There's no question the Chargers have already made one of the most exciting moves in the NFL heading into the 2026 offseason.

The Bolts were a team with some buzz in San Francisco in the lead up to Super Bowl LX as the hiring of Mike McDaniel to be the team's Offensive Coordinator was a hot topic with plenty of excitement.

"I think it's as exciting as you can hope for with that specific hire," The Athletic's Robert Mays said.

Chargers.com spent some time at Radio Row before the big game, chatting with analysts and experts about the newest offensive playcaller.

The resounding sentiment? There could not be a better hire going into the next season.

"It's one of the best hires of the cycle, whether that was head coach, offensive coordinator or defensive coordinator," ESPN's Kevin Clark said.

NFL Insider Ian Rapoport continued: "I don't know that there was a more coveted offensive coordinator available than Mike McDaniel this year."

"I think it's one of the best hires of the 2026 offseason, at the very least the best assistant hire," The Athletic's Dave Helman added. "Even better than some head coaching hires."

It's easy to see why McDaniel to Los Angeles made some waves.

The offensive coordinator's track record and success runs long — No. 8 in the NFL in both passing offense and total offense over his four seasons in Miami, including a top ranked unit in 2023.

Not to mention his innovative offense that continues to evolve and add new wrinkles in every season.

"It's exciting. Mike's ideas never really stop," NFL Network's Brian Baldinger said. "There's not playbook for his ideas, I think he's really creative. He builds the offense around the talent like he did in Miami. It will change things."

"You can easily talk yourself into them making the leap into a top five offense next year — quarterback, O-Line gets healthy," The Ringer's Sheil Kapadia added.

It's very easy for pundits to be excited about the move and what the Chargers offense can look like.

"I think he's one of the best offensive minds and offensive designers in the NFL," Mays said. "Getting that, paired with Justin Herbert… you have Mike McDaniel, there's a lot of justifiable excitement about what the Chargers offense could be."

ESPN's Jeremy Fowler added: "He was the top guy on the market as far as OCs were concerned. Jim Harbaugh went and made it happen."

McDaniel is seen as one of the best of the best around the league.

ESPN's Ben Solak, who admitted he was 'jacked up' about the hire when it was announced, is one of them, as he sees him near the top when it comes to offensive minds.

Similar to what the offensive coordinator said in his opening press conference, Solak is intrigued about how the Chargers offense could look different compared to different iterations with different types of players.

One thing Solak knows for sure though, McDaniel will continue to find his advantages with the Bolts unit and personnel.

"Mike McDaniel is cutting edge stuff," Solak said. "A lot of what we saw from McDaniel in Miami, and he spoke about it in his opening presser, was he had to build around Tua [Tagovailoa]… He hasn't had something like this in a minute and you can tell Mike is really excited about that.

"The thing that Mike does the best is he leverages and creates space, creates windows for speed, opportunities for speed and getting the ball in space in a way that if there's anyone better at it in the league, it's only by a hair," Solak added. "He's the top of the top."

It's no wonder why this move has propelled the Chargers to be one of the teams a lot of people will be monitoring heading into the new season.

"I'm really excited about it," Yahoo Sports' Matt Harmon said. "When it first creeped out that it could happen, I was like, 'Please let's let that happen.' I think from a pre-snap deployment perspective, what he's able to do with the motion and everything, it's really going to weaponize a lot of guys there."

Helman added: "The Chargers are on the list of teams I'm really excited about and a lot of it is Mike McDaniel."

Matching McDaniel with the Chargers could be something that pushes the team forward after back-to-back postseason berths, according to Rapoport.

And it's not lost on him that out of all the opportunities the offensive playcaller had, he chose to join the powder blue.

"They made the playoffs, have a franchise quarterback, have a pretty complete team, so it's really just can they get from pretty good to deep into the playoffs, Super Bowl, that type of thing," Rapoport said.

"It was interesting to me that he chose the Chargers," Rapoport later added. "To me, he could've chosen anyone, any of the 10 places, and he chose the Chargers. That really is consequential and important to me."

The Chargers currently hold top 10 odds to win the Super Bowl next season, including ranking inside the top five in the AFC.

A whole offseason awaits, but the addition of McDaniel makes the Chargers one of the teams to watch by next fall.

"I could not be higher on the Chargers right now," Clark said. "If they stay healthy, especially on the offensive line, they're going to be one of my potential Super Bowl teams eight months from now."