Los Angeles Chargers — 2026 season outlook, updated Aug 31, 2026.
Los Angeles Chargers finished the 2025 season 11-6 · AFC wild card, #7 seed.
Los Angeles Chargers: 11-6 regular season.
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2025 · AFC wild card, #7 seed
Where they rank — 2025
2026 schedule
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- 15th-hardest schedule — opponents average 8.56 projected wins.
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Chargers Camp — Aug 31: Eleven Linemen and No Punter
The Chargers' initial 53 keeps eleven offensive linemen behind rookie starting center Jake Slaughter — and no punter, with JK Scott's release reported as procedural and his return expected but not signed. Junior Colson was waived ten days after his pick-six, beaten out by undrafted Marlowe Wax, while Joe Hortiz traded two bubble undrafted players for future sixth-round picks. Justin Herbert's four-play finale produced a 65-yard touchdown to Quentin Johnston and a "Wow. Double wow." from Jim Harbaugh.
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More episodes
- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Chargers Camp — Aug 23: Slaughter Is the Starting Center Now
Jim Harbaugh named second-round rookie Jake Slaughter his starting center on Saturday, four days after Tyler Biadasz tore up his left knee in a joint practice with the 49ers. In between came a 41-17 preseason loss in which Justin Herbert played three snaps and Junior Colson took an interception back for his first professional touchdown — and Rashawn Slater got back on the practice field, carefully.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
Los Angeles Chargers Camp Update — August 16: The Backups Hung 27, Slater's Knee Cost a Week
McDaniel's offense scored 27 and gained close to 400 yards in Houston without a single starter playing, which is circumstantial evidence the scheme travels. The problem is the watch item we named: Rashawn Slater's surgically repaired knee flared up and has now cost him a week of practice with no timetable, and the tackles were always the load-bearing assumption.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
Los Angeles Chargers Camp Update — August 9: Herbert's Ball Out in 2.4 Seconds
The environment bet is running exactly as designed: a hard number on time-to-throw, footwork rebuilt over a summer of throwing to his brother, and Herbert admitting he was "nervous" releasing the ball that early — which is precisely the retraining working. Khalil Mack is back, too.
- 2026 Preview
Los Angeles Chargers 2026 Season Preview — a Better Team, and Maybe a Worse Record
The 11-6 was built on everything that doesn't repeat — and the offseason fixed everything that does. Both regression and improvement are true at once.
- Season Review
Chargers 2025 Season in Review
11-6 regular season
- Draft Recap
8 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft
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