Denver, CU- The Los Angeles Chargers staved off a late Broncos rally, to survive with a 23-16 victory. However, the game was secondary to the irregular heartbeat and health of Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh.
Jim Harbaugh listened to his heart when he began to feel a little bit off in pregame warmups.
The Los Angeles Chargers coach went into the medical tent and then to the locker room in the first quarter Sunday to get checked out for an irregular heartbeat. An EKG showed his heart was back in normal rhythm and he returned to the sideline with his team already up 3-0.
It was quite a scene watching the head coach enter the blue medical tent. Watching the charger over three decades, frankly nothing is surprising at this point with the franchise.
The Los Angeles Chargers improve to 3-2 on the season. While Chargers, quarterback, Justin Herbert had his signature performance of 2024.
Veteran edge defender Khalil Mack tallied five quarterback pressures — all hurries — and beat his blocker another three times in the game. However, his biggest impact came in run defense, where he made two stops and forced a fumble.
The Chargers played their most-dominant first half of the season where they built a 20-0 lead at the half behind a resurgent passing attack coupled with a defense that recorded two takeaways from the Broncos offense. At halftime, Justin Herbert had already thrown for more yards than he had in any of the prior four games this season.
However, despite all of the first half momentum, the Chargers offense once again went dark in the second half. They scored just three points after the midway point and once again put up a goose egg in the fourth quarter for the third consecutive game.
The lack of offense allowed the Broncos to make this another sweaty experience for Chargers fans as Denver scored 16 unanswered points and recorded most of their 316 yards of offense in the final quarter. Their three scoring drives to end the game spanned 95, 64, and 74 yards, respectively.
Next week, the Chargers will be on the road for Monday Night Football, facing the Arizona Cardinals. The future is looking bright for the Bolts.
