los angeles chargers versus the las vegas raiders preview.
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00:00 Hey there, Fernando Ramirez for Sports Illustrated.
00:02 I cover the Chargers.
00:04 Tough week for the Chargers, another tough loss.
00:06 They were up 21 points to the Denver Broncos.
00:08 Broncos come storming back and end up beating them 31 to 30, just a tough game.
00:15 A little bit of the questions were the fourth quarter.
00:19 Chargers had two opportunities to go for it on fourth down.
00:22 They ended up kicking field goals.
00:24 They were up 30 to 24 and
00:26 then the Broncos just came storming back at the end of the game.
00:30 Drew Locke hit KJ Hamler with a touchdown.
00:34 Chargers are now two and five.
00:36 They've had four games in a row where they were up 16 points or more and
00:41 the team came back and was able to make it back.
00:45 Jacksonville was the only win that they had where they came storming back, but
00:49 the Chargers were able to control that game and put that game away.
00:53 They have the Las Vegas Raiders this weekend at SoFi Stadium.
00:56 That game's very interesting because the Chargers haven't won a divisional game
01:00 since December of 2018 when they beat the Denver Broncos,
01:03 the year that they went 12 and 4.
01:05 The Chargers went 12 and 4.
01:06 It's been rough for the Chargers.
01:09 They have the players, they have the pieces, but
01:12 they just haven't been able to put it together.
01:14 Brian Bulagas says at times the team gets lulled that they can't be doing that.
01:18 Anthony Lynn was saying the same thing,
01:20 that they have to put the pedal to the metal the full game.
01:25 So it'll be interesting to see if they can do that against Las Vegas.
01:27 They're four and three, Las Vegas is four and three, and
01:29 they're coming off a big win against the Cleveland Browns in a very windy game.
01:34 Yesterday I talked to John Gruden, the Raiders head coach.
01:38 He was very impressed with rookie quarterback Justin Herbert.
01:42 He says the way Herbert can look off a DB, the way Herbert stands in the pocket,
01:46 takes the pressure, and ends up making the pass even though he's gonna take a big hit,
01:49 that he is just very impressed with him.
01:51 And he's actually very excited to face him on Sunday.
01:55 So it'll be an interesting matchup.
01:57 The only toss up is Joey Bosa.
02:00 He suffered a concussion against the Broncos.
02:02 They still don't know if he's gonna play.
02:03 He did not practice on Wednesday.
02:05 So that's gonna be something interesting to monitor.
02:07 Bosa's been relatively good in his career against the Raiders.
02:10 As you know, he started in 2016, he missed the first four games of the season.
02:14 First career game was against the Raiders, and
02:16 he sacked Derek Carr for twice in that game.
02:18 So he has a history with the Raiders.
02:20 So it'll be interesting to see if Bosa plays and
02:25 how it goes leading up to this game.
02:27 But right now, it's basically sink or swim for the Chargers.
02:30 There have been some questions about Anthony Lynn,
02:32 some questions about Gus Bradley.
02:35 So it'll be very interesting to see how they do this weekend against the Raiders.
02:37 But keep it here for more content.
02:40 I'm Fernando Ramirez for Sports Illustrated.
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