Chargers offense goes silent in 2nd half of 22-16 loss

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Chargers couldn't have gotten off to a much better start on offense with a touchdown drive to open the game.After that, the short-handed offense stalled and had no answers against a stout San Francisco defense.Justin Herbert and the Chargers were held to three field goals over their final 10 drives as the running game never got going and the pa sing game generated no big plays in Gorgui Dieng Jersey a to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night.We just didnt execute, Herbert said. We had our opportunities. I thought the defense played great all day. They got some big stops, and we unfortunately fell short. We couldnt execute when we needed to on third down.Los Angeles (5-4) came into the game mi sing both starting tackles, and starting receivers Keenan Allen and Mike Williams, and then lost tight end Gerald Everett in the first half to a groin injury.But Herbert overcame those absences early, going 4 for 4 on the opening drive that was capped by a .The Chargers wouldn't make it back into the end zone again, averaging a meager 3.33 yards per play the rest of the game.You have to change pace against them, coach Brandon Staley said. Because if just becomes a drop-back game, thats where all the risk is in the plan against a team like that. As long as it was close, we wanted to force those guys to Desmond Bane Jersey play thing straight up. Los Angeles settled for field goals in the second quarter on drives that started in San Francisco territory and then again at the end of the first half when Herbert was forced out for a concu sion check after Los Angeles moved the ball to the 20.Herbert returned in the second half but the offense was mostly absent.The Chargers managed just three first downs and 52 yards their fewest in any half in a game since 2007 as Herbert had little time to operate against an aggre sive San Francisco defense. Guys have to step up and make plays, running back Austin Ekeler said. It comes down to us playmakers. We have to play hard, but we also have to make plays. We cant just do the minimum. And today, we werent even able to do that, especially in the second half.Even with all those struggles, the Chargers still managed to have three chances to take the lead after falling behind for the first time with just under eight minutes to play.Los Angeles went three-and-out on its next po se sion and then got the ball back at its own 1 with 2:03 to play, trailing 19-16.Herbert's pa s on fourth-and-3 from his Jonas Valanciunas Jersey own 8 went off Joshua Palmer's hands for a turnover on downs and then he threw a with 53 seconds left after San Francisco had tacked on another field goal.They did a great job disrupting the pa s lanes, Herbert said. Thats a really tough front seven their going up against and theyve got some pretty good cover guys back there too. Theyre really well coached and we just didnt execute, didnt get conversions on third down when we needed them and didnt keep the drives going.___AP NFL: hub/nfl and AP_NFL in this topic
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