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Los Angeles Chargers: Why they’ll beat the Chiefs in Week 1

By Tyler Schoon

KANSAS CITY, MO - DECEMBER 16: Running back Melvin Gordon (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO - DECEMBER 16: Running back Melvin Gordon (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /
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CARSON, CA – SEPTEMBER 24: Fans look on after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 24-10 in a game at StubHub Center on September 24, 2017 in Carson, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
CARSON, CA – SEPTEMBER 24: Fans look on after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 24-10 in a game at StubHub Center on September 24, 2017 in Carson, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /

Superstition

The last time I chose not to attend a home game against the Chiefs, the Chargers won a thrilling overtime victory (albeit against second-string players) that sent them to the 2013 postseason. I’ve been to every one of their clashes since, and have watched my team get clobbered 117-60 in total points to the tune of four straight home losses. Yikes.

Look, call me crazy, but everyone has a superstition or two when watching games. It could your favorite shirt, or lucky hat, or maybe you have to down six beers during the two-minute warning to “ensure” your team’s victory. I get it.

This year, I’m not going to the game for personal reasons. If the team wins, and breaks their ugly four home game and eight straight games losing streak, you won’t see me on Sunday’s anymore when the Chargers play the Chiefs. And I’ll be happy to miss them.

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It’s time to Bolt up, Chargers fans. If the team can feature Gordon, get Rivers into a groove, make life hard for Mahomes, and maybe even get a little lucky, they’ve got a shot to win. It’s been four seasons, eight straight games, 480 minutes of agonizing football that all led to losses. Something has to give, right?

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