The 1978-1986 San Diego Chargers: Air Coryell, a Prison Sentence, a COVID Death, and a 13-Year Wait

The most explosive passing offense the NFL had ever seen. Three Hall of Famers who stood together at their own coach's funeral, openly wondering why he still wasn't in Canton with them. But Air Coryell never delivered the championship it seemed destined for, and the men who built it paid for that revolution in wildly different ways — a running back who traded a Pro Bowl career for a prison sentence, a tight end carried off the field in one of football's most iconic images, and a coach who waited thirteen years after his own death for the Hall of Fame to finally admit what every player he coached already knew. From Chuck Muncie's redemption to Don Coryell's posthumous induction, this is where the San Diego Chargers of this era really ended up.