The Los Angeles Chargers lost yet another very close game on Sunday, coming up short in their 31-26 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Chargers had two opportunities to score a game-winning touchdown from the 4-yard line with 10 seconds remaining in the game, but were unable to convert, leading to the team’s six loss of the year. Every one of the Chargers’ six losses has been a loss by seven or less points, showing a clear trend of not being able to win close games all season, which head coach Anthony Lynn is sick of seeing.
Asked by reporters about the close losses after Sunday’s game, Lynn said that the team has been “kicked in the gut sick times,” this year, adding that “that’s six times too many.”
Lynn’s message to the team was to just keep competing and hopefully, some of these tough losses should eventually start turning into wins.
The constant losses by just one score have cast a shadow on the excellent performances that rookie quarterback Justin Herbert has been delivering since he got his first start in Week 2. Once again, Herbert led the Chargers down the field, completing a 16-yard pass to wide receiver Mike Williams that put them in prime position to score the go-ahead touchdown with 30 seconds left in the game.
Herbert threw to receiver Donald Perham Jr. in the end zone for the final play of the game, which was first ruled a touchdown catch and later overturned upon further review by the officials.
