LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Chargers put out a statement Friday about why they fired coach Brandon Staley and general manager Tom Telesco. But based on the team’s performance Thursday night, not much explanation was needed.
The Chargers lost 63-21 to the Las Vegas Raiders on “Thursday Night Football,” as a national audience watched the culmination of a season’s worth of mistakes, frustration and speculation about what finally transpired Friday.
It was assumed Staley would be out, but firing the general manager seemed to punctuate how disappointed ownership is with a team that started the season with Super Bowl aspirations and is finishing as perhaps the most disappointing in the NFL.
Thursday’s loss featured the most points the Chargers had ever given up and the most the Raiders had ever scored. Staley said afterward he…
