Melvin Ingram, one of the Chargers’ top defensive players, stood behind the microphone Monday morning and made a prediction.
“This Super Bowl we’re going to win,” he said.
And the reaction of the people with the digital recorders, television cameras and microphones?
Laughter.
The Chargers have never won a Super Bowl. They have reached it only once. And they have made the playoffs only once in the last eight seasons.
But Ingram wasn’t joking.
Making his first appearance at one of the team’s volunteer workouts this offseason, Ingram wanted to make clear his goal for next season.