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Mike McDaniel's debut as Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator rested on a clear premise: the offense that scored 368 points in 2025, well behind the Rams' league-leading 518, needed a new mechanism.
The Arizona Cardinals, coming off a 3-14 season in which they allowed the fourth-most points in the NFL, were supposed to be the case study that proved the fix was working.
Arizona controlled time of possession 37:31 to 22:29, outgained Los Angeles 393 yards to 268, forced two turnovers, and blocked a punt in the fourth quarter. Herbert emerged from it with very little to add.
The risk here is structural, not schematic. In 99 career games with the Chargers, Herbert has been sacked 241 times.
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