Los Angeles Chargers Lead NFL In One-Score Losses

The Los Angeles Chargers suffered a familiar-feeling 24 – 17 defeat against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

It was their seventh single-score loss in 2019, the highest in the NFL. Their inability to close out games is why the Los Angeles Chargers currently sit at 4 – 7 on the season.

Coach Anthony Lynn is aware that the story of their 2019 season is unfolding before his eyes.

Unfortunately for Chargers fans, he didn’t seem to have any idea on what do do about it.

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“I thought offensively, we got to get the ball in the end zone. We kicked too many field goals in the first half. With a team like Kansas City, you can’t kick field goals, you got to score and I thought we let them hang around,” Lynn said. 

“We got the ball back several times and offensively we weren’t able to get the ball down the field until that last drive … We did not finish the game. Kind of underthrew that last one and that was just kind of been the way our season’s gone so far.”

Veteran quarterback Philip Rivers, who finished 28-of-52 for 353 yards, a touchdown and four interceptions, made some costly mistakes.

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“Not scoring in the red zone and turning it over, man, that gets you beat. And that’s what’s gotten us beat all year,” said Rivers

“He went out, he gave it his all. It didn’t work out for us this week. He made some mistakes and he understands that. He’s a 16-year veteran, he knows when he’s played well and when he’s played bad,” Lynn said of his signal caller. 

“I thought he did some good things … He put us in positions when we did move the ball down the field especially there at the end. He just ended up with a bad throw at the end.”