Miracle of miracles: Chargers win a close game on last-second field goal

The Los Angeles Chargers got a late field goal and won a close game, finally

Talk about a shocker. In a game no one seemed to want, the Los Angeles Chargers got a last-second field goal from Michael Badgley to down the Atlanta Falcons, 20-17, on Sunday.

It wasn’t easy, though.

The Chargers blew a chance to set up the winning score when rookie Justin Herbert threw a pick.

However, the favor was returned when Matt Ryan threw an interception.

Herbert drove the Chargers into field-goal position and Michael Badgley, who has had a rough year, knocked through the game-winner as time expired.

 

This was a form of redemption for the Chargers’ field-goal unit, which suffered an embarrassment at the end of the first half. It actually belonged to Anthony Lynn, the offense, and all the Bolts as they mismanaged the clock.

Just another whiff in a season of special teams nightmares.

The Chargers had been 4-18 in one-score games.