Losses by Jets, Patriots and Raiders put the Chargers in position to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2018 season with a Monday night win over Indianapolis, loser of four in a row.
After all misplays, mistakes and missed opportunities, after all the injuries, after all the makeshift lineups, the Chargers are right where they expected to be all along. A victory Monday night over the Indianapolis Colts will enable them to clinch their first AFC playoff berth since 2018.
Not all of their many injuries were so easy to overcome. Quarterback Justin Herbert fractured his rib cartilage in the final minutes of a Week 2 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, and it was several weeks before he looked like his old mobile and creative self again, for one noteworthy example. When the New York Jets lost Thursday to the Jaguars, the New England Patriots lost to the Cincinnati Bengals and the Raiders lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday, it opened the door for the Chargers to sprint through to the playoffs with a victory over the Colts .
“No, I didn’t know that,” Herbert said when asked if he was aware that the Chargers could clinch with a victory Monday. “It’s good to know. That’s cool to know.”
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