Los Angeles Chargers
AFC West
B
Overall Team DVOA
8.7% 12th
Brandon Staley's first year as an NFL head coach was a mixed bag. Justin Herbert developed into an MVP-caliber quarterback, and Staley proved to be one of the boldest -- and most often correct, per the analytics -- fourth-down decision makers in the league. But the Chargers' run defense was feeble, Joe Lombardi's play calls in the red zone, on some of those fourth-down conversion attempts and elsewhere was suspect, and the Chargers fell just short of the playoffs in a stunning Week 18 overtime loss to the Raiders. The Chargers' offseason agenda appears to be rather simple: fix the run defense, fix the short-yardage offense, compete for a Super Bowl in 2022. -- Mike Tanier
DVOA Team Rankings
Through Week 22
Total DVOA
8.7%12th
Offense
16.0%4th
Defense
4.8%26th
Special Teams
-2.4%28th
Weighted DVOA
10.9%11th
Unadj. Total VOA
7.2%12th
Pythagorean Wins
8.917th
Schedule Strength
0.6%15th
2021 Season Projections
Mean Projection
7.3 wins25th
Projected Schedule
1.3%9th
Projected DVOA
-8.6%25th