{"id":598409,"date":"2023-01-17T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/chargers-fire-offensive-coordinator-lombardi-quarterbacks-coach-day\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:39:00","slug":"chargers-fire-offensive-coordinator-lombardi-quarterbacks-coach-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/chargers-fire-offensive-coordinator-lombardi-quarterbacks-coach-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers fire offensive coordinator Lombardi, quarterbacks coach Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Chargers fired two coaches Tuesday, just days after quarterback Justin Herbert and the offense collapsed in a playoff loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Photo by Joe Marino\/UPI | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/News_Photos\/lp\/8e9ec4ae23fdc4fb7a36d9ca9b4649c8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">License Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<article itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span>Jan. 17 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> The Los Angeles Chargers fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and quarterbacks coach Shane Day less than a week after the team surrendered a 27-point lead and exited the playoffs, the team announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lombardi and Day took their jobs with the Chargers when the franchise hired coach Brandon Staley in 2021.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers ranked No. 5 in points and No. 4 in yards in 2021. They also had the No. 2 passing offense while led by quarterback Justin Herbert.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers ranked No. 9 in yards and No. 13 in points this season. They had the No. 3 passing offense. Herbert threw for 5,014 yards and 38 touchdowns in 17 games in 2021. He totaled 4,739 yards and 25 passing scores in 17 games this season.\n<\/p>\n<p>Staley, who has a 19-15 record in two seasons as Chargers&#8217; coach, led the team to the playoffs for just the second time since 2013-14. The Chargers have two playoff wins since 2008-09.<\/p>\n<p>Day was a positional coach at Michigan and Connecticut, and was with the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Commanders and Chicago Bears before he joined the Chargers.\n<\/p>\n<p>Lombardi had served as quarterbacks coach for the New Orleans Saints for 10 seasons. He also was the Detroit Lions offensive coordinator in 2014 and 2015.\n<\/p>\n<p>He first joined the NFL sidelines in 2006 as a defensive assistant for the Atlanta Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers held a 27-0 lead on the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first-half of a wild-card round game Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla. They then totaled just three points in the second half and lost 31-30 in the third-largest collapse in NFL playoff history.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Sports_News\/NFL\/2023\/01\/17\/Chargers-fire-OC-QB-coach-playoff-exit\/2441673974249\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Randy Pekar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Chargers fired two coaches Tuesday, just days after quarterback Justin Herbert and the offense collapsed in a playoff loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Photo by Joe Marino\/UPI | License Photo Jan. 17 (UPI) &#8212; The Los Angeles Chargers fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and quarterbacks coach Shane Day less than a week [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32299,534,28079],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-598409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chargers","8":"category-financial","9":"category-offensive"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}