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“CHARGERS–UGLY WIN–STILL A WIN”
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The Chargers won a game they should have lost.
They won a game against a really despondent Miami Dolphins team.
The standings now show a (4-2) record.
The NFL does not give out style points.
But the Bolts are lucky; they play anybody else on Sunday, then get beat.
Justin Herbert’s magic, tenacity, escapability and raw talent got them the game winning TD with 3-seconds left. Sure to be sacked, again, he scrambled in a fire drill move, heaved a pass that wound up being a 42-yard completion to Ladd McConkey, that got the Chargers into Cam Dicker’s 5th field goal of the day, and the win.
All this after Miami’s struggling QB-Tua Tagovailoa somehow led the shorthanded Dolphins on a late TD drive to get them the lead with (:46) left, only to see Herbert do his Houdini thing again to bail his troubled team out.
It was really a pitiful game.
The makeshift Chargers offensive line, looking like a patchwork quilt of players, struggled to protect Herbert. He took a sack, took 8-more hits and 6-pressures. Add in the bucket full of procedure and holding calls. So you know why guys like Bobby Hart, David Sharpe and others were on the unemployment line till the Chargers called.
There was the usual assortment of Charger personal foul penalties again that could have been fatal along the way. DT-Teair Tart, building quite a reputation as a cheapshot artist, nearly cost his team the game with a head shot on the Miami QB on the last Miami drive in the final minutes.
Bright spots, yes, young RB-Kimani Vidal busting big runs of 19-27-38 yards that led to a career afternoon of (124Y). McConkey, who has been MIA the past couple of weeks, caught (7R-100Y) and rookie TE-Orande Gadsden hauled in 7-more passes-despite an early fumble.
Pass rusher Odafe Oweh, who came in a trade from the Ravens, had a sack, a pressure and a deflected pass in limited play.
The Chargers defense picked off 3-passes, and Tagovailoa looked intimidated, with no rhythm to the offense, and little accuaracy throwing down the field. Of course there is no Tyreek Hill in Miami now, and Jaylen Waddle cannot do it by himself.
Coach Mike McDaniel’s play calls were bizarre, and his failure to get the ball into the hands of TE-Darren Waller was really strange. Nothing looks right in Miami. And the bad look, all the empty turquoise seats in Miami Gardens.
So the Bolts come home, knowing they were lucky to survive Sunday. Next weekend the surprise Indianapolis Colts bring their new look offense into LA.
And the Chargers have to keep on winning because Denver has a full head of steam, while the Chargers are not now what they were earlier, when they went (3-0).
At the end of the day, did you win? Yes they did. But if they don’t get this offensive line healthy, they are not going to keep winning. Because there are not very many more Miami type teams on the schedule.
An ugly win, is a win none-the-less.
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