Do the San Diego Chargers Need a Makeover?

The San Diego Chargers are ripe for a rebuild; could be one off-season away from being a legitimate contender.

The Thursday Night Football matchup between the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos marks the NFL’s entrance into it’s sixth week of play. At this point in the season, many teams look ripe for a roster rebuild.

Because at least four weeks of game film exist on each NFL team, the ‘rebuild-ables’ have assessable bodies of work.

Let us begin with the San Diego Chargers. Do the Chargers need a rebuild?

General Assessment

The Chargers played well last night against the Broncos. But did they play well enough not to warrant needing a rebuild? I think so actually.

The Chargers are a curious case. I think the franchise suffers from the fact that they are being haunted by relocation. Psychologically, I think that looms over the entire franchise. It should be interesting whether the Chargers decide to remain in San Diego next year. This quandary is microcosmic for the place that the Chargers find themselves in: somewhere on a spectrum between awful and legitimate contender with nowhere in between.

As last nights game suggests, the Chargers are not as bad as their sub-.500 record suggests. They have lost quite a few close games this season, and they need to do a better job of finishing games. Often that either is related to the attitude of certain key players on the roster or the identity of the team that begins with the head coach.

The San Diego fan base deserves more consistency than just an occasional Thursday Night victory against the Broncos. Unfortunately, the 1-4 start to the season is going to make the playoffs a near impossibility for 2016.

They can only hope for a collapse by the Broncos, Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs.