Brandon Staley isn’t the only coach to squander a top-shelf quarterback with the Chargers. He’s just the latest.
From San Diego to Los Angeles, through the eras of Dan Fouts, Drew Brees, Philip Rivers and now Justin Herbert, a common thread needles though Chargers history: a failure to capitalize on having a terrific player at the game’s most important position.
The franchise has just one Super Bowl appearance, and it came with none of those quarterbacks — rather, with gritty Stan Humphries, who guided a team with a playmaking defense and a penchant for clutch moments to Super Bowl XXIX. And every few years, it turns over its head coach.