Los Angeles Chargers have hot start written all over them

The Los Angeles Chargers may be winless in the preseason but that does not mean that the team won’t start hot in the regular season.

The Los Angeles Chargers moved to 0-3 in the preseason with a 23-15 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday night. For those that take preseason a bit too seriously, this may be a concerning sign for the regular season.

For those that are worried because of the preseason, let’s remember that the 0-16 Cleveland Browns went 4-0 in the preseason.

Philip Rivers still has not seen a snap in the regular season and the Chargers’ second unit is getting bested by other team’s second unit. That is fine because once the games really matter, the first unit is going to completely flip the script.

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The Chargers are known for being a team that starts off slow and eventually builds up throughout the year. Heck, it is these slow starts that usually keeps the team out of the playoffs.

This year is going to be different as the Los Angeles Chargers have hot start written all over them. It might not seem that way because of Melvin Gordon‘s holdout and injuries to Russell Okung, Derwin James and potentially Keenan Allen.

However, those reasons are why the Chargers are flying under the radar, at least early on, which will lead to a lot of surprise by the time week 5 or 6 rolls around.

Week 1 has turned into what should be an easy win for the Chargers. Andrew Luck announced his sudden retirement on Saturday (and more power to him) and now the Colts turn to Jacoby Brissett.

Brissett is a good quarterback and the Colts should still be respected without Luck. However, this still is the team that went 4-12 without Luck just two years ago. This should be a relatively easy home win for the Chargers.

Then in Week 2, the Chargers head to Detroit to play a team that could be one of the worst in the league this year, the Lions. The Lions went 6-10 in their first year under Matt Patricia and will likely be well out of playoff contention again. As long as the Chargers play their game, they can move to 2-0.

The first real test comes in week 3 as the Chargers host the Houston Texans. The Texans are a potential playoff foe and can definitely beat the Chargers, there is no denying that. However, as we will see in the following games, the Chargers get to play the Texans in LA. They might not have much of a home-field advantage, but it is still easier than playing in Houston.

There is another rollover game against the Miami Dolphins and then the Chargers host both the Broncos and Steelers in consecutive weeks. Again, both games are losable, but both are in LA (although Bronco fans and Steeler fans will be the majority).

It is likely that the Chargers will lose one of the first six, but they are helped that their four most challenging games are all in LA. It is not absolutely crazy to think that the Chargers can start 6-0.

That is exactly the kind of hot start the Los Angeles Chargers need to coast into the playoffs. From there, the team’s non-division road games are against the Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears and Jacksonville Jaguars.

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That Chicago game is tough and I would expect a loss, but the non-divisional road games are a breeze this season, which will follow up the hot start to get the team into the postseason.

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