NFL Exec on Chargers' Staley: 'For Such a Smart Guy, He Sure Does Some Dumb Things'

With so much of a game coming down to their control, sometimes it's easy for an NFL coach to overthink things or make wrong decisions.

But in the case of Los Angeles Chargers' top man Brandon Staley, those moments keep coming way too often, to the displeasure of fans and the joy of rival teams.

One NFL executive texted NBC Sports' Peter King: 'For such a smart guy, he sure does some dumb things.'

Staley, who's in his third season at the helm, once again put the Chargers in adverse circumstances with his unnecessarily aggressive play-calling late against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.

Holding a seven-point lead with 3:34 remaining left in the game, Staley opted to go for it on 4th-and-1 from…