Justin Herbert only needed one hand to complete the season sweep over the Las Vegas Raiders, as the Los Angeles Chargers dominated the running game in Week 13.
Herbert suffered an injury to his non-throwing hand during the first drive of the game, but that didn’t matter much as the Chargers rushed 43 times for 192 yards (4.5 ypc) and two touchdowns as a team. Also, Los Angeles had plenty of success on third downs, converting their first six attempts and finishing with 12 conversions on 17 attempts.
Those two factors—the running game and moving the chains on third downs—were two of the biggest differences in the 31-14 game. The Raiders’ offensive line, once again, couldn’t give Ashton Jeanty much breathing room, as the team ran the ball 18 times for just 31 yards and 1.7 yards per carry. Also, Las Vegas was just 2-8 on third downs, allowing Los Angeles to win the time of possession battle by 11:36.
That led to loss No. 10 and the Silver and Black officially being eliminated from the playoffs before December. As one can expect, the internet continues to have its fun at the bottom-feeding club’s expense.
Elimination also means that the NFL’s second-longest playoff win drought will extend for another year.
Kimani Vidal shredded Las Vegas all afternoon.
I think a lot of these sacks are on Geno Smith, but another example of how bad this offensive line is.
This post below sums up the 2025 Raiders pretty well: they struggle to do simple things like have a clean center-quarterback exchange under center, but Brock Bowers is a stud and makes an elite play.
I mean, this catch is just ridiculous.
And now, we deal with the trolling from the Chargers’ social media team.
This could be an interesting development, Pete Carroll isn’t leading off the post-game pressers today…
For those curious, Herbert broke his left hand and will have surgery on Monday.
No victory plunge this week, our guy James just gets trolled by his granddaughter.
Outlook for the rest of the season to keep your sanity:
