The Los Angeles Chargers are a team followed by misery. Often, it comes in soul-crushing fashion, too.
The sort of misery that led to four losses by a field goal or less in 2016, and then three more during a four-game losing streak to begin 2017. And worse, the sort of misery that kept them from the playoffs even when the Chargers went 9-3 throughout the rest of 2017.
Their early-season hole was a little too deep. But the bright lights of the postseason are well within reach for a team led offensively by wide receiver Keenan Allen and his 102 catches for 1,393 yards.