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Los Angeles, which entered the day with less
than 40 rushing yards in four consecutive games -- a dubious
first since the Detroit Lions in 1947 -- ran for 159 yards in
its first game under interim offensive coordinator Shane
Steichen.
Rivers completed 21 of 28 passes for the Chargers (4-5), who
have won two consecutive games.
Melvin Gordon, who had averaged only 2.5 yards per carry
following a holdout that ran into the regular season, had his
best game with 20 carries for 80 yards and two touchdowns.
Austin Ekeler added 70 yards on 12 carries.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles' defense dominated a red-hot Packers
offense. Until Green Bay (7-2) finally mounted a touchdown drive
midway through the fourth quarter, Aaron Rodgers was just 11 of
19 for 61 yards.
He finished 23 of 35 for 161 yards and a touchdown.
The Chargers dominated in every phase other than the red zone.
Los Angeles led 12-0 on field goals of 29, 40, 34 and 43 yards
by Michael Badgley.
After the last of those field goals, Chargers linebacker Drue
Tranquill blocked JK Scott's punt. The Chargers took over at the
27 and finally punched it in on Gordon's 1-yard touchdown run
that made it 19-0. Gordon added another 1-yard touchdown on a
fourth-and-goal that extended the lead to 26-3 in the fourth
quarter.
Green Bay had won four in a row but was pushed around from the
get-go.
In a key matchup, the Chargers' defensive end tandem of Joey
Bosa and Melvin Ingram won their battles against Green Bay's
standout tackle tandem of David Bakhtiari and Bryan Bulaga. Bosa
and Ingram each had 1.5 sacks and applied pressure throughout.
Bosa almost sacked Rodgers but forced a fourth-down incompletion
that extinguished the Packers' last breath of hope with just
over a minute left.
Packers star receiver Davante Adams returned after missing four
games with turf toe but was a relative nonfactor with seven
catches for 41 yards.
--Field Level Media
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