There was a point in time in Jim Harbaugh’s tenure with the Los Angeles Chargers that summer speculation wondered if he might find a way to reunite with JJ McCarthy. Silly, but typical offseason fodder when there was nothing else to talk about.
Harbaugh happens to be close to somebody who knows McCarthy exceedingly well.
When an NFL team gets caught in an unexpected slump, much of the attention quickly shifts toward the quarterback. After a frustrating opening to the 2026 NFL season, Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has come under significant media scrutiny.
Few NFL teams, if any, have been more disappointing to start the 2026 season than the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers, who entered the 2026 season with Super Bowl hopes, are 0-3.
How many of the Week 1 starting quarterbacks from the 2009 NFL season can you name in five minutes?
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.
After suffering a frustrating 24-16 road loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Los Angeles Chargers fell to a 0-3 start. Head coach Jim Harbaugh made a painfully honest admission to reporters about the team’s ongoing inconsistencies.
Three weeks isn't usually enough time to decide the future of an NFL head coach, but patience disappears quickly when expectations aren't being met.
Coach John Harbaugh’s New York Giants traded for former Minnesota Vikings and Michigan Wolverines quarterback JJ McCarthy leading Ian Rapoport to make a prediction about his usage.
Justin Herbert has struggled for the Los Angeles Chargers. There's no doubt about it. The Chargers started the 2026 NFL season as seemingly everyone's favorite dark-horse candidate to win the Super Bowl.
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.
The Los Angeles Chargers are 0-3 and one of just three teams in the NFL without a win entering Week 4. However, head coach Jim Harbaugh has no plans to intervene with offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel despite the poor offensive showing thus far.
The Los Angeles Chargers are saying and doing all the right things off the field, but it’s the on-field performance that makes this a pretty simple prediction: The Jim Harbaugh era is over. Harbaugh’s listless, 0-3 Chargers are by far the most concerning team in football.
McCarthy may now receive an opportunity to jump-start his career.
The Buffalo Bills rose as the latest to fire up the Los Angeles Chargers critics. Quarterback Justin Herbert endured a frustrating afternoon, and the Bolts dropped to 0-3 Sunday.
Jim Harbaugh’s Los Angeles Chargers have full-blown faceplanted to start a hyped season. Typically, “Chargering” is stumbling late in embarrassing fashion and losing a game.
The Los Angeles Chargers are in a bad way. One win can change that. But until then, an 0-2 mark after losses to Arizona and Las Vegas means narratives. Narratives like Jim Harbaugh’s message not working in the locker room.
The Los Angeles Chargers have had a rough start to the season. Even though it's only Week 3, the Raiders and Cardinals were supposed to be games that the Bolts should have won.
A long-forgotten ESPN segment has resurfaced and quickly gained fresh attention online. The footage captures a mock interview session between Jim Harbaugh and Jameis Winston, which took place more than a decade ago.
Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers aren't supposed to be this bad.
Before the Los Angeles Chargers’ Week 1 game on Sept. 13 against the Arizona Cardinals, if you asked someone if there was any chance Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh could get fired in the near future, you would probably get laughed at or be called crazy.
The Los Angeles Chargers have had a disastrous start to the 2026 NFL season, and it doesn't seem like things are going to get much better.
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.
It's not just the fact the Chargers have lost their first two games. It's the way they lost those games, the teams they lost to and what their upcoming schedule looks like.
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.
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 walked away from Week 1 with more than a loss to worry about. Jim Harbaugh revealed Monday that wide receiver Ladd McConkey is dealing with a rib injury.
Jim Harbaugh has some regrets after his Los Angeles Chargers lost an ugly season opener to the Arizona Cardinals. The Chargers lost 26-14 in a home upset at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Ca.
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh has finished 11-6 in each of his first two seasons and lost in the wild-card round both times, most recently at New England in January. So what does this season have in store?
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