The Chargers lose to the Denver Broncos last Sunday, Chargers coach Brandon Staley said the bright side moving forward was that they could turn the page to the Las Vegas Raiders in a short week. The Chargers did, but that page featured one of the most embarrassing losses in franchise history to a team that hadn’t scored a touchdown since Week 12.
After the Chargers’ 63-21 loss to the Raiders on Thursday night, the most points the Chargers had allowed in franchise history and the most the Raiders had ever scored, Staley said he was confident his players still believed in him and that he deserved to continue as head coach.
“The 42-point loss was the Chargers’ (5-9) third-worst loss in franchise history, and their 42-0 deficit at halftime was the most lopsided half in the NFL since 2014. But Staley pointed to those struggles as the challenges of playing in the NFL.
After losing to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 12, Staley dismissed the idea that he wasn’t connecting with his players. He said that the Chargers would be getting “blown out of the stadium” if his messaging had stopped coming across to the locker room.
The Chargers were missing a few of their most important players in Justin Herbert and Keenan Allen, but they lost to a team that was led by an interim head coach, missing their Pro Bowl running back and starting a rookie quarterback that the Chargers sacked seven times in Week 4.
The Chargers play the Buffalo Bills a week from this Saturday at SoFi Stadium at 8 p.m. ET.