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Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh celebrates after a Justin Herbert touchdown run against the Titans. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Jim Harbaugh previously had said he would never use the word “satisfied” when talking about football.
In that case, where did the first-year coach think the Chargers had to improve, especially when considering the caliber of teams they will play over the next five weeks?
Harbaugh’s team had just claimed a 27-17 victory over the Tennessee Titans at SoFi Stadium on Sunday to improve to 6-3. They remained the only team in the NFL to hold each of its opponents to 20 points or less.
Instead of starting to worry about Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals right away, Harbaugh called on his players to celebrate their latest win, which was their fourth in five games.
Harbaugh promised to take his own advice.
“For me,” he said, “it will be the next six hours. Those are gonna be good enjoyment. Somewhere around five, five-thirty, six hours, six-thirty mark, then it’ll just hit me that the Cincinnati Bengals are up next and we’re on to them.”
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Harbaugh might as well take a reprieve while he can, as the upcoming stretch of games should reveal whether the Chargers actually have become overnight contenders under his watch or were beneficiaries of a soft early-season schedule.
Following a Week 11 visit by the Bengals, the Chargers will play, in order, the Baltimore Ravens, Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The games against the Falcons and Chiefs will be on the road.
The Chargers still haven’t won a game against a team with a quarterback who ranks in the top half of the league’s qualifying passers.
On Sunday, they beat Will Levis, one of the lowest-rated quarterbacks. Their other victories were against Gardner Minshew, Bryce Young, Bo Nix, Spencer Rattler and Jameis Winston.
The quarterbacks they will face over the next five…
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Author : LA Times
Publish date : 2024-11-11 11:00:04
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