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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Dave Skretta | Associated Press

Chargers’ Justin Herbert melts under pressure in loss to Chiefs

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is sacked by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill. (Charlie Riedel/AP)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert spent more time looking at the sky than downfield at his wide receivers on Sunday.

Herbert was sacked five times by Kansas City’s suddenly stingy defense, and even when the Chiefs failed to get to him, they had a disrupting impact on his game. Charles Omenihu tipped a pass that was picked off in the red zone, and the defense nearly got to Herbert again in the fourth quarter, when his second interception clinched a 31-17 loss to the Chiefs.

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