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to a 38-14 win on Sunday over the Cleveland Browns and rookie QB Baker Mayfield,
who got little help from his teammates.Nearly two years after leaving
FirstEnergy Stadium in disgrace after the Browns beat them for their only win in
2016, the Chargers (4-2) won their third straight and made sure their next few
days would be enjoyable."Coming across the country and playing in a hostile
environment, they executed well, Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said. "That's the
way it's supposed to look."Los Angeles will stay in Cleveland before flying
later this week to England to face Tennessee on Sunday."It was good," said
Rivers, the 36-year-old QB who continued one of the best starts of his 15-year
career. "It was even better because we're going to be here a while. You don't
let those negative thoughts creep in, but I was telling (defensive end) Melvin
(Ingram) as were coming off of the bus, 'We can't lose this game and then stay
four or five days.' I couldn't think of anything much worse."And that's no knock
on Cleveland.The Chargers played their best all-around game this season against
the Browns (2-3-1), who were competitive in their first five games but were
overwhelmed by a Los Angeles team that might not be getting the attention it
deserves.Melvin Gordon rushed for three touchdowns and 132 yards Drue Tranquill Jersey 2019 , Rivers connected with Tyrell Williams on two TDs and San Diego's defense sacked Mayfield five times and twice intercepted the No. 1
overall pick .The Chargers rushed for 246 yards on 36 carries, eating up yardage
and time while taking some pressure off Rivers. Gordon scored on runs of 4, 10
and 11 yards for his first career three-TD rushing game."The guys up front were
blocking," Rivers said. "We had a heck of a plan and they executed it. It's
huge. We talk a lot about balance and I think that's what helps some of those
run actions. We haven't had many days when we've ran more than we've thrown.
From what I can remember, those are fun. I'll take those any time we can get
them."For Mayfield, his third career start was a tough lesson.He tweaked his
ankle when he slipped on the sideline in the first quarter, and Mayfield was
plagued by a few costly drops, including two by rookies Antonio Callaway and
Damion Ratley in the first half that could have been TDs.Rivers complimented
Mayfield for battling through a difficult day."He's a gritty, tough and
competitive guy," Rivers said. "He has a heck of a career ahead of him. He made
some really good throws today that were close. If I wasn't pulling against him
to beat him, I would've said 'You should've caught those.' There were a couple
of them that I thought they should've caught Cheap Drue Tranquill Jersey , but I'm glad they didn't."He's going to have a heck of a career. You can just tell in the way he commands. He was running
no-huddles and doing all of that in his third or fourth start. He's going to be
just fine."KICK STARTFor once, the Chargers stayed between the uprights."Well,
we made all of our damn kicks," Lynn said, opening his postgame news conference.
"All the extra points, all the field goals, so that's improvement."Rookie
Michael Badgley kicked a 44-yard field goal and made all five PATs in his debut.
He was signed Thursday and filled in for Caleb Sturgis, who has a quad injury
and accuracy issues.Lynn said he's comfortable with Badgley, but left his
kicking plans undecided.GROUND AND POUNDCleveland's defense yielded yardage in
huge chunks.The Chargers had 12 offensive plays gain more than 15 yards, with
seven picking up 20 or more."They punched us in the mouth early, up on the
opening drive and they were just doing some things that obviously we couldn't
stop White Drue Tranquill Jersey ," said safety Damarious Randall, who was in position to intercept Rivers in the end zone but had the ball pulled away by
Williams for a 45-yard TD.WIDE WORLDThe Browns' extensive injury issues at wide
receiver worsened when Rod Streater suffered a neck injury in the first quarter.
Streater's loss left Jarvis Landry, Callaway and Ratley as the only healthy
receivers. Ratley briefly left in the fourth quarter with an injury but finished
with six catches for 82 yards.Cleveland signed free agent Breshad Perriman on
Saturday, but he hasn't had time to learn the playbook and was inactive. Rashard
Higgins (knee) and Derrick Willies (broken collarbone) are both out.Jackson
conceded the Browns need help."We do, but nobody is going to cry about it right
now," he said. "No other team cares about what our issues are. We have to fix
them, and we will. We are just getting off of a game where we did not play as
well. We will look at every avenue to fix whatever we think the issues are as we
move forward so I am sure we will do that." Before Thursday night, Saints
quarterback Drew Brees had become the odds-on favorite to win his first ever NFL
MVP award. After Thursday night, it’s slightly more complicated.Brees had a
rough game in a big spot, capped with a head-scratching interception that came
on a drive that still could have resulted in the team’s eleventh win of the
season.He completed 18 of 28 passes for only 127 yards, an average of 4.5 yards
per attempt. Throw in one touchdown pass and one pick Drue Tranquill Los Angeles Chargers Jerseys , and Brees had a passer rating of 71.6, his lowest in nearly two years.Given that the decidedly
non-Brees performance from Brees came in front of the biggest audience in
history, it definitely becomes a factor in the looming MVP vote. And it takes a
chunk out of what recently seemed to be an inside-track candidacy for the future
Hall of Famer who has never won the prize.Apart from boosting the chances of
guys like Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Chargers quarterback Philip
Rivers, Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, and one or more of the Rams’ stars who
merit consideration (Gurley, Goff, Donald), the Dallas win over the previously
invincible Saints pushes Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott closer toward the
fringes of the argument.The topic came up last week, after Elliott’s
86-touches-in-12-day moved the Cowboys from 3-5 to 6-5. Then there’s the fact
that Elliott convinced his teammates to treat each game as a “must” win, and
they’ve responded.Performance plus leadership equals value. Elliott Los Angeles Chargers Jerseys 2019 , who had a quiet-for-him-but-still-impressive 136 yards from scrimmage last night, deserves
consideration, especially if he and the Cowboys keep doing what they’ve been
doing.And here’s the inescapable reality. Even after the next 15 games are
played over the balance of Week 13, a full 25 percent of the season will remain
on the books. Which means that most if not all of the postseason awards will
remain up for grabs.Not that any of it matters to the candidates. The only
postseason award any of them care about is the trophy that will be presented at
the end of the game that will be played in Atlanta come early February.But if
Elliott, who curiously gets omitted when the Cowboys talk about contract
extensions, could win the MVP award, that would be an important development for
his financial future, in Dallas or elsewhere.
Posted 23 Sep 2019

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