Can you believe it? Jim Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers are sitting at a brutal 0-4 to start their season. Nobody saw this coming, right? This team hasn’t notched a single win yet. After Week 4, the list of winless teams got way shorter, and yeah, Harbaugh’s crew is still stuck on it. But hey, there might just be a light at the end of this dark tunnel for them.
ESPN Expert Sees a Win on the Horizon
Good news might actually be up ahead for the Chargers. Ben Solak of ESPN just dropped his Week 4 projections, and he truly thinks their losing streak is about to come to an end, finally. Solak is projecting that the Chargers will snag their first win this weekend, and it’s against the Denver Broncos at home. This could be it for Harbaugh to finally get that ‘W’.
What’s Fueling This Optimism?
So, what’s got Solak feeling so bullish about a team that’s 0-4? Well, he specifically pointed to their Week 4 performance. Solak mentioned that “Los Angeles finally looked respectable on offense in the second half against Seattle.” Yeah, you heard that right, against *our* team! He warned not to ask about the first half, but hey, if they got it together after the break, that’s something. He added that without two more of those backbreaking Justin Herbert interceptions, the Chargers would have had a “totally acceptable day moving the football,” despite having three injuries on their offensive line.
The momentum, according to Solak, is finally shifting forward for them. He says you can “feel the running game starting to churn,” and their defense? It’s “elevated its play over the past two weeks.” Put that all together, plus they are at home against a struggling Broncos offense this week, and Solak thinks it’s their moment.
If Harbaugh and the Chargers don’t get that win this week, big questions are going to come up about this entire operation. Keep an eye out this weekend, because this game against the Broncos could be a season-defining moment for them.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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