The Los Angeles Chargers fired offensive coordinator Greg Roman and offensive line coach Mike Devlin, the team announced Tuesday. The Chargers will be looking to hire their fifth offensive coordinator in the last six years.
The Chargers’ offense has struggled under Roman in the postseason since he became the team’s offensive coordinator in 2024. The Chargers’ offense was held to three points in their loss to the New England Patriots in the wild-card round of the playoffs.
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In the Chargers’ playoff games over the past two seasons, they have scored just one touchdown on 22 possessions, with both games ending in wild card losses. After the Patriots game, head coach Jim Harbaugh has not committed to bringing Roman back next season.
“We’ll look at that and everything.” Harbaugh told reporters after being asked whether Roman was the right signal caller for the Chargers.. Roman was also the offensive coordinator under Harbaugh at Stanford and with the San Francisco 49ers.
After the jokers game, Patriots linebacker Robert Spillane said that the Chargers might have been underprepared.
“After the game, talking to a few guys from the other team, they had no idea what we were doing,” he said. “They came and said that.”
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Roman’s playoff struggles date back to his time as the Ravens’ offensive coordinator, where he went 1-3 in the playoffs before resigning from the team in 2023.
While the Chargers got hot in the playoffs, their offensive board got going in the regular season. Although the 11-6 season looks good on paper, defensive coordinator Jesse Minter deserves much of the credit. The Chargers defense ranked fifth in yards allowed per game.
While the defense was thriving, the offense was declining. The Chargers fell to 22nd in points this season after placing 11th in Roman’s first season.
Injuries were also part of the Chargers’ regression on the offensive side of the ball. Herbert fought a hand injury late in the season, and the team lost rookie running back Omarion Hampton and offensive linemen Joe Alt And Rashawn Slater for most or all of the year.
