The Los Angeles Chargers dominated the New York Jets from start to finish and picked up a huge road win at MetLife Stadium, 27-6 behind Austin Ekeler's two touchdowns.
Austin Ekeler and special teams. That’s all the Los Angeles Chargers needed on the road against the New York Jets on Monday night as they wrapped Week 9 with a 27-6 win.
The Chargers started off great in the first quarter. Derius Davis returned a Thomas Morstead punt 87 yards for a touchdown, avoiding a few would-be tacklers along the way. It was the rookie’s first career touchdown. He was a fourth-round pick out of TCU back in the spring. Los Angeles followed that with an eight-play, 50-yard drive that ended with Austin Ekeler finding the end zone on a 1-yard rush from the goal line. The Chargers went up 14-0 and didn’t really need to look back from there.
The star running back had 47 rushing yards on 14 carries to go along with his two touchdowns. He also had two catches for 23 yards. Justin Herbert didn’t have the best game of his career. He was 16-of-30 for 136 passing yards. Keenan Allen led the team with eight catches for 77 yards. He became the 54th player in NFL history to reach 10,000 career receiving yards.
The Jets fell to 4-4 and lost a huge matchup that could determine their potential playoff hopes.
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