The Los Angeles Chargers are absolutely reeling after dropping their second straight home game, falling to 0-2 on the season, and it’s even worse than it sounds. They just lost to the Las Vegas Raiders at home in Week 2, a crushing 26-14 final score. What’s wild is that identical 26-14 loss happened just last week against the Arizona Cardinals! This team is already in a deep pickle.
The “Easy” Start That Wasn’t
Seriously, how do you blow a start like this? The Chargers were handed what should have been a gift: playing two of the “easiest” teams on their schedule to kick off the season. Both the Cardinals and Raiders picked in the top three of the 2026 NFL Draft and weren’t even considered playoff contenders coming into the year. Yet, both of them managed to beat the Chargers with ease, in their own building! That’s not just a bad start, that’s a red flag waving in the wind. Losing like that at home, to teams you should be walking over, just screams trouble for the rest of the year.
A Brutal Gauntlet Looms
If you thought things were bad, buckle up, because the Chargers’ schedule is about to get brutally difficult. They’re staring down the barrel of a schedule where six of their next seven games are against teams that made the playoffs last season. The only exception? The 2-0 Kansas City Chiefs, who were just in the Super Bowl in February 2025. Yeah, that’s not exactly a break. Their next two games are on the road, traveling to Highmark Stadium to take on the Buffalo Bills, who are also 2-0. And then? They make the trek up to Lumen Field to face our defending champion Seattle Seahawks! We’re sitting pretty at 2-0 ourselves, including a 31-7 smackdown of the Arizona Cardinals. You just know the 12s are going to be absolutely electric for that one. After a quick home game against the Denver Broncos, they’re back on the road to face the Chiefs and the crosstown rival Los Angeles Rams. They’ll have a date at home with the Houston Texans before hitting the road again for Monday Night Football against Jesse Mentor and the Baltimore Ravens.
This lineup is a nightmare. There’s a good chance the Chargers won’t be favored in any of these upcoming games. If they somehow manage to drop all of them, which feels incredibly plausible given how they’ve played so far, they’re looking at a dismal 0-9 record. That seals a losing season before we even hit the midpoint of the year. The Chargers better wake up, and fast, because our Seahawks are ready to defend their turf against an already-struggling team.
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Originally reported by Bolts from the Blue.
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