The Los Angeles Chargers suffered a huge loss at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night at Estadio Azteca.
There were some solid performances in Week 11, even though Los Angeles wound up falling, 24-17.
Here are four Chargers players whose stock rose:
RB Melvin Gordon
Gordon knew he was in line for a monstrous performance facing the 31st run defense entering the game, and he delivered in a big way for the third consecutive outing.
Once again, Gordon ran like the player we knew from a season ago, seeing openings and running through or spinning his way through defenders. He ended up totaling 80 yards from scrimmage.
Gordon moved into a tie with fullback Keith Lincoln for No. 5 among Chargers running backs all-time in yards receiving (’61-’68) at 1,689. His three receptions in the game also brought him to 200 in his career.
RB Austin Ekeler
While Gordon established the ground game, Ekeler provided a superb option in the passing game out of the backfield. Routinely being targeted underneath, Ekeler made a lot of huge plays happen, including a 37-yard reception on the first drive.
Ekeler finished the game with 24 rushing yards on five carries and 108 receiving yards on eight catches, his second career 100-yard receiving performance. He tied wide receiver Keenan Allen in receptions with his big outing.
The tandem of Gordon and Ekeler combined for 222 yards from scrimmage.
DE Melvin Ingram
The defense’s stout performance all started up front in the trenches, which was led by the dominance of Ingram.
Ingram was a force from the first snap of the game, but he came in clutch in the fourth quarter, making third-down stops on the Chiefs’ final three drives, which all led to punts.
He finished with five tackles, two passes defensed and one sack. Ingram’s lone sack in the fourth quarter allowed him to pass Hall of Fame linebacker Junior Seau for No. 4 in Chargers history (47.5).
FS Rayshawn Jenkins
The first line of defense made sure that quarterback Patrick Mahomes was under constant duress, buying him no time to throw the ball. But the rest of the members were solid in keeping everything in front of them, particularly Jenkins.
On one of the very few throws where Mahomes tried to go deep, Jenkins was there to click and close on the football. Jenkins’ interception of Mahomes was just the second of the season for Mahomes, whose touchdown to interception ratio entering the game was 18:1.
Jenkins knew that he would have to keep the speedy Chiefs wideouts from getting behind him and he rose to the occasion. Jenkins now has three interceptions on the season.
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