The Los Angeles Chargers scored three touchdowns bridging the third and fourth quarters on Thursday and rallied to down the Denver Broncos, 34-27, at SoFi Stadium.
The Chargers’ victory left both teams at 9-6 but LA has the tiebreakers in the WIld-Card playoff picture in the AFC.
The Broncos used a different tactic in the last minute. They had two timeouts lest and trailed by 10. Rather than try for a touchdown, Sean Payton sent Wil Lutz out for a 55-yard field goal that he converted.
Trailing 34-27, Denver was set to try an onside kick. As Lutz was about to kick the football, Jim Harbaugh called a timeout.
After the reset, Chargers linebacker Nick Niemann collected the attempt and the Chargers held on for the victory.
Denver led 21-13 ar halftime. The Broncos’ lead looked like it would be 11 points but Harbaugh called for the rarely used free kick after a fair catch and Cameron Dicker connected from 57 yards to cut the deficit to eight.
