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Tales from the road: Lost and confused in San Diego

What it was like to witness the LIons' season-opener defeat in San Diego first-hand. SPOILER: not fun.

As I circled the concourse at Qualcomm Stadium, hoping to find my sun-baked car as quickly as possible, I swatted mental demons like flies. Trying to stay positive, I quickly reminded myself that this was only one week against a good opponent on the road. But those thoughts were quickly interrupted with nightmarish visions of Keenan Allen ripping through my subconscious. And then those images merged with the suppressed memory of Blake Bortles thrashing the Lions defense during the preseason.