NFL Power Rankings, Week 5: Chiefs, Patriots win thrillers to remain perfect
By Dan Parzych
20. Los Angeles Chargers (23)
Even though the Los Angeles Chargers are clearly the better team over the Miami Dolphins, Sunday’s game seemed like a trap game for Philip Rivers and company, which appeared to be the case in the first half.
Luckily, the Chargers finally showed in the second half why they deserve to be considered a contender in the AFC after eventually pulling away with the 30-10 win over the Dolphins to get back to .500 on the season.
Suffering two losses by a combined 10 points in the previous two weeks leading up to Sunday was beyond frustrating for Los Angeles since every game is extremely important when playing in the same division as the Kansas City Chiefs.
Sunday’s game certainly seemed like a walk in the park at times, but also when it comes to teams like the Chargers having to travel across country for a game like this, sometimes no one really knows what to expect.
What made this win even more exciting for Los Angeles is they didn’t even need to use Melvin Gordon, who finally put an end to his holdout.
Once Gordon returns to his usual ways, it’s only going to make the Chargers that much more dangerous of a team on offense.