'The Athletic Football Show' previews the 2026 Los Angeles Chargers

“The Athletic Football Show” is previewing all 32 teams leading up to the start of the 2026 NFL season. Here is a preview of the Los Angeles Chargers. The quotes are edited for clarity. You can watch the whole preview on YouTube and in the embedded video below, or listen to the full AFC West preview wherever you get your podcasts.Derrik Klassen on what about the Chargers most excites him: Justin Herbert gets a play caller that we all know is good.If Mike McDaniel can do it with Tua Tagovailoa, I’m sure that he can do it with a quarterback like Justin Herbert, so seeing what that looks like is exciting. And not even the “Wow, Justin Herbert might go nuclear in this offense” thing. I’m excited to see an iteration for McDaniel. He’s always had those tweaks to his offense, right?But with such