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 The Chargers (0-2) didn't believe they should have lost in the final seconds for the second straight week.
Trailing 38-31, the Broncos (2-0) reached the Chargers' 1 but on third-and-goal, Cutler reared back to throw and the ball slipped out of his hands, bounced off the grass and into linebacker Tim Dobbins' hands.
But referee Ed Hochuli blew his whistle, apparently ruling it an incomplete pass. After a review, Hochuli said that the Broncos would keep the ball because his whistle had blown the play dead. The Broncos got the ball at the 10-yard line, where it had hit the grass out of Cutler's hands.
Two plays later, Cutler hit Royal for the TD to make it 38-37.
Instead of going for the tie, however, Shanahan kept his offense on the field and, 75,000-plus fans at Invesco Field holding their breath, Cutler again found Royal in the end zone for the game-winner.
[Associated Press; By ARNIE STAPLETON]
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