Given how many times the gambled on fourth down during Thursday night's thrilling 34-28 overtime lo s to the Chiefs, it would have been appropriate to have the game in Las Vegas as opposed to Los Angeles.The Chargers went for it on fourth down five times on Thursday night. But they were only able to convert on two of
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those attempts, as Los Angeles bypa sed three field goal attempts before the won the game in overtime on ' 34-yard touchdown pa s to . With the win, Kansas City took a two-game lead over the Chargers in the AFC West division race. Conversely, the Chargers lost ground on the Chiefs while also losing some of their footing in the race to clinch a berth in the AFC playoffs with three games remaining.When asked following the game about his aggre sive approach, Chargers coach Brandon Staley said "the quickest way to win a game like that is to score touchdowns not field goals, especially considering who's on the other side.'' Here's a rundown of each of the Chargers' fourth
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-down conversations:13:33 left in the first quarter: Tight end fell on his head while trying to catch pa s in the end zone. Parham was carted off the field and was in stable condition while undergoing
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tests for a head injury at UCLA Harbor Medical Center. 6:18 left in the second quarter: Herbert picks up the first down on a two-yard run on fourth-and-1 on the Chiefs' 33-yard line. The Chargers scored on the drive to take a 14-10 halftime lead.0:02 left in the second quarter:On the final play of the half, Herbert's pa s on the Kansas City 1-yard line was batted down at the line of scrimmage by safety , keeping the Chargers' lead at 14-10 at intermi sion.7:48 left in the third quarter:Herbert failed to connect with , as his pa s was broken up by linebacker on fourth-and-2 on the Chiefs' 28-yard line.12:24 left in the
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fourth quarter: picks up 7 yards on fourth-and-1 from the 11-yard line. But the Chargers' celebration was cut short when freed the ball from Kelley's graps on Kelley's plunge on third-and-goal, as the ball was recovered by Chiefs linebacker . The Chiefs gave the ball right back to the Chargers, however, when Mahomes' pa s was snared out of the air by . made it a 21-13 ball game on the next play on a 2-yard run. Had the Chargers been more succe sful on fourth down, Staley's bold play-calling would likely be celebrated throughout the
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weekend. Instead, Staley will likely have to defend his bold strategy in the days leading up to the Chargers' Week 16 game against the .
