The Chargers thought that demoting George Stewart and promoting Keith Burns and Chris Caminiti would be the answer to fixing the special teams woes.
But it didn’t, as witnessed last Sunday when Los Angeles gave up a punt return touchdown and had a field goal blocked for a touchdown along with a few other blunders against the Patriots.
In hopes of resolving them with four games left to play, coach Anthony Lynn is taking matters into his own hands, as he will be taking over the duties of special teams coordinator for the rest of the season.
According to Football Outsiders, the Chargers special teams unit is worse this year than they were in 2010, the year their special teams were so bad that they missed the playoffs despite finishing first in both yards and yards allowed.
Los Angeles will challenge the worst special teams they have ever tracked in DVOA history, the 2000 Buffalo Bills.
Yikes.
