5 Takeaways

"I saw a new coaching staff, a new energy and an opportunity to build something. That's what I was excited for. I'm just grateful to be playing the game I love."

"The salary cap got bumped up a little bit higher. It gives us, certainly, some flexibility a little bit, more increased flexibility."

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"The way he thinks, he's all football. Whatever we can do to help this team win games, that's what he's about."

"It's going to be a partnership. There's a time for the GM to lead and then, certainly, when we kick it off, that's when the head coach leads. I'm going to do everything that I can to support him and give him everything he needs to win."

"The team, the team, the team. It's going to be a team effort. There won't be any magic formulas. The only ones I know are good old fashioned hard work and team work."

"We have complete faith and trust in the front office to do their job and they've done a great job so far. Hopefully I'm able to talk with them and offer whatever advice I have."

 "A lot of our games were just like the game today … came down to the very last series. Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of that too many times this year."

"We have a job to do. We signed up for 17 of these things and we're excited about playing the last one."

"He's a legend. Wish we got the win for him, I know that's what he's upset about right now ... but it's not to take away from the season he's had, the teammate he's been."

"You put everything into this game ... there's a ton of pride. This matters to a lot of people. Not just in this building — but especially in this building — it matters a lot.."

"We wanted every player to fight for each other, no matter what. If there was ever a guy that wasn't going to do it, we were going to pull them out. We didn't have any of that."

"Everybody likes Giff. Everybody knows the type of man he is, the type of leader he is. Very honest, very blunt, forthcoming ... so it's definitely what you want in this situation."

"What I told [the coaching staff] and the players, we're all invested in these three weeks. We have to feel that energy from each other."

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The Chargers are 5-8 and travel to Las Vegas for a Thursday Night Football matchup with the Raiders

The Chargers are 5-8 and their quarterback status for Thursday night's road game against Las Vegas is "to be determined"

The Chargers are 5-7 and host the Broncos on Sunday in a division clash at SoFi Stadium

The Chargers shut out the Patriots on Sunday and look to carry that momentum over to Sunday's home game against the Broncos

 "He's a weapon. And he has been for us for two years. In a game like that, when it becomes a defensive and field position game, you're going to need your specialists to come alive."

The Chargers are 4-7 and travel to New England for Sunday's Week 13 matchup against the Patriots

"We turned the ball over four times and you're going to have a really difficult time winning against a team like that. That is where our focus is."

"I think that we have the players who have the makeup and the mindset, it just hasn't come together as a football team yet."

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The Chargers outside linebacker suffered a foot sprain Sunday against the Packers and could potentially miss the next four games

 "We're doing good things throughout the game to put ourselves in a position to win. When it's coming down to it, we're not handling our job."

"You have to move forward. You don't time to wait and dwell ... Green Bay is coming in ready to play, so we have to be ready to play."

The Chargers outside linebacker suffered a fractured foot in pregame warmups Sunday and will miss a minimum of four games

"There's a lot of fight in this team. Obviously, not the outcome that we would have wanted, but those guys didn't quit. It wasn't good enough today, but I don't question the effort, the dedication by this team."

"Just all around, a really good test. The last two weeks, I think we had a couple good wins. But this is going to be a real good test for us and we'll have a true understanding of where we sit after this game."

The Bolts postgame locker room had "a little different swag going on" after a resounding 27-6 with over the Jets on Monday Night Football

 "What we're doing is what we need to do ... it's that time of the year where you can really cement yourself as a playoff team and a good team in the league."

 "You saw a healthy Joey Bosa last night. He's been practicing well and I thought he rushed well ... I thought probably his best game of the season." 

"We've been in search for a game like this. I felt like our guys really earned it in all three phases."

"There was a freshness. Just focusing on today and putting one foot in front of the other. I think just focusing on the things we can definitely control and the things we can definitely measure."

"Not be thinking too much about the telescope, making sure you're focusing on the microscope. Just controlling the things we can control, that's all this football team needs to do."

"It's frustrating. I can't tell you why the season is starting this way, but it is. It's no one's responsibility but mine. We've got a good football team and we need to reset as a football team."

"It's going to be close. You just have to harp on the little details and be locked in on every play."

The Chargers special teams standout suffered a season-ending injury on Monday night against the Cowboys

Bolts hurt by final drives on both sides of the ball Monday night against Dallas as Chargers fall to 2-3

 "Right now is a time when you learn a lot about your team. These are important games and it's what your team builds on."

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The Bolts quarterback sustained a fractured finger on his non-throwing hand in Sunday's win against the Raiders

"Obviously, we protect No. 10 at all costs and seeing everybody with him, that reaction immediately, everybody on the team is on the same page."

Bolts center Corey Linsley will be placed on the Non-Football Illness List on Saturday with a "non-emergent heart-related medical issue."

"It's the toughest kind of news. Mike's one of my favorites, he's one of our most important players he's a guy who's not only one of our best players, but he sets the example from a team building culture."

"Honestly, I lost track of what down it was, I was just going to keep going until we were going to win the game. It was a great effort by everyone around."

"You've got to do something about being close. You can't just be close in this league. You've got to make it happen."

"I thought it was Kenneth Murray's best game since I've been the coach ... there was just a lot of positives to take away from his performance."

"I know that we got the right guys in that locker room and we're going to stay together. We're going to stay tough and we're going to get this thing going because it's a long season."

"Every seven days you get an opportunity to humble somebody, or somebody humbles you. We'll get another chance this Sunday."

"We didn't win this one. It was a tight game and we didn't quite finish it. What we've got to do is learn from it, put it away and get on to Tennessee."

"The last time we played these guys, it was the other way. Sometimes, you're going to have a game where you light it up and sometimes, in a game with that type of skill over there, you can get lit up."

"There's always a sense of urgency to win. We all just want to make the most of this team that we have. I think everyone knows how talented we are."

"We put in a lot of work in at all these positions. You try and be right and try to put the perfect roster together. The perfect roster is difficult to find but we all strive for it."

"I felt like our team was consistent throughout the whole way and the quality was high, and the competition was right where we want it to be."

"It's going to be great for our guys to know why we lost the game, because we lost the major items that you can't lose in this league."

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