Seemingly every year, NFL analysts pick the Los Angeles Chargers to be the league's next breakout team. Former quarterback Philip Rivers became stuck in this unforgiving limbo throughout the entirety of his career with the organization.
But this year it's really going to happen. Definitely. Maybe.
The organization is set up to succeed after an offseason of change. The franchise hired one of the game's best young minds as head coach, properly built around reigning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Justin Herbert and should be drastically better on special teams.
Brandon Staley's hire as the team's overseer is the most critical component to any success the Chargers experience.