The Los Angeles Chargers were not having a great time on Thursday Night Football.
In an absolutely disastrous first half, the Chargers went down 28-0 to the very average Las Vegas Raiders by the middle of the second quarter.
On the play that set up Las Vegas for its fourth touchdown of the game, Raiders wide receiver DJ Turner stripped the ball away from Chargers cornerback Michael Davis deep in Los Angeles territory to position quarterback Aidan O’Connell for the score.
Game announcers Kirk Herbstreit and Al Michaels were aghast at how bad of a game this was turning out to be for Los Angeles, as they could only find words like “disaster” and “nightmare” to describe how things were going.
"Just a disaster for the Chargers."- Kirk Herbstreit
"Complete NIGHTMARE for the Chargers."- Al Michaels
The Raiders followed up the fumble recovery with a touchdown to take a 28-0 lead. #TNF pic.twitter.com/ZalyIMJSjv
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 15, 2023
This was the kind of performance that summed up the state of Chargers football this season, as losing quarterback Justin Herbert for the year put Los Angeles in an even worse position than it was already in.
It didn’t help that the Chargers let up yet another touchdown later in the second quarter to make the score a startling 35-0.
After that, Michaels and Herbstreit thought the Chargers looked absolutely defeated because of how poorly things were going.
"You summed it up. I mean, they just look defeated right now."
"I'm not into piling on a guy. But I know Brandon Staley — he was on a hot seat when this season started — is trending right now on Twitter because of the way this game is going." pic.twitter.com/gms8bDKmdS
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 15, 2023
NFL fans couldn’t help but agree with Herbstreit’s and Michaels’ assessments of how this game was going before halftime.
The Chargers tonight pic.twitter.com/OM2XNtMtA9
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) December 15, 2023
If you're a Chargers fan and you have not yet tuned into this game, spare yourself the misery. Find your wife and head to PF Changs or something instead
— Jeanna Kelley (@jeannathomas) December 15, 2023
we need to let the Chargers go home.
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) December 15, 2023
What an unserious performance by the Chargers.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 15, 2023
Are the Chargers well?
— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) December 15, 2023
My goodness.
The Chargers are in full disaster mode.
— Meghan L. Hall (@ItsMeghanLHall) December 15, 2023
chargers decided to play without hands today
— charles (“you look good” – andy reid) mcdonald (@FourVerts) December 15, 2023
All my bets are chargering right now… pic.twitter.com/TxRWK0SWnq
— br_betting (@br_betting) December 15, 2023
don’t let your kids become Chargers fans @DanHanzus
— Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal) December 15, 2023
https://t.co/DXOX3baBXj pic.twitter.com/sSIWHy6cEw
— Lindsay Jones (@bylindsayhjones) December 15, 2023
Embarrassing for everyone involved with the #Chargers. This is 100% quit. You now have to do SOMETHING simply on principle in my opinion.
— Louis Riddick (@LRiddickESPN) December 15, 2023
Live look at the @chargers pic.twitter.com/k0rH4XsH8X
— Kurt Benkert (@KurtBenkert) December 15, 2023
