Brandon Staley lost it after a reporter brought up the 'Jacksonville loss' following Chargers' awful start
The Los Angeles Chargers entered the 2023 season with Super Bowl aspirations, and it might be time to adjust their purview. Sunday’s 27-24 defeat to the Tennessee Titans dropped the Chargers to 0-2, showing they probably still shouldn’t be taken seriously as a contender.
In the post-game, head coach Brandon Staley was trying to process the defeat with a gaggle of reporters. When someone asked a question about the “Jacksonville game” — a reference to Staley’s Chargers blowing a historic lead to the Jaguars in last year’s playoffs — L.A.’s leader positively lost it. This is what happens when purportedly “good” teams start to feel the pressure amid disappointment.
Frustrations are clearly starting to boil over for Staley and Co.:
Staley lost it when a reporter brought up the Jacksonville game pic.twitter.com/lUK8X180qJ
— G (@3treblig) September 17, 2023
Honestly, I can understand Staley’s gripe. If anyone’s still running with some kind of narrative about the Chargers after a playoff game last January, it’s probably not fair. That said, that kind of game lives up to the Chargers’ infamous franchise precedent of choking at the worst possible time. And in a pivotal year for Staley especially, it’ll be hard to dodge the aftermath of that devastating night for Los Angeles. No one’s going to “move past it” when the team still hasn’t won a game since.
Two weeks into a new season, the Chargers are already in disaster mode. What else is new?