Derwin James and the Los Angeles Chargers confronted off with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Sunday Night time Soccer. It was a matchup of two potential playoff groups. Kansas Metropolis had already punched their ticket to the postseason. And Los Angeles appeared nicely on their method. Nevertheless, their playoff hopes could have taken a little bit of successful on Sunday.
The Chargers had a 17-16 lead with one second remaining within the recreation. However kicker Matthew Wright put by means of a game-winning area aim off the upright to offer Kansas Metropolis a 19-17 win at Arrowhead Stadium. This moved the Chiefs to 12-1 — tied with the Detroit Lions for greatest document within the NFL. Los Angeles, in the meantime, moved to 8-5 on the season.
After the sport, James spoke to the media and made a fairly blunt admission about a number of the performs that have been there to be made. “We didn’t make the performs within the third and fourth quarter to get off the sphere and I do know wanting on the tape we’re gonna be sick to our stomachs,” the Chargers star stated, through ESPN’s Kris Rhim.
Derwin James, Chargers fall as Chiefs escape with win
The Chiefs and Chargers performed a fairly shut recreation on Sunday evening. Actually, Kansas Metropolis solely outgained their opponent by 10 yards. Furthermore, Los Angeles gained the possession battle by a little bit beneath two minutes.
Kansas Metropolis obtained off to a greater begin, nevertheless. Two area objectives from Wright together with a De’Andre Hopkins landing gave them a 13-0 halftime lead. The Chargers additionally noticed Justin Herbert go down with an damage scare within the second quarter.
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Herbert was in a position to return to the sport, although, and performed nicely. He accomplished 21 passes for 213 yards and a landing. Actually, his landing to Quentin Johnson within the third quarter gave Los Angeles the 14-13 lead. They initially misplaced the lead after this. However kicker Cameron Dicker gave it proper again with a little bit greater than 4 and a half minutes remaining.
Ultimately, Wright kicked his fourth area aim of the sport to win it for the Chiefs. With this win, Kansas Metropolis has gained its ninth AFC West championship in a row. The final time Kansas Metropolis didn’t win the AFC West was 2015 when Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos gained it en path to the Tremendous Bowl.
The Chargers can nonetheless make the playoffs regardless of this loss. And so they might want to put this loss behind them so as to take action. Los Angeles retakes the sphere once more on December 15 for a Week 15 matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.