The Chargers are out of excuses now. Three games in, they’re still searching for their first win, and the bigger issue isn’t just the record - it’s that they keep leaving chances on the table.
That’s what makes this trip to Seattle feel so important. Los Angeles enters the game winless, and the frustration around the team is easy to understand.
The offense has been the main problem, and it hasn’t looked like the group plenty of people expected heading into the season. There have been openings in every game.
The Chargers just haven’t done enough with them.
Still, this is not a spot where the Seahawks can be dismissed. Seattle is 2-1, it’s at home, and it brings one of the better defenses the Chargers have faced so far. The Seahawks are also coming off a loss, so they should have plenty of urgency in front of their own crowd.
Even with that, there’s enough here to think Los Angeles can at least make this a real game.
It starts with Justin Herbert. He has not been terrible, but he also hasn’t had enough help to settle in and dictate things the way he usually can.
The offense needs to give him a chance to get rolling instead of forcing him to play catch-up all the time. At some point, the Chargers have to let their quarterback steer the ship.
There’s also a little more life in the defense than the record suggests. Against Buffalo last week, the Chargers forced five turnovers and still lost.
That’s a brutal result, but it also says something about what the unit can do when it’s creating chances. The catch is obvious: the offense has to cash them in.
If Los Angeles protects the ball, avoids handing Seattle extra possessions and strings together actual drives, this one could stay tight.
Seattle isn’t invincible either. The Seahawks just dropped a 33-31 game to Washington after turning it over three times. That’s the kind of opening the Chargers have to take advantage of if they’re going to get off the mat.
This isn’t about suddenly declaring Los Angeles fixed. It’s about whether the team can show some fight before an 0-4 start makes everything much harder to talk away. A win in Seattle would change the mood fast going into Week five.
The belief is still there. Now the Chargers have to prove they can finally finish one.
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The wider concern is what happens if McConkey is slowed any further, because the depth behind him has not been steady enough to absorb the loss. Injuries and uneven play have left the group unstable, and the Chargers have not had many reliable answers outside their top target. For a team trying to keep its passing attack functional early in the season, McConkeys status is no longer just a health note. It is a central part of the offensive picture. [Read more 🡒]
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The stakes are even broader across the standings, with the Texans also staring at an 0-3 hole and the Rams trying to steady a 1-2 start against the Eagles. For the Chargers, though, the focus is simple enough: avoid letting an early skid snowball into a full-blown chase mode, because playoff hopes can fray quickly when a team is already digging out from the bottom this soon. [Read more 🡒]