Brandon Staley and Christian Parker interviewed for Defensive Coordinator, Doug Nussmeier interviewed for OC; all on Feb 16

This is my fear as well. The Chargers defense was disastrous. Everyone clings to him being a good DC because he was DC for the Rams back in 2020 and they were one of the best defenses in the NFL at that time he was coordinator. But no one is contributing it to Aaron Donald. That guy single handedly dominated every game. You or I could've been play calling and ran a good defense with Donald at DT.

Everyone says he's just like DA, a better defensive coordinator than HC. But no one can answer to me why then the defensive play calling with the Chargers was so horrendous. The guy was always a step behind opposing offenses play calling. Not just in 2023, but in 2022 and 2021. I remember my thoughts whenever the Chiefs played the Chargers and it felt like the CHiefs offense considered the Chargers defense a bye week.
I think we’ve seen that it’s more difficult to be a HC and coach the defense at the same time, as opposed to just being the DC.

DA’s ability to coach the defense suffered when he also had HC responsibilities.

For the record, I want the young guy.