Report: Chargers request interview with Jason Garrett

Mar 17, 2024

The Los Angeles Chargers fired fourth-year head coach Anthony Lynn earlier Monday morning, and a notable candidate appears to have surfaced. According to a Twitter report Monday evening by NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, the Chargers have requested an interview with Jason Garrett, the first-year New York Giants offensive coordinator and former Dallas Cowboys head coach from 2011-19.

"The #Chargers requested an interview with #Giants OC Jason Garrett for their vacant HC job, source said," Rapoport said in an initial tweet. "The former #Cowboys coach is back in the HC interview circuit."

"With a career 85-67 record and just one losing season, Jason Garrett also earned praise for the development of Dak Prescott," Rapoport added in a second tweet. "A potential Justin Herbert-friendly hire."

Lynn, 52, went 33-31 with the Chargers from 2017-20, including a 7-9 finish to this past season Sunday. Herbert, the 2020 NFL Draft's No. 6 overall pick out of Oregon, proved to be a franchise quarterback while completing 396 of 595 passes (66.6%) for 4,336 yards and 31 touchdowns to 10 interceptions while adding five rushing scores in 15 games (all starts).

Garrett, 54, experienced a mixed year with the Giants. New York's offense ranked 31st out of 32 NFL teams with 299.6 total yards and 17.5 points per game. Before the Giants, Garrett posted an 85-67 record as the Cowboys' head coach, a mark that includes his 5-3 interim stint from the 2010 season.

"We want to play better offensively — there's no question about that," he said last Thursday. "I do think we made strides in different areas over the course of the season. I think the biggest area that we tried to emphasize with our players is playing winning football and you can't do the things that cause losing, and a lot of that has to do with the ball and taking care of the football and not doing the things that put you're team in a bad situation, a situation you can't overcome and you lose the game. So, ultimately, your job — on offense, defense and the kicking game — is to try to contribute to winning. And so, one of the ways we believe as a coaching staff to do that is prevent yourself from losing first.

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"I mean, that's where it starts, taking care of the football. And having said that, I think we've made strides in that area as the season's gone on, but we have to play better. We've got to run it better. We've got to throw it better. We've got to score more points. And we have to contribute to winning in other ways, too, by being more productive and guys have worked very hard to do that. At different times, we've played better than others. The last few weeks, we haven't played as well as we need to play."