Tampa Bay, FL — The Los Angeles Chargers have started the first month of the season with a 4-0 record after beating Tom Brady and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their home turf, 31-7! Keys to their success have come from all around the team, from rookie QB Justin Herbert to now the number one back Austin Ekeler‘s elusiveness on the field. Chargers end the month with 142.3 rushing YPG from Ekeler running behind free agency acquisitions Bryan Bulaga and Trai Turner blocking.
Herbert’s success on the field having almost 900 passing yards in 4 games and 10 TD’s with his rookie teammate WR Joe Reed having a breakout month with 280 receiving yards in 19 receptions with 5 touchdowns!
On the other side of the ball, the Chargers defense has racked up 15 sacks and 9 interceptions throughout the first month of the season putting them in the top 10 of total defense around the league.
Chargers defensive rankings during Week 4:
- 1st in Fumble recoveries (4)
- 1st in Sacks (15)
- 2nd in Interceptions (9)
Now the Chargers will travel and play the New Orleans Saints in the Superdome next week!
TEAM STATS |
|
|
| Offensive Yards Gained |
368 | 135 |
| Total Yards Gained |
393 | 135 |
| Penalties |
2 | 2 |
| Penalty yards |
15 | 0 |
| Total first downs |
19 | 11 |
| 3rd down efficiency |
6 - 9 , 66.7% | 4 - 10 , 40.0% |
| 4th down effiency |
0 - 0 , 0.0% | 0 - 2 , 0.0% |
| 2 point conversion |
0 - 0 , 0.0% | 0 - 0 , 0.0% |
| Trips to red zone |
4 | 0 |
| Red zone touchdowns |
3 | 0 |
| Red zone field goals |
1 | 0 |
| Red zone efficiency |
100.0% | 0.0% |
| Defensive sacks |
6 | 2 |
| Defensive Interceptions |
0 | 2 |
| Defensive forced fumbles |
1 | 1 |
| Defensive F.F. recovered |
1 | 1 |
Stats
Passing
Los Angeles Chargers
Player |
qbr |
com/att |
pct |
yds |
lng |
td |
int |
sck |
| J.Herbert | 107.9 | 24 / 29 | 82.8 | 247 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
Los Angeles Chargers
Player |
att |
yds |
lng |
td |
avg |
big |
yac |
| A.Ekeler | 20 | 103 | 15 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 20 | M.Williams | 4 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | J.Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | J.Reed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | J.Herbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
Los Angeles Chargers
Player |
rec |
yds |
avg |
td |
yac |
lng |
drop |
| J.Reed | 10 | 111 | 11.1 | 2 | 40 | 48 | 0 | A.Ekeler | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 1 | 84 | 29 | 0 | H.Henry | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 1 | K.Allen | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
Defense
Los Angeles Chargers
Player |
tckl |
sck |
pdef |
int |
int yds |
td |
ff |
ffr |
| U.Nwosu | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | M.Ingram III | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | L.Joseph | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J.Tillery | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | C.Hayward Jr | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | K.Murray Jr | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | M.Davis | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J.Bosa | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | D.Tranquill | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | C.Harris Jr | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N.Adderley | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | D.James Jr | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | D.King II | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
Los Angeles Chargers
Player |
fg |
fg pct |
lng |
xp |
xp pct |
50+ |
50+ pct |
| M.Badgley | 1 / 1 | 100.0 | 28 | 4 / 4 | 100.0 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 |
Punting
Los Angeles Chargers
Player |
punts |
yds |
avg |
tb |
in20 |
lng |
blk |
| T.Long | 1 | 49 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
Teams ready for a suoerbowl run
Crown them! AFC Conference Champions.
The bolts are a problem!!!!
The Chargers look like their old self with Coach Julian back at the helm!
The race for the AFC West is over. 🙁
The Chargers look very strong.
Chargers going all the way this year! Bookmark it, pin it, call a friend to tell them about it! lol