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The Los Angeles Chargers squandered a 10-point lead in the third quarter as they lost 27-24 to the AFC West rivals the Kansas City Chiefs in Thursday Night’s Thriller, a game that saw Justin Herbert rocked by a rib injury but was said to be ‘GOOD’.
Chargers quarterback Herbert is expected to be x-rayed after a hard hit by Chiefs defenseman Mike Danna in the fourth quarter as he headed to the coaching room at Arrowhead Stadium, his left hand held tightly to his ribs.
Ultimately, Herbert only missed one game after the hit, returning to playfully try to rally his team to victory, while Chargers coach Brandon Staley said after the game that he was confident the Pro Bowl quarterback would be “fine.”
Herbert finished with 334 yards and three touchdown passes, as well as one interception that proved to be a costly six pick, while Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for 235 yards and two touchdowns to lead his team to a comeback victory.
Kansas City trailed 10-0 in the first quarter and spent most of the game playing catch-up, still 10 behind at the start of the second half. Rookie cornerback Jaylen Watson finally put the hosts up by seven points in the fourth quarter, knocking Herbert down at the goal line and then giving him back a whopping 99 yards for the go-ahead.
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Things took a turn for the worse for the Chargers when Herbert briefly left the field with an injury two runs later; Kansas City running back Clyde Edwards-Heler subsequently split the Los Angeles defense on a 52-yard run to score a field goal, extending the Chiefs’ lead to 10 with three and a half minutes left.
Herbert returned to the game and valiantly tried to keep the Chargers in it. He threw a 36-yard dart on the fourth down to extend their subsequent possession, then found Joshua Palmer in the back of the end zone on fourth and goal to take Los Angeles to three at 27-24 with just over a minute left. .
But Kansas City pulled back a subsequent field goal and ran out of time to clinch a decisive division victory to go 2-0 on the season. Chargers drop to 1-1.
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