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Chargers Keep Mike McDaniel as Play-Caller Despite 0-6 Start
The winless Los Angeles Chargers are 0-6 after losing their first six games of the NFL season.
Coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday that Mike McDaniel will remain the offensive play-caller when the team returns from its bye week.
Harbaugh made the decision after the team reviewed its performance during the break.
In their latest game, the Chargers scored six points and gained 259 yards in a 22-6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Quarterback Justin Herbert has thrown eight interceptions, tied for the NFL lead, and the offense has struggled under McDaniel, who joined this offseason after coaching the Miami Dolphins.
The Chargers are averaging a league-low 15 points per game, making the decision to keep McDaniel in charge a significant test of the current plan.
McDaniel will call plays in Week 8, and the team could adjust its offense, but no change has been announced.
The Los Angeles Chargers will keep Mike McDaniel as their offensive play-caller after opening the season 0-6.
Coach Jim Harbaugh announced the decision on Wednesday after the team reviewed its performance during its bye week.
The Chargers scored a season-low six points in a Week 6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Quarterback Justin Herbert said the offense’s struggles were the players’ responsibility, not McDaniel’s.
Herbert has thrown eight interceptions, tied for the most in the NFL this season.
- Who
- The Los Angeles Chargers, head coach Jim Harbaugh, offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel and quarterback Justin Herbert.
- What
- The Chargers will keep McDaniel as play-caller for Week 8 despite starting 0-6.
- When
- Harbaugh announced the decision on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
- Where
- Los Angeles.
- Why
- Harbaugh made the decision after the organization reviewed its performance during the bye week.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Chargers lost 22-6 to the Kansas City Chiefs, scoring a season-low six points and falling to 0-6.
The organization reviewed its performance.
Harbaugh announced that McDaniel would continue calling plays in Week 8.
- Record
- 0-6
- Play-caller
- Mike McDaniel
- Decision announced
- October 28, 2026
- Week 6 result
- Chargers lost 22-6 to the Kansas City Chiefs
- Season-low points
- 6 in Week 6
- Interceptions
- Herbert has thrown 8, tied for the NFL lead
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Jim Harbaugh said Chargers OC Mike McDaniel will continue to call plays.