In the midst of another disappointing season with the Los Angeles Chargers on pace to fall well short of their preseason win total, ownership finally pulled the plug on the Brandon Staley era. While Staley took the Chargers to the playoffs in 2022, one postseason trip in four years with Justin Herbert just wasn't going to cut it, especially when Staley came to the team as a budding defensive mind but consistently churned out subpar units on that side of the ball despite the talent on hand.

Now Jim Harbaugh is the man on top of the coaching ladder, and optimism again abounds for a franchise that has made three playoff trips in 14 years despite the presence of potential Hall of Famer Philip Rivers and then Herbert at quarterback. Rivers rattled off four straight division titles in his first four years as starter but the team hasn't won the AFC West since. 

Harbaugh will be tasked with making immediate improvements on the defensive side of the ball while Greg Roman tries to do enough on offense to overcome the loss of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams at receiver, a duo replaced by rookie Ladd McConkey and journeyman DJ Chark on the depth chart. The market is relatively bullish on Harbaugh engineering a quick turnaround, with the Chargers being treated as basically a 50/50 coin flip to make the playoffs in his first season.

Below, we'll go through the futures and win total markets for the 2024 Los Angeles Chargers, sharing recently updated odds from major U.S. and Nevada sportsbooks as well as the SportsLine Projection Model forecast for each betting market. We'll then take a look through the schedule, share my power ratings line projections for every game and note any rest or travel advantages or disadvantages to remember. Then we'll examine the changes to the depth chart and what the effect of each could be, before wrapping up with our early forecast of what to expect from this team in 2024.

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