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Chargers' Brandon Staley Defends 4th-Down Calls After Miscues in Loss to Chiefs

While Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill took over down the stretch of the Kansas City Chiefs' 34-28 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday, the game may not have even gone into overtime if the home team wasn't 2-of-5 on fourth-down attempts.

Yet head coach Brandon Staley stressed that is how the team will continue to play.

"That's the way we're going to play around here," he told reporters. "That's how we're going to become the team we're ultimately capable of being."

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"The quickest way to win a game like that is to score touchdowns not field goals, especially considering who's on the other side.