Most people who paid attention to Melvin Gordon’s interview with Wendi Nix of ESPN on Thursday are focused on whether or not the Los Angeles Chargers running back is factually correct. Change that. The focus is on whether he will be correct.
On Thursday, Gordon told Nix that the Chargers “are the team to beat” in 2019. He didn’t necessarily say the Super Bowl, the AFC, or even the AFC West. It was a general notion about winning, a young man who believes that the Chargers can and will be the one standing tall in the end after sending everyone else home.