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Chargers tried Chargering, but get a huge TD to beat Steelers and avoid historic collapse

The Los Angeles Chargers tried to give away a 17-point fourth quarter lead. Even for the Chargers, who have become synonymous with weird and awful losses, that would have been spectacularly bad.

The Pittsburgh Steelers just couldn't finish. Justin Herbert hit Mike Williams on a 53-yard touchdown when the Steelers made a mistake on a blitz, leaving him wide open, and that was the game-winning play with a little more than two minutes left in a wild 41-37 Chargers win.

The Steelers battled. They were down three defensive stars, and presumably with those players they wouldn't have given up four touchdowns to Austin Ekeler or the go-ahead score to Williams.