Chargers Quietly Avoided a Major Front Office Loss During NFL Schedule Chaos

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Chargers Quietly Avoided a Major Front Office Loss During NFL Schedule Chaos

Originally posted on Los Angeles Chargers on SI
By Chris Roling | Last updated May 15, 2026 6:53 PM ET

The Los Angeles Chargers are going to skate by at least one more year when it comes to the front office.

While the rest of the NFL focused on the schedule release and the fallout from those things for the 2026 season, the Chargers were under threat of losing a key piece.

Thank the Minnesota Vikings, a team that was interested in interviewing Chargers assistant general manager Chad Alexander for their vacant general manager spot.

But quietly in the background, things went the other direction.

Chargers news on the general manager front is great

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The Vikings going on a general manager search wasn’t a big secret. Some of the candidates were.

But according to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, Alexander “respectfully declined the Vikings’ GM interview request, and withdrew his name from the search.”

Let Breer tell it, Alexander made it a point that he wanted to see the 2026 roster-building process with Hortiz through.

This isn’t new with Alexander either, as he’s had other chances to interview with other franchises since arriving in Los Angeles.

"I'm working with Joe day-in, day-out trying to keep everything moving in the right direction. The goal is to show up every day as the same guy, be consistent and keep working to make the team better," Alexander told the team’s website back in December of 2024. "I'm trying to be the best assistant general manager I can be.

From an outsider perspective, one can see why a possible general manager candidate doesn’t

This article first appeared on Los Angeles Chargers on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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