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With Manti Te'o out, Chargers rookie LB Jatavis Brown adds playmaking ability

INDIANAPOLIS -- The San Diego Chargers lost one of their most experienced players on defense with the Achilles tendon tear to inside linebacker Manti Te'o, ending his 2016 campaign.

But San Diego gained perhaps one of the most explosive playmakers on the field with rookie Jatavis Brown replacing Te’o in the lineup.

With Te’o out against the Indianapolis Colts, Brown put his skills on display with a strip-sack late in the first half that defensive tackle Caraun Reid scooped up and returned 63 yards for a score.