in a position of needing to look forward and evaluate every part of what we\u2019re doing,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cThe job I\u2019m doing, the job the coaches are doing, the way we\u2019re playing, the way we\u2019re executing on offense. I mean, all those things we need to evaluate.\u201d<\/p>\n

None of them have been very good.<\/p>\n

After back-to-back 11-win seasons, the Chargers (0-6) are off to their worst start since 2000, when they matched the 1975 team by dropping their first 11 games. Three of their losses have been by more than one possession, and only once have they eclipsed 17 points: a 30-23 loss to Seattle in which the Chargers trailed 30-13 in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Much of the criticism has landed at the feet of McDaniel, who many considered an upgrade over former offensive coordinator Greg Roman. But the Chargers continued to struggle in Kansas City on Sunday, with Justin Herbert throwing his league-leading eighth interception and the offense managing 259 yards of total offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to look at everything,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cI mean, the job I\u2019m doing \u2014 it starts with me. The plan is to watch this again with our offensive coaches. I see the effort. I see the work being put into the meetings, on the practice field, and you know, to get that to translate to the field is what\u2019s necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harbaugh refused to use injuries as an excuse, though nobody would think any less of him if he did.<\/p>\n

The Chargers already have offensive linemen Rashawn Slater, Tyler Biadasz and Trey Pipkins on injured reserve, along with tight end David Njoku and linebacker Denzel Perryman. Right tackle Joe Alt (neck) and left guard Kayode Awosika (fibula), wide receiver Tre\u2019 Harris (hamstring), cornerback Donte Jackson (hamstring) and safety Derwin James (hamstring) also were inactive Sunday.<\/p>\n

Wide receiver Ladd McConkey, who had just returned from a foot injury, was lost in the first half to a concussion. Backup defensive back Deane Leonard joined him in the concussion protocol during the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a tough thing they\u2019re going through,\u201d Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. \u201cThat injury list is about as long of a list as I\u2019ve seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no justification. There\u2019s nothing I would say that wouldn\u2019t sound like an excuse. I\u2019m opposed to that to the core, and pointing fingers,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cBut I believe this is a team game. \u2026 We need to look at it all. Everything we\u2019re doing, how we\u2019re doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Herbert was just 22 of 37 for 204 yards with an inexplicable interception thrown directly into the hands of Chiefs linebacker Jack Cochrane, who nearly returned it for a touchdown. But in a stat that just might underscore the wide-ranging nature of the Chargers\u2019 offensive woes, their quarterback also was their leading rusher, scrambling five times for 26 yards.<\/p>\n

Kimani Vidal ran seven times for 21 yards. Omarion Hampton carried seven times for 18.<\/p>\n

Asked whether he could have foreseen such a dismal start, Herbert replied: \u201cI\u2019m not much for hypotheticals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation is what it is now, and we have to move forward and understand where we are, what we have to do, and do our best to get out of it,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a bye week next week, and do everything we can, like I said earlier, and then whoever we play next after that, we\u2019ll focus on them and do our best to to win that game. That\u2019s all you can ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh vowed to look at every aspect of his operation \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1031765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,929,1014,262,2444,2443,251,6,2764,9],"class_list":["post-1031764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-chargers","tag-chargers","tag-football","tag-latest-headlines","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleschargers","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl","tag-social","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117467810615720042","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1031765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}