A lot of factors went into the Chargers’ 24-10 loss to the Chiefs in Week 3, an eternity ago by NFL standards.
Philip Rivers threw a trio of first-half interceptions on the Chargers’ first four drives, putting the team in a deep hole they could never dig out of.
Absent from the field that day, starting right tackle Joe Barksdale was just beginning a David vs. Goliath battle with a toe injury — a tiny part of his 320-pound body too painful to allow him to play.