In four games since then, he’s gained 309 yards on 75 carries, with three touchdowns. Thing is, the game wasn’t as close as the game indicates. The Bolts were coming off a bye week, but looked anything but coming out flat and lost.
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Las Vegas is now favoring the Kansas City Chiefs by 3 points and has the game at a 44.5 point over under. They’ll be facing off against a Chargers team that has been very poor against the ground game.
The San Diego Chargers have been destroyed by injuries.
Unsurprisingly, head coach Mike McCoy addressed how he believed it was the unit’s worst showing of the season when speaking with the media Monday. That’s all the Chargers have to play for, but it’s enough for Rivers and Company to fight tooth and nail down the stretch. “It was about the execution more than it was about the effort”.
The Chiefs defense made life miserable for quarterback Philip Rivers, who could not get in to any kind of rhythm with both Keenan Allen and Malcom Floyd out with injuries.
That comment brings with it a visual of someone plugging holes in a dam which is springing too many leaks.
“Sometimes we don’t start fast and we’re always digging ourselves out of a hole”, Peters said.
To what degree, will be determined starting Sunday in Jacksonville. “I feel like the last couple weeks, that’s been the whole theme that we stay composed and play good defense, so we can get the ball back to the offense and we can all make it work together”. How fast he ran was dictated by his ability to squeeze through a tight running lane before side-stepping to the outside and delivering a crushing stiff arm on a safety that would stop them in their path as he headed into the end zone.
TURNING POINT 1:26 – Smith wiggled free from what looked like a sack on 3rd-and-4, and scrambled for 10 yards to keep the drive alive.
So the Bolts fall to 2-8 on the season and are still going in the wrong direction.
His teammates put him on their shoulders once they reached him.
And it ends with numbers that will determine his fate. Rivers had thrown for at least 241 yards in every game he’s played this season, but against the Chiefs he totaled 178. Smith threw his 234th straight pass without a pick on a 47-yard completion to running back Charcandrick West. Smith extended his record to 253.
Reason to mope: You can nitpick some in the passing game.
Rivers was sacked three times Sunday, twice by Tamba Hali.
The Chiefs had been through a lot over the last few months, including the loss of Jamaal Charles, their best offensive player, amid a miserable 1-5 start. So much for that approach. He had a key role in limiting the Chargers to 52 rushing yards, which tied a season low for the Chargers. Blame here can’t all fall at Gordon’s feet – run-blocking was non-existent.
The only one of its remaining six games in which it can expect to be favored is the home finale on December 20 against Miami.
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But it will not be easy as this is a Bears team making good strides forward and improving as the season moves on.
