The Los Angeles Chargers have been one of the most surprising teams in the NFL over the first five weeks of the season, and not in a good way.
After being dealt a brutal home loss by the previously winless Denver Broncos on Sunday, the Chargers fell to just 2-3 on the year and are now in third place in the AFC West division.
Afterward, head coach Anthony Lynn apologized for his team's performance:
“Sorry for keeping you good people waiting,” said Lynn, according to Jeff Miller of The Los Angeles Times. “Sorry for watching that damn game. We play like that we won’t beat anybody. That team came here more desperate for a win. … It was disappointing.”
For a Chargers club that was expected by many to contend for a Super Bowl this season, this is certainly not the start that anyone envisioned.
Los Angeles kicked things off with an overtime win over the Indianapolis Colts in Week 1, but it followed that up with back-to-back losses to the Detroit Lions and Houston Texans, with LA's vaunted offense scoring just 30 points combined in those two games.
The Bolts then rebounded with a 30-10 win over the hapless Miami Dolphins to get back to .500 last week, but the Broncos grounded them on Sunday, holding them to just 246 yards of total offense. Philip Rivers threw a pair of interceptions and posted a passer rating of just 58.6, and Melvin Gordon mustered only 31 yards on 12 carries in his first game back from his holdout.
The Chargers will host the Pittsburgh Steelers next Sunday.
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