The Los Angeles Chargers came into 2026 talking about a Super Bowl run. Halfway through the season, they haven’t won a game. Their 0-7 start has put them in the record books for the wrong reasons, and the offense built around Justin Herbert has been the biggest letdown.
The Los Angeles Chargers are 0-7 and continue to shock the NFL world by showing an unwillingness to trade any of their players despite facing down a lost season in 2026.
This season has been a legitimate disaster for Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert – on and off the field. Herbert hasn’t looked like himself this season, completing just 61.8% of his passes for 1,398 yards with five touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
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Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport report that the Chargers have no interest in trading veteran pass rusher Khalil Mack ahead of the deadline. “I want Khalil Mack here,” Chargers HC Jim Harbaugh told reporters.
The NFL trade deadline is November 10 at 4 p.m. ET, and several teams have already signaled their intent to sell off. Several prominent players have already been moved, and these 25 could follow.
How does one handle a 0-7 start? The Los Angeles Chargers have not opened a season like this since 2000, when the franchise was located in San Diego and the team dropped its first 11 games on the way to a 1-15 season.
If some new speculation around the Los Angeles Chargers’ inactivity at the NFL trade deadline is true, it just makes things worse. There has been no greater disappointment this season than the Los Angeles Chargers.
The feeling among analysts across the NFL is that the Los Angeles Chargers have many players who could or have generated interest from other teams on the trade market.
The Los Angeles Chargers will look to finally get their first win of the 2026 NFL season this Sunday when they host the Houston Texans. While the Texans boast two high-level edge rushers in Will Anderson Jr.
The Los Angeles Chargers just can’t get out of their own way. That’s not going to naturally stop at the NFL trade deadline. Every Chargers trade deadline rumor says the same thing: No point in calling Joe Hortiz out in Los Angeles. Justin Herbert trade rumors aren’t really a thing.
The Los Angeles Chargers still have not won a single game to start the 2026 NFL season, with a major part of that being because of this team's offense under what was once the best hire of the offseason, Mike McDaniel.
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The Los Angeles Chargers are 0-7, have been battered by injuries and have looked lost on offense. The Chargers' season is lost but right now, they are trying to find any glimmer of hope in the darkness that has been the 2026 season.
It has become very difficult to find anyone in the NFL who has anything nice to say about Justin Herbert’s play this season. The Los Angeles Chargers quarterback has a 61.8% pass completion rate, five touchdown passes and a league-high 10 interceptions, and he has never come remotely close to this level of ineptitude during his pro career.
The Los Angeles Chargers entered the week as the NFL’s only winless team, sitting at 0-7 with the trade deadline just days away. In most cases, a club in that position would be actively shopping its most marketable veterans.
One would think that a Chargers team that may be months away from hitting a figurative reset button could make edge-rusher Khalil Mack and other veteran players available ahead of Tuesday's NFL trade deadline.
The Los Angeles Chargers have an important matchup ahead as they prepare to face the Houston Texans this weekend. With fantasy football seasons reaching an important point, making the right lineup decisions can have a major impact on the standings.
As the calls for Mike McDaniel to be fired continue to grow, the Chargers’ offensive coordinator has revealed he wants to try something different. The Los Angeles Chargers have not won a game yet this season, they are the only remaining team that is yet to beat someone.
Over the previous two or three seasons, there was already a feeling across the NFL that Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was underachieving.
The Los Angeles Chargers should be hosts of the NFL’s biggest fire sale at the trade deadline. Khalil Mack should go. So should plenty of others. Tuli Tuipulotu should not.
Chargers tight end David Njoku has played just two games this year, while linebacker Denzel Perryman has yet to take the field. Injuries have prevented the two veterans from contributing in 2026, but they could come off IR soon.
Chargers OC Mike McDaniel is hoping a different perspective can help him get more out of the struggling Chargers on offense.
It doesn't sound like the Texans will be looking past the Chargers.
Herbert threw two interceptions and engineered zero touchdown drives in that game.
The Los Angeles Chargers have reached a point where there should be no debate about what needs to happen before the 2026 NFL trade deadline. At 0-7, this season is a lost cause.
The Chargers next host the 2-5 Houston Texans this coming Sunday.
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