Los Angeles Chargers Podcast — Muffed

Buffalo showed a light box on 9 of 26 Chargers designed runs, 35 percent after 69 and 65 the first two weeks, and the run game answered with 4.7 yards per designed run, 10th in the league, while Justin Herbert's 5 interception-worthy throws in 34 were the highest rate of any offense in Week 3.

Forced Five Turnovers and Lost. The Los Angeles Chargers' Week 3 2026 game, broken down by the data. Offense, defense, and the fantasy fallout for every name that matters. Justin Herbert and Tre Harris headline the skill positions.

0:00 Intro

2:08 What happened

3:52 Offense

5:24 Defense

7:19 Fantasy fallout

7:42 Next week

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Justin Herbert's play-action throws went 6 for 100 yards in Week 1 and 3 of 6 for 25 against the Raiders, while the motion held (65 percent of charted plays, third in the league, after 67 and second) and a second straight opponent showed a light box on most designed runs.

A Free First Down, Then a Fumble. The Los Angeles Chargers' Week 2 2026 game, broken down by the data. Offense, defense, and the fantasy fallout for every name that matters. Justin Herbert and Tre Harris headline the skill positions.

0:00 Intro

2:19 What happened

4:08 Offense

6:15 Defense

7:40 Fantasy fallout

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Justin Herbert's 7 play-action throws against Arizona went 6 for 100 yards; his other 20 went 11 for 109. The Chargers called play-action on 31 percent of dropbacks (8th in Week 1) and motion on 67 percent of charted plays (2nd), Arizona contested 7 of his 27 throws, and the run game gained 52 yards on 16 designed runs despite a light box on 11 of them.

Fourth and Three From the Three. The Los Angeles Chargers' Week 1 2026 game, broken down by the data. Offense, defense, and the fantasy fallout for every name that matters. Justin Herbert and Tre Harris headline the skill positions.

0:00 Intro

2:02 What happened

3:26 Offense

5:02 Defense

6:20 Fantasy fallout

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The punter came back on Monday — JK Scott signed a day after his release, "a roster machination," per Jim Harbaugh — and the corresponding move sent inside linebacker Denzel Perryman to injured reserve for at least four games. Sixteen of Sunday's thirty cuts were back on the practice squad a day later, then the team added a former first-round cornerback, the quarterback's brother and a receiver who knows Mike McDaniel's system, and Harbaugh reopened left guard.

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.

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.

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.