Their 1,031 yards on offense are the fewest any NFL team has had in its past four games. And the 1,592 yards they have allowed are the second-most any team has given up in its past four games. (Only Jacksonville, at 1,603, has allowed more.)

It's difficult to imagine it would be any other way since the Chargers have had the ball an average of just 25 minutes and 3 seconds in those games.

“We've got to get more first downs, keep our defense off the field, eat some clock up,” fullback Lorenzo Neal said.

Said safety Clinton Hart: “Each player, on offense and defense and special teams, has to reach deep inside, watch film and say what am I doing and what am I going to get better at and what am I not doing that is hurting us?”

– KEVIN ACEE