The Chargers are 2-0 as they prepare for a Week 3 home date against the Broncos.
Here are three key Chargers stats ahead of Week 3:
1. A stellar secondary
The Chargers defense was on fire Monday night against the Raiders, tallying 15 passes defensed against quarterback Geno Smith.
A total of seven Bolts defenders — Daiyan Henley, Donte Jackson, Derwin James Jr., Tony Jefferson, Tarheeb Still, Tuli Tulipulotu and Alohi Gilman — each had a pair of them. Naquan Jones had the final one.
It was simply a masterful performance from Jesse Minter's unit that saw the defense for the second-highest percentage of tight-window throws (27.9) in a game this season.
Additionally, the Chargers defense posted a Pro Football Focus coverage grade of 90.4 in Week 2, the highest grade for any team so far this season. And the Bolts overall 84.6 PFF coverage grade leads the NFL through two games.
Wait, there's more!
The Chargers currently rank first in the NFL with a dropback success rate of 37.0 percent and are fourth in dropback EPA per play (-0.102).
And the Chargers defense tops the NFL by forcing an average depth of target of 3.2 yds, easily the lowest in the league so far this season.
Put another way, Minter's group isn't allowing anything deep and is forcing opposing quarterbacks to throw short ... and batting away plenty of passes while doing so.
Perhaps it wasn't a surprise that Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh raved about his defense after Monday night's 20-9 win in which the unit didn't allow a touchdown.
"Jesse called a masterpiece of a game … at times you felt like there was more than 11 out there," Harbaugh said.
He later added: "The defense [were] guardians of victory today. They had our back, our front, our side. It was a tremendous defensive performance."
2. Johnston joins Gates in rare air
Quentin Johnston has a knack for finding the end zone.
Johnston recorded a pair of touchdowns in Week 1 against the Chiefs before adding another score Monday night against the Raiders.
Johnston's 60-yard touchdown was the second-longest of his career and helped the Bolts build a double-digit lead they wouldn't give up.
The wide receiver's third touchdown of the season put him in elite company as he became the first Chargers player with three receiving scores in the team's first two games of a season since Hall of Famer Antonio Gates in 2014.
Justin Herbert, by the way, threw a rope on the score that traveled 51.4 air yards on the completion.
3. Aiming for 3-0
The Chargers are off to a 2-0 start, the second straight season they have done so under Harbaugh.
Prior to Harbaugh's arrival, the Bolts most recent 2-0 start was in 2012.
If the Chargers win Sunday, it would be the Bolts first 3-0 start since 2002.
But given that the Chargers first three games of the 2025 season are against AFC West rivals, there's some extra context here.
The last time the Chargers won their first three AFC West games in a season was way back in 1996.
However, a Chargers Week 3 win would mean they would be the third team since the league expanded to 32 teams in 2002 to open their season with a 3-0 record that includes a sweep of all three of their divisional foes.
