Gordon leads surging Chargers past the Seahawks

Jahleel Addae saw Russell Wilson’s pass coming in his direction. He didn’t see David Moore running open behind him in the back of the end zone, and as the pass floated past, Addae reached out his right arm as far as he could.

“I got my last fingernail on it,” Addae said. “I barely snipped it.”

Another last-second challenge for the Los Angeles Chargers defence. Another victory for the surging Chargers, holding off Wilson’s late rally for a 25-17 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

The Chargers won their fifth

straight, putting a capper on Philip Rivers’ 200th consecutive start with another clutch defensive stand. Rivers threw two touchdowns, Melvin Gordon ran for 113 yards, yet those two were standing on the sideline watching after a pass interference call against Michael Davis on the final play of regulation gave Seattle an untimed down and a chance to force overtime.

And just like they did in London when the Chargers denied Tennessee’s 2-point conversion attempt to preserve a 20-19 win, the defence came through again.

“It shouldn’t have come down to that but it did,” Rivers said. “We found a way to win. These kinds of wins are huge.”

Rivers threw touchdown passes of 12 yards to Tyrell Williams and 30 yards to Mike Williams, and let the Chargers defence stymie Wilson until the final minutes. Seattle had won four of five following a 0-2 start.

Desmond King provided the deciding points for Los Angeles (6-2) by stepping in front of Wilson’s pass for Moore and returning it 42 yards for a touchdown with 6:44 remaining to give the Chargers a 25-10 lead.

Wilson managed to make the final minutes nervous for Los Angeles.

“We had a chance to win a game that’s right there for us,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. “It was going to be dramatic, but we’re OK about that.”