Las Vegas Raiders coach Pete Carroll must have assumed these were the old Chargers when he made the spiritless decision to settle for a field goal after an 11-minute drive with his team down double digits in the fourth quarter.
Geno Smith could have told his coach these weren’t the same ol’ Chargers. He was constantly under duress while looking for his hobbled star tight end Brock Bowers to bail him out. Red zone opportunities are hard to come by against this very different, ferocious Chargers defense.
