For the Chargers, the primary two video games had been a catastrophe

Jim Harbaugh’s not in Ann Arbor anymore.

Harbaugh’s third 12 months with the Chargers has began as badly because it probably might have, with two house losses in opposition to a pair of the worst groups within the league final season.

In each video games, in opposition to the Cardinals and the Raiders, the Chargers ended up on the incorrect facet of a 26-14 rating.

Let’s put it in perspective. Per NBC Sports analysis, solely two groups (the 1987 Colts and the 2003 Eagles) rebounded from 0-2 begins with each losses at house to make the playoffs. (In all, groups have begun the 12 months with two straight house video games 209 occasions.)

Via OptaStats, the Chargers are the second workforce in NFL historical past to lose back-to-back video games at house in opposition to groups that had a successful proportion under .200 the prior 12 months. It final occurred precisely 100 years in the past, to the 1926 Racine Tornadoes. The Tornadoes performed just one extra sport earlier than folding.

The Chargers’ followers could also be folding the tents on making it to the playoffs in 2026. A gauntlet is coming for Harbaugh and firm: at Bills, at Seahawks, Broncos, at Chiefs. Then comes a bye week.

If they lose the following 4 and go into the two-week break at 0-6, who is aware of what’s going to occur subsequent?

That mentioned, the NFL stays an “any given Sunday” league. The Chargers have discovered that out the onerous method, via the primary two Sundays of the season. Still, it gained’t be straightforward to get a win in any of the following 4 video games.

It gained’t be straightforward past that, both. They nonetheless face the Rams, Texans, Ravens, 49ers, Chiefs (once more), and Broncos (once more). Barring a major turnaround, one other “mutual parting” could possibly be looming for Harbaugh and his present NFL employer.