CHARGERS PACK A WALLOP
Tight end Hunter Henry hauls in a catch during the Chargers’ 26-11 victory over the Green Bay Packers at Dignity Health Sports Park.
The punchline punched back.
The interlopers owned the joint.
On a bodacious yet bittersweet Sunday, the Chargers showed they belong somewhere, anywhere. But just not here. In a dominant 26-11 victory over the mighty Green Bay Packers at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Chargers proved they are not some running joke, but an actual contending-caliber football team that deserves to play in a place that appreciates them.
But that place is not Los Angeles.
It was a nationally televised wonder for the Chargers and a shame for the NFL, the football world witnessing Sunday’s most brilliant home-field performance coming from a team without a home.
After three hours of football, an end to eight weeks of uneven performances and the return of a ground game rumored to be dead, the notion finally hit Austin Ekeler.
“I was taking a shower thinking, ‘This is what it used to be like,’ ” the Chargers running back said. “‘Let’s get back to this feeling.’ We just gotta keep riding this now.”
One day after all the clocks turned back, Ekeler and his teammates revisited 2018 with a rather stunning and lopsided 26-11 victory over the favored Green Bay Packers on Sunday at Dignity Health Sports Park.
The Chargers controlled the ball and the pace, dominated quarterback Aaron Rodgers and suddenly, with absolutely no warning, looked like the team that came within one victory of the AFC title game last season.
“This should be a huge confidence booster,” safety Rayshawn Jenkins said. “We gotta make that