The Los Angeles Chargers are 4-8 and all eight losses have been by seven points or less. They’ve been margins of three, seven, seven, seven, three, two, seven, and three points.
Whether it’s fumbling at the goal-line, interceptions, or most recently, getting hit with a penalty that should’ve never been called to ensue the game-winning field goal on the final drive, the Chargers haven’t caught a break.
The frustration from the fanbase has been evident. Many of them had high expectations entering this season, but now they wake up each Sunday wondering how their favorite team is going to find a way to lose.
It has become a pattern so consistent that the players on the team can’t even hide how maddening it is.
“It seems like we’re literally trying to figure out every way you can possibly lose a game,” running back Austin Ekeler said.
“This feels like maybe six of the other losses we’ve had. This is another one we should have won,” safety Rayshawn Jenkins said.
“We’re good enough to put these games away earlier, and every week we somehow fail to do so. And, every time, it bites you in the butt in the end,” running back Melvin Gordon said.
When assessing what went wrong for the Chargers this season, there will be a few notables including the injuries to key players, quarterback Philip Rivers’ decline and the coaching change.
But the team still had enough talent to hang with anyone, yet they were unable to overcome shooting themselves in the foot when games were on the line on a weekly basis.
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