COSTA MESA, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Chargers will open the 2021 season at the Washington Football Team on Sept. 12. The Chargers went 7-9 last season, missing the playoffs but ending on a four-game winning streak.
It's certain that the Chargers have a better lineup with which to work. With head coach Brandon Staley in charge of the defense, and calling the defensive plays from that position for the first time since the late Marty Schottenheimer era of the mid 2000s, they will have a bonafide defensive leader. He turned the Rams into the best defense in the league .