How will the team finish this season?

Like we mentioned in the beginning, the Chargers weren’t expecting to be sitting at the position that they are in now after a phenomenal 2018 campaign. But injuries, coaching changes and simple in-game blunders that they haven’t been able to overcome are the reason they have a 4-7 record.

The chances of Los Angeles making the playoffs are quite slim. The team isn’t mathematically eliminated, but they would have to win their remaining games and hope for a lot to happen with the other teams that are in contention for the postseason.

While some are hoping they give up the season in order to acquire a higher draft selection, coach Anthony Lynn said that tanking is not an answer for the Chargers. Not only is tanking a bone-headed move, but there are players that have contracts on the line, and they can’t afford to underperform on purpose.

The bye week is beneficial in a variety of ways, including giving key players that are banged up the much-needed rest and it allows for players coming back from injuries — safeties Derwin James and Adrian Phillips — to get back to the pace they need to be in for the final stretch.

With opponents that consist of the Vikings, Raiders and Chiefs, we will be able to see if the Chargers are able to overcome some of their woes that cost them games earlier this season with James and Philips back, and hopefully left tackle Russell Okung.