The Chargers are trying something new after falling to 0-7, and this time it isn’t a trade.
Los Angeles is signing cornerback Jalyn Armour-Davis, according to insider Jordan Schultz, as the team keeps searching for any kind of jolt in a season that has gone sideways fast. Armour-Davis was a 2022 fourth-round pick, won a national championship at Alabama and has spent time with both the Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans over the first four years of his NFL career.
He has not appeared in a game this season, but there may be a path to playing time in Los Angeles. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound corner did not see a heavy workload in Baltimore, where injuries repeatedly interrupted his progress. Last season with Tennessee, he played in 11 games and finished with 34 combined tackles and two passes defended.
Jim Harbaugh may already have some background on the new addition. His older brother, New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh, oversaw Armour-Davis’ development with the Ravens from 2022-24. That kind of familiarity can matter when a team is looking for a player who might fit quickly.
Armour-Davis brings length and physicality to a roster that could use both. The Chargers have been searching for answers everywhere, and the offense has been the biggest problem by far.
Justin Herbert, who had finished ninth in MVP voting twice before, has looked lost this year and is among the worst at his position. Mike McDaniel, a creative play-caller who guided the Miami Dolphins to consecutive playoff berths for the first time in 20-plus years, is leading a Chargers offense averaging a league-worst 14.1 points per game.
That kind of collapse is hard to square with the talent involved, and the source material makes clear just how bleak things have gotten. There are roster issues to clean up, but there may not be much Los Angeles can do in the short term. Still, a move like this at least gives the defense another chance to find something useful.
The Chargers are allowing 198.4 passing yards per game, which ranks seventh-best in the NFL. Armour-Davis will step into that side of the ball with a chance to carve out a role, and in a season this rough, even a small spark counts.
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