INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- It was fourth-and-2 and the Los Angeles Chargers had the ball at midfield on Monday night. Just over nine minutes remained on the clock and the Las Vegas Raiders had just missed a 52-yard field goal which would have cut the Chargers' lead to four points.
The Chargers, like everyone else, knew the Raiders were a second-half team, a team that had already cut a 21-point Chargers lead to seven. At halftime, Chargers defensive lineman Joey Bosa even said he was thinking about years past and stated, "Oh, you'd come in at half with a lead and think 'What are we going to do this time to screw this up?