Being a Chargers fan in 2016 must have felt like getting a 200-foot head start in a race every week and still eating dirt at the end. Then a few extra shovels of dirt were tossed on when your team packed up, moving from San Diego to Los Angeles.
The Chargers lost 11 games and dropped eight of them by seven points or fewer. The most maddening stretch came early between Weeks 3 and 5 when they lost three straight by a combined eight points.
After plenty of time to digest that frustrating season, there's an easy way to start believing in the Chargers again.