LOL Los Angeles Chargers History

The **San-** oops sorry, **Los Angeles Chargers** are a franchise that pays rent to the Rams so they can pay off their debt for all the unsold tickets at Sofi Stadium. (Seriously why didn't the NFL just send the Raiders here)

## 2002-2006: One Sided Marty

* Marty Schottenheimer was brought on as coach in 2002, much like how his teams work, he went 8-8 his first season.
* Then shit feel apart as Butler passed away from lymphoma (RIP good sir) and the team finished dead last at 4-12
* The upside to this is they got the number 1 pick in the 2004 draft, where Archie Manning's second son, Eli was a top touted pick.
	+ Prior to the draft, Eli stated his refusal to play for the Chargers (probably due to the fact Archie wanted him on an NFC team since his older brother Peyton was on an AFC team so there could be a slim chance of a Superbowl match, I guess a dad can dream)
	+ AJ Smith, giving no fucks, picked up Eli anyway, and we proceeded to get the most awkward #1 draft pick photo in history.
	+ The Chargers were luckily smart enough to make this pick into a trade with the Giants, who selected Philip Rivers.
		- While it wasn't an LOL moment at first considering Rivers was a more consistent QB than Eli, since the Giants got 2 SuperBowls out of him before his retirement and Rivers is no longer with the Chargers, yeah it's pretty much an LOL moment now.

## 2017-Present: The Team with the Most Away Games

* After chickening out on Stadium proposals and getting nagged by Jerry Jones to relocate, Spanos officially moved the Chargers to Los Angeles, a city that was welcoming the Rams back but the people there just wanted the Raiders (If only Mark Davis wasn't broke).
	+ The fans of San Diego would officially burn all their Chargers merch and give them a finger as they drove North. So any chance of them coming back to San Diego will be if Dean sells the team.
	+ The Chargers will be paying rent to the Rams to use SoFi Stadium as well, just like how the Jets paid rent to the Giants back in the day.
	+ Los Angeles wouldn't welcome the franchise any better, a columnist for the LA Times would welcome the team with the headline *We. Don't. Want. You.* and when the Chargers were teased at LA Lakers/Clippers games fans would boo.
* To top off the homecoming (yes, homecoming. They played in LA for like 1 year at first before going to SD), the Chargers had to play in the Stub Hub Center/Dignity Health Sports Park. Yes, that's right, the MLS soccer field.
	+ And they couldn't even fill that to half capacity, large sections were topped off with "Fight for LA" or bolt logos so the stands wouldn't seem empty.
	+ Any fans who did come to home games were fans of visiting teams.
	+ Some pissed off San Diegans decided to rent an advertising plane to fly over the field that demanded Spanos give up the team and bring the Chargers back to their true home.
		- Spanos tried to fight these advertisements in court but since the field was so small it was perfectly legal. LOL.
* During the 2019 season, rumors spread of the Chargers being the NFL team to move to England in the league's logistical nightmare. Spanos surprisingly responded to this all pissed off and denied it, where was that when negotiating with San Diego?
* Philip Rivers' tenure with the team ended following the 2019 season, management ghosted him and decided not to negotiate a new contract. They replaced him with Tyrod Taylor.
* If anything, the Chargers are lucky that the COVID pandemic happened, they can use some games without fans.
* The 2020 season, the first without Philip Rivers...
	+ Cincinnati proceeded to get in their own way and the Chargers were handed a Week 1 win.
	+ Before the Week 2 game against Kansas City, Tyrod Taylor was ruled out with no reason given, therefore rookie Justin Herbert started.
		- This would not become an instant LOL moment as the Chargers proceeded to put up a pretty good fight against the defending champs, however in the end KC prevailed in OT.
		- But what happened to Tyrod? Well it's fucking hilarious and awful at the same time, a Chargers doctor was administering a pain killer to him for his cracked ribs and **accidentally punctured his lung.**