Chargers’ Melvin Ingram: Records two sacks
The San Diego Chargers played their last home game of the season at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday, adding a convincing 30-14 win over the Miami Dolphins to their season record.
On Sunday, the Chargers played what might be their last game in San Diego. This time around, most experts believe the Silver and Black will prevail by a pair of field goals to sweep the season series.
Gordon ran behind an offensive line which has been in a state of flux for the entire season. Stan Kroenke is trying to get the National Football League to block the proposed Carson City stadium and hold the Oakland Raiders and Chargers in a hard spot.
“I know when his feet are right, I think he’s very accurate when he’s on balance and fundamentally doing things”, Raiders coach Jack Del Rio said of Carr. If it was quarterback Phillip Rivers’ last game at the field, he made it count.
For a legion of fans, cheering for the Chargers was a way of binding families closer together, passing a passion down from one generation to another.
Woodhead caught a 20-yard touchdown pass to cap San Diego’s first drive.
Corallino is already reaching out to those fan bases to take over as the bar’s new home team if the Chargers leave for L.A.
-PASS DEFENSE: B. Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill never did get in much of a rhythm. The Raiders have alternated wins and losses in their last five overall and have mostly played well against AFC West opponents this year outside of a 34-20 home loss three weeks ago to the Kansas City Chiefs, who beat them as three-point favorites on their way to a current eight-game winning streak.
Rivers completed 26-of-36 passes for 311 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions against Miami as he went over 4,000 passing yards for the season. Rivers, tight end Antonio Gates and receiver Malcom Floyd came out of the game with 37 seconds left, to applause.
The visiting team is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games in this matchup.
It is a certainty that neither the Oakland Raiders or San Diego Chargers will earn a playoff berth in 2015. The San Diego Chargers ground game is averaging 84 yards per contest, and Melvin Gordon leads the way with 641 yards on 184 carries. He was sacked three times, with linebacker Melvin Ingram collecting a pair for the Chargers, and the Dolphins lost for the fourth time in five games to clinch a losing season for the first time since 2012.
Rivers even signed two signs critical of team Chairman Dean Spanos, reading: “Spanos loves money and I love San Diego” and “Don’t be the Grinch who stole the Bolts from San Diego”.
Gordon was injured in the second quarter after taking a blow to his left knee during a run.
-SPECIAL TEAMS: B. Josh Lambo missed an extra point but the Chargers are starting to show some juice on the return game.
Miami hosts the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots in its final two games.