Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel got a vote of confidence from head coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday, but he knows that the status quo on offense isn’t going to work.
The Chargers lost to the Bills last Sunday despite being plus-four in the turnover column and McDaniel said at a Thursday press conference that “we were the reason we lost a football game.” They had five turnovers over the first two games, so the unit had a big hand in those losses as well.
McDaniel said he hasn’t lost faith in the offense and thinks he has “a much better understanding” of what can bring out better play in quarterback Justin Herbert, but he acknowledged that results on the field are the only thing that matter.
“There has been improvement, but does anyone care? No, but we better improve. . . . I’m not trying to have moral victories or anything like that,” McDaniel said. “It’s steadfast that there’s things that we’ve done in the past three games that is active participation in losing the game. Flat out, our jobs are to improve everything. I’m not living in hope, I’m living in reality.”
It won’t be the easiest week to get on track as the Chargers will be in Seattle to face the Seahawks they try to bounce back from the end of their 12-game losing streak. McDaniel and the Chargers need to find a way, however, or the next vote of confidence may never come.