Mike McDaniel offense a sinking ship as Chargers season already on the brink

The Chargers asked their fans to wear powder blue on Sunday afternoon.SoFi Stadium turned black instead.Raiders jerseys swallowed entire sections of the building, “Rai-ders!” chants rolled down from the upper deck to the lower bowl as silver and black easily outnumbered Chargers supporters by a 3-to-1 margin.By the fourth quarter, the NFL’s most expensive stadium looked less like the Chargers’ home and more like the world’s nicest Raiders bar.The Raiders completed their takeover on the field as well.The Raiders beat the Chargers 26-14 Sunday, handing Los Angeles its second consecutive home loss to begin a season that arrived with Super Bowl expectations and has instead produced one of the NFL’s ugliest offenses.The Chargers have now lost their first two games by an identical score.

That’s not a typo, it’s a trend. The Chargers opened the season as heavy favorites with two winnable games at SoFi Stadium and somehow emerged 0-2.Now they head to Buffalo searching for answers after an offense coordinated by Mike McDaniel has produced just 28 points in eight quarters.This wasn’t the offense that anyone envisioned when McDaniel arrived.Justin Herbert finished 15 of 26 for 192 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.

He was sacked three times.Joe Alt committed three false-start penalties and a holding penalty that resulted in a late safety.

Cameron Dicker bounced a 58-yard field-goal attempt off the crossbar.Omarion Hampton lost another costly fumble.Speaking of fumbles, the Chargers had six of them — the most they’ve had in one game since 1987. The Chargers didn’t merely lose to the Raiders.They repeatedly helped them do it.“We’re shooting ourselves in the foot,” Rashawn Slater said.

“You’re never going to win like that.”At this point, the Chargers might want to put the gun down.Herbert briefly gave them life when he escaped Maxx Crosby and found Oronde Gadsden for a 10-yard touchdown that gave Los Angeles a 14-10 lead.For ...