For as uncomfortable as the NFL and ESPN are about advocating blood lust, they sure played the hell out of that clip.

Chargers vs. Dolphins in primetime. Wildfires, displacement, Junior Seau, Ladanian Tomlinson, the media and freeloading college students.

It's Halloween and Chargers fans are watching pure horror. SoFi Stadium: Final Destination. Joe Lombardi: The Wicker Man. Justin Herbert?

It's just math.

If passing games were math courses, then the Browns are about to take a test in trigonometry. They just barely figured out fractions.

The Chargers playoff fortunes are already grinding against the guardrails of Tom Telesco's roster​-construction after just three games.

Brandon Staley soundbites routinely went viral because they included rare authenticity. That seems like 20 years ago. What's going on?

Every week, our crack writers pool competes for bragging rights with a prediction of the upcoming Chargers contest. This week: the Jacksonville Jaguars surprisingly effective defense vs. a worryingly hobbled Chargers offense at SoFi Stadium (aka: the Thunderdome).