The Los Angeles Chargers had a season filled with games that had NFL fans already wondering if head coach Brandon Staley should keep his job even after he made the playoffs.
But with his team blowing a 27-0 lead (!!!!) and losing 31-30 on Saturday in the Wild Card playoff round — with Trevor Lawrence overcoming four awful interceptions — that clinched it for so many fans.
And they had an ideal replacement: Sean Payton, who could be looking for another NFL job after his long tenure with the New Orleans Saints ended last year.
Here’s a roundup of tweets both slamming Staley and calling for Payton:
So many tweets
Brandon Staley walking to the Chargers facility on Monday pic.twitter.com/QNYdd8Hopx
— The Ringer (@ringer) January 15, 2023
Congratulations @SeanPayton. Welcome to Los Angeles as the new coach is the @chargers. There is no way Brandon Staley can keep his job after blowing this lead. There’s no coming back from this for him!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) January 15, 2023
I don’t see a way that Staley keeps his job after this DEBACLE. Up 27-0 and lose with that talent. Sean Payton or someone else will be coaching that tm next season.
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) January 15, 2023
Sean Payton looking at Brandon Staley’s job pic.twitter.com/h7tPhFkpMZ
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) January 15, 2023
Brandon Staley and Kliff Kingsbury on a beach in Thailand next week pic.twitter.com/yLYmjdtyFv
— Oluwajomiloju (@JomiAdeniran) January 15, 2023
Brandon Staley joining Kliff Kingsbury… pic.twitter.com/hohIq1Hd7c
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) January 15, 2023
This was the worst loss I ever endured in my life. I am truly broken. Just shattered into pieces. Staley should be fired tonight.
— Jersey Jerry (@Jerrythekid21) January 15, 2023
Staley's gonna hit the red-eye to Thailand and hang out with Kliff.
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) January 15, 2023
“Sean Payton’s future” conversation took an interesting turn tonight didn’t it? pic.twitter.com/dBtMu5xgPw
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) January 15, 2023
Congratulations to Sean Payton, newest head coach of the Chargers
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) January 15, 2023
Sean Payton wants the Chargers job. It’s the only job he has really wanted as he watched this season from his home in Manhattan Beach, which is a few miles from where the Chargers are building their new training facility. The question now is how badly do the Chargers want him?
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 15, 2023
Firing Brandon Staley and making a deal for Sean Payton isn’t the kind of blockbuster coaching move the Chargers would have made before but it’s one they have to make now.
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 15, 2023
Now if you’re the Chargers you go all in trying to get Sean Payton. You’re on the phone right f now
— Tim Brown (@timfsbrown) January 15, 2023
Staley should be forced to walk back to LA and personally apologize to every Charger fan. The lowest of lows. Should be fired before he gets to locker room.
— Adam Schein (@AdamSchein) January 15, 2023
Is Staley fired on flight back home?
— Coach Jason Brown (@TheRealCoach_JB) January 15, 2023
