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Between injuries and heartbreaking losses, the Los Angeles Chargers have been the league’s unluckiest team for a while. Last season, they ranked 29th in adjusted games lost on both sides of the ball, per Football Outsiders’ Almanac, while losing nine one-score games. As if that wasn’t enough, the team left San Diego for Los Angeles during the offseason.
The only silver lining: the Chargers are poised to make the playoffs this year.
Quarterback Philip Rivers is 35 years old but hasn’t slowed down much. Though Rivers led the league with 21 interceptions last season, that was in large part due to terrible luck. Rivers threw 26 interceptable passes in 2016, per Cian Fahey’s charting, putting him squarely in the middle of the road. Unfortunately for him, a huge percentage of those passes were caught. Setting aside interceptions, Rivers had a great 2016. He ranked seventh in accuracy percentage, per Fahey’s charting, and threw for 4,386 yards. That, despite a receiving corps that lost 463 yards, accordi
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The only silver lining: the Chargers are poised to make the playoffs this year.
Quarterback Philip Rivers is 35 years old but hasn’t slowed down much. Though Rivers led the league with 21 interceptions last season, that was in large part due to terrible luck. Rivers threw 26 interceptable passes in 2016, per Cian Fahey’s charting, putting him squarely in the middle of the road. Unfortunately for him, a huge percentage of those passes were caught. Setting aside interceptions, Rivers had a great 2016. He ranked seventh in accuracy percentage, per Fahey’s charting, and threw for 4,386 yards. That, despite a receiving corps that lost 463 yards, accordi
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