Falling to 0-3, as the Los Angeles Chargers did in upstate New York on Sunday in a 24-16 loss to the Buffalo Bills, is bad enough.
But to add insult to injury, the Chargers continued to make history this year.
Wrong type of story.
After a Week 2 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders The Chargers joined the 1926 Racine Tornadoes. On one of the smallest, and worst rosters in NFL history. The only two teams in league history to lose the first two games of the season at home are teams that were .200 or lower before the season. Losses in Week 2 to the Raiders — who finished their 2025 campaign with a 3-14 record and the first-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft — and Week 1 to the Arizona Cardinals, the third pick with a corresponding 3-14 record, condemned the Chargers to this list.
In the year
Then came Sunday at Highmark Stadium. The Chargers got off to a dream start on the road, saving James Cook’s fumble in the opening game. This was one of three first-half turnovers from the Bills, as was Genesis Smith. A pair intervened Thrown by Josh Allen, the second real “hack of the year” candidate. By the time the final whistle blew, the Chargers had forced five turnovers, winning the turnover battle five to one, a +4 in that category.
And yet, the chargers are gone.
Joining another shortlist.
As stated by Summer sportsEntering Week 3, NFL teams are 2-119-1 when losing the turnover battle by four or more, as the Bills did Sunday. With the Chargers loss, the teams are now 3-119-1.
But wait, there’s more!
Evan Abrams of action network He exposed this statistic. Since 2013, teams with five or more turnovers, the margin of decline -four or more, are 3-81-1 straight.
Will the three teams lose those games?
2026 Chargers, 2022 Chargers and 2015 Chargers:
That 2022 Chargers loss came against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the wild card game that season, when Jacksonville won. 27-7 halftime deficit to overcome 31-30 Time expired on Riley Patterson’s 36-yard field goal. Jacksonville turned the ball over five times in that game — the Chargers didn’t turn it over once — but the Jaguars still won.
In 2015 Regular-season finaleThe Chargers lost to the Denver Broncos by a final score of 27-20, even though Denver turned the football over five times and the Chargers turned it over just once.
You’ll almost be excited to see what kind of story they make next.
