Chargers operating again Gus Edwards led the staff with 36 dashing yards and scored a landing Sunday towards the Chiefs.
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Offensive coordinator Greg Roman mentioned final week {that a} stronger dashing assault was going to be essential to win towards the Chiefs. The Chargers rushed for 94 yards; it was their third consecutive sport with fewer than 100 yards on the bottom.
Chargers operating backs averaged 2.6 yards per rush within the first half, getting solely 5 carries. It didn’t really feel like a coincidence that the Chargers had been shut out within the first half.
Gus Edwards was dropped for a two-yard loss on his first rush, and Kimani Vidal had a seven-yard achieve negated by penalty on his first contact. The destructive performs pressured the Chargers to veer from the operating sport early.
However the operating backs began the second half on the correct foot with Edwards selecting up three yards on his first carry of the third quarter. Vidal rushed for eight yards on consecutive performs, resulting in the Chargers’ first landing drive of the sport.
“We started kind of getting to who we are,” Bozeman mentioned of the offensive enchancment within the third quarter. “It started paying off for us in the second half. We just got to start faster in the first half and give G-Ro the confidence for us to be able to run the ball.”
Edwards completed with 36 yards dashing on 10 carries and one landing. Vidal received his greatest workload of the season Sunday with eight carries and 34 yards dashing.
The Chargers will probably be with out operating again J.Ok. Dobbins (knee) for at the very least two extra video games whereas he’s on injured reserve.
