The Los Angeles Chargers are cooked. Starting the season at home and losing to the Arizona Cardinals and Las Vegas Raiders pretty much says it all. Jim Harbaugh’s message appears to be tired.
After a tough Week 1, where Omarion Hampton scored just 8.3 points and the Los Angeles Chargers lost to the Arizona Cardinals, many were pressing the panic button.
Two games were all it took for the Los Angeles Chargers’ offseason optimism to become an early-season crisis. They have opened 2026 with consecutive losses to the Arizona Cardinals and Las Vegas Raiders, two teams that entered the year with modest expectations after picking near the top of the draft.
Los Angeles Chargers safety Derwin James sustained a fractured finger in Sunday's loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. The five-time Pro Bowl selection told ESPN he will continue playing with a cast on his broken left pinky.
The Los Angeles Chargers dropped to 0-2 at the hands of their division rivals from Las Vegas. The loss underscored more problems for Los Angeles as they leave week two hampered by injuries, searching for an identity and questioning themselves.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
The Los Angeles Chargers are in an 0-2 hole to start this season. And the message from head coach Jim Harbaugh doesn’t seem to have landed with all of his captains.
Well guys, the Los Angeles Chargers are winless in the first two weeks. It is the first time since 2023 after falling 26-14 to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday at SoFi Stadium.
To say that the Los Angeles Chargers have had a bad start to the 2026 NFL season would be a massive understatement. For the second week in a row, the Chargers were upset 26-14 by a heavy underdog at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
The Los Angeles Chargers’ 26-14 loss to the Arizona Cardinals last week created a large sense of urgency for this Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
Los Angeles Chargers star safety Derwin James will play the remainder of the 2026 season with a cast after fracturing the pinky finger on his left hand during Sunday’s 26-14 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Fans of the Los Angeles Chargers cringed with under 3;50 left against the Las Vegas Raiders. Running back Omarion Hampton busted up the middle and past the line of scrimmage.
The Los Angeles Chargers had an opportunity to get things back on track before it was too late on Sunday when they hosted the Las Vegas Raiders. They had lost in Week 1 to the Arizona Cardinals, 26-14, which made Sunday’s game of the utmost importance.
The Los Angeles Chargers watched their Sunday unravel badly inside SoFi Stadium. First prized tight end addition David Njoku left on a medical cart. Then running back Omarion Hampton coughed the football up that swung the momentum toward the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Los Angeles Chargers fell to the Las Vegas Raiders, 26-14, on Sunday afternoon. The Chargers dropped to 0-2 on the year with the loss. It’s not looking good for Jim Harbaugh.
Luck has not been on the Los Angeles Chargers’ side in recent years, nor has the injury bug. In Week 1, the Chargers inexplicably lost to the Arizona Cardinals.
Chargers TE David Njoku was carted off with a knee injury on Sunday, and we will provide an update as soon as one becomes available. Njoku, 30, is a former first-round pick of the Browns back in 2017 out of Miami.
Ladd McConkey has made rapid progress from a rib injury and has every intention of playing Sunday when the Los Angeles Chargers host the Las Vegas Raiders, Tom Pelissero of Netflix reported.
Chargers Chargers LB Daiyan Henley talked about the health issue that landed him in the hospital and caused him to miss multiple weeks last year. “It got pretty severe to say the least,” Henley said, via the team’s website.
Week 2 games in the NFL don’t often have any kind of must-win vibe, but for the Los Angeles Chargers, a loss against the Los Angeles Raiders will create a very high level of anxiety.
The Los Angeles Chargers could be forced to dig a little deeper into their wide receiver room Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders. That could mean a bigger opportunity for rookie Brenen Thompson and his ridiculous speed.
The Los Angeles Chargers entered the season expecting Mike McDaniel to completely change the offense and maximize their skill position talent better. The Chargers’ 26-14 Week 1 loss to the Arizona Cardinals was not a great start for him to show this, and one player in particular that McDaniel failed to utilize better was tight end Oronde Gadsden.
It's easy to overreact to the poor performances we saw in NFL Week 1, but not every red flag is a serious cause for concern moving forward. Let's break down some of those disappointing performances and rank them on the panic meter.
Arguably the most stunning development of Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season involved first-year Cardinals head coach LaFleur guiding his club to a 26-14 win at the Chargers.
According to Jeremy Fowler, the Chargers are signing WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling to their practice squad on Tuesday. Los Angeles’ practice squad now includes: