LANDOVER, Md. -- Ultimately, it was not a drive -- or a feeling -- that Los Angeles Chargers fans are used to.
There was 6:43 left on the clock and the Chargers had the ball on their own 18-yard line. And here's something else the Chargers weren't used to: They were ahead of the Washington Football Team 20-16, looking for a season-opening victory in Brandon Staley's coaching debut.
Last season, they would have blown it, as the Chargers dropped four games last year in which they had a double-digit lead. They probably would have lost this game in 2019, too, as the Chargers lost nine games by one score that year, 16 in the past two.