Justin Herbert's Future Takes A Turn As Los Angeles Chargers Reject Trade Offers Amid 0-7 Collapse

The Chargers say no to every trade call on Justin Herbert© Image via: X/@NFL_DovKleiman

Joe Hortiz has heard every pitch this week. Rival general managers keep dialing the Los Angeles Chargers, hoping a team with no wins will cash out before the Nov. 10 deadline at 4 p.m. ET. Hortiz keeps hanging up. Quarterback Justin Herbert, receiver Ladd McConkey and pass rusher Khalil Mack are all off the table, even as the Chargers sit at 0-7 with the league's lowest-scoring offense. The choice costs them future draft picks. It also tells a fragile locker room that Jim Harbaugh still believes.

Justin Herbert And Ladd McConkey Stay Put

On paper, Justin Herbert's season is rough. He leads the NFL with 10 interceptions, and his 4.7% interception rate towers over his career mark of 1.9%. But his $262.5M extension runs through 2029, and a team that built its future around him would be selling at the lowest price he will ever carry. The offensive line and a new scheme explain much of the slide.

McConkey faces the same math. He averages 16.8 yards per catch, and his rookie contract runs through next season. Any team calling about him wants a discount.

Here is how the report described the Chargers' answer:

I know a lot of people are down on him, but imagine if the Minnesota Vikings traded for Justin Herbert. ???? https://t.co/4NXEmRCb9I

— Hoobito (@Hoobito97) November 7, 2026

“They might be winless, but they are not acting that way in trade discussions regarding any of their players,” wrote Pelissero and Rapoport. “Los Angeles also doesn't like the message of giving up on the season. Calls from rival general managers on Justin Herbert, Ladd McConkey and others have received hard nos.”

Khalil Mack Remains With The Los Angeles Chargers Ahead Of The Houston Texans

Mack is 35, the classic veteran a losing team moves for picks. Harbaugh wants him around anyway.

“I want Khalil Mack here,” Harbaugh told reporters. “Khalil Mack wants to be here.”

Harbaugh knows this feeling better than most coaches. In 2000, he started five games at quarterback for a San Diego team that finished 1-15, and he lost all five. Two weeks into this slide, he gave his players a simple message:

“I think one of the things we were all put on this earth to do, was to handle both success and loss. To do that with the same passion and enthusiasm and to show that you belong. That it can be turned around and there is winning football, that's what we're doing as a team.”

Standing pat has a price. A rebuild would have brought picks, and the only reported offensive change so far is coordinator Mike McDaniel moving from the sideline to the coaching box.

Sunday offers the first real test, when the 2-5 Houston Texans visit Los Angeles. One win will not rescue the season, but it would be the first proof that this stubborn plan can work.