Playing for nothing other than pride, the Denver Broncos lost 16-19 to the Los Angeles Chargers today. Both teams came into the game missing key contributors. Von Miller, Joey Bosa, Melvin Ingram, Uchenna Nwosu, A.J. Bouye, Bryce Callahan, Keenan Allen. You get the picture. Both teams were banged up.
Here’s what we learned.
The Broncos blew an early opportunity.
The Chargers pass rush was a shell of itself without Joey Bosa and Uchenna Nwosu today. As a team, the rest of the Chargers defense had 12 sacks coming in and it showed early.