THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: If healthy, Seattle might chew up slumping Chargers

Boo!

And there, ladies and gentlemen, are the Los Angeles Chargers' rabid fans howling their love of the team, and doing it in one word.

Boo!

OK, two words.

It's confusing at times, trying to figure out whether the crowd is booing quarterback Justin Herbert or coach Jim Harbaugh.

I guess you take it like a symphony.

The Chargers are coming to Lumen Field this weekend, guaranteeing that they'll put in a serious performance and give the Seahawks plenty of bruises.

Several players have gone on record with statements backing Herbert.

They know what's waiting for them, but the Chargers promised wins (and excitement) throughout the early part of the season.

Verdict: They have an 0-3 record, and have lost to two teams that scraped up just 14 wins each last year.

Let's thumb through an NFL reference encyclopedia to see how many times that's happened ... a team taking it upside the head from two 14-game losers.

Ah, here we go.

The answer is ... ZERO.

Coach Harbaugh, Herbert and new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel will have to get it together, this is their next block of four games: Seattle (A), Denver, Chiefs (A) and Rams.

Yikes.

IN THE world we used to know, the Chargers would expect the worst on Sunday.

Seattle's "Dark Side" defense is deep, talented and brutal.

The Chargers specifically brought in passing game wizard McDaniel — former head coach at Miami — to get Herbert creating magic.

But L.A. would assume the worst, facing the NFL's best defense while on a stretch with Sleepy playing quarterback.    

Their current resume shows 14, 14 and 16 points on the board so far.

The Seahawks eat teams like this as snacks.

Or they did, anyway.

Coach Mike Macdonald picked out countless mistakes on his radio show this week, and summed up the 33-31 loss to Washington by saying: "That wasn't Seahawks football. That wasn't us that you saw out there."

Macdonald made sure to note that he and his coaches deserve plenty of the blame.

I believe him, but at the same time we have to note that the Hawks were terribly shorthanded due to injuries.

A.J. Finley was burned three times, and the safeties looked a step late on deep balls.

The Hawks REALLY missed all-universe safety Julian Love, and it was so obvious, it made you want to gasp.

There are a handful of players that make a huge difference for this team, and when a little cluster of them are out, it's not hard to tell.

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Longtime journalist Steve Cameron writes "The Cheap Seats" for The Press three times each week.