Arizona falls to 4-8 with 25-24 home loss Sunday.
David Brandt Associated Press GLENDALE — Justin Herbert threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Austin Ekeler with 15 seconds left, then hit Gerald Everett for a 2-point conversion to give the Los Angeles Chargers a 25-24 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
Herbert completed 35 of 47 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns for the Chargers , who snapped a two-game skid while staying in the thick of the AFC playoff race. Arizona has lost four of five, leaving it with almost no shot at making the NFC playoff field. Arizona got some big defensive stops in the fourth quarter but the offense couldn't run out the clock. The Cardinals got the ball back with 2:19 left, but went three-and-out while running just 31 seconds off the clock.
The Cardinals had their top two receivers, DeAndre Hopkins and Marquise Brown, on the field for the first time this season. Arizona jumped to a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter when Murray threw a pass over the middle to Hopkins, who spun out of a tackle and sprinted to the end zone for a 33-yard touchdown.The Chargers quickly cut that margin midway through the second when Herbert threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Keenan Allen.
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