The Chargers quickly flipped the page as they enter a short week on primetime.
The Bolts are back home as they host the Vikings on Thursday Night Football, with kickoff scheduled for 5:15 p.m. (PT).
NFL analysts and publications have released their weekly power rankings. Take a look at where the Bolts are ranked as they enter Week 8.
No. 12: Diante Lee – The Ringer (Last Week: No. 10)
Herbert tried to put on his cape against the Colts on Sunday, but it's tough to win when the QB is the leading rusher (with just 31 yards) and the leading receiver is rookie tight end Oronde Gadsden II.
This team needs to get healthy, but there are no breaks on the schedule to steal wins until then.
No. 13: Frank Schwab – Yahoo Sports (Last Week: No. 12)
The Chargers lost, but rookie tight end Oronde Gadsden II had a massive game. He had seven catches for 164 yards and a touchdown. It's his second straight game with seven catches. He might be an absolute smash of a fifth-round draft pick.
No. 14: Vinnie Iyer – Sporting News (Last Week: No. 11)
No. 15: Conor Orr – Sports Illustrated (Last Week: No. 12)
The injuries derailed what was a clinical start to the season, but this team has been overmatched of late—though still willing to fight back.
Get an inside look at legendary tight end Antonio Gates Pro Football Hall of Fame ring ceremony at halftime of the team's Week 7 game against the Colts at SoFi Stadium.
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates and Chargers Legend LaDainian Tomlinson
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates and Chargers Legend LaDainian Tomlinson
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend LaDainian Tomlinson
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates and Chargers Legend LaDainian Tomlinson
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates and Chargers Legend LaDainian Tomlinson
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates and Chargers Legend LaDainian Tomlinson
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates and Chargers Legend LaDainian Tomlinson
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates and Chargers Legend LaDainian Tomlinson
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates and Chargers Legend LaDainian Tomlinson
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates and Chargers Legend LaDainian Tomlinson
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
Chargers Legend Antonio Gates
No. 15: Chad Graff & Josh Kendall – The Athletic (Last Week: No. 13)
No. 15: NFL Nation – Kris Rhim – ESPN (Last Week: No. 13)
A fifth-round rookie, Gadsden was a healthy inactive for the Chargers' first two games of the season, but he has emerged as one of quarterback Justin Herbert's favorite targets. Gadsden had his best showing in Week 7 -- and one of the best games by a Chargers tight end in recent memory -- with seven catches for 164 yards and one touchdown. Gadsden had the most receiving yards by a tight end since Antonio Gates in 2013.
No. 15: Pete Prisco – CBS Sports (Last Week: No. 13)
No. 15: Brent Sobleski – Bleacher Report (Last Week: No. 15)
The Chargers have lost three of their last four, with a quick turnaround in Week 8 by playing on Thursday Night Football.
No. 17: Eric Edholm – NFL.com (Last Week: No. 14)
The schedule might allow for the Chargers to regain their momentum a bit, and their 3-0 mark in the AFC West still holds up well, but it's hard not to be worried about what the product has looked like lately.
Browse through live action photos of the Bolts Week 7 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts at SoFi Stadium!
LB Del'Shawn Phillips (53)
LB Denzel Perryman (6)
LB Denzel Perryman (6)
DL Teair Tart (90)
LB Daiyan Henley (0)
DT Jamaree Caldwell (99) and DL Teair Tart (90)
WR Derius Davis (12)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
RB Hassan Haskins (28)
G Zion Johnson (77)
G Zion Johnson (77)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
DT Jamaree Caldwell (99), DL Teair Tart (90), LB Daiyan Henley (0) and OLB Bud Dupree (48)
OLB Khalil Mack (52)
S Derwin James Jr. (3)
CB Tarheeb Still (29)
OLB Odafe Oweh (98) and S Derwin James Jr. (3)
OLB Odafe Oweh (98)
DT Jamaree Caldwell (99)
DT Jamaree Caldwell (99)
DT Jamaree Caldwell (99)
S Derwin James Jr. (3)
DT Jamaree Caldwell (99)
S Tony Jefferson (23)
S Tony Jefferson (23)
S Tony Jefferson (23)
S Tony Jefferson (23)
LB Daiyan Henley (0) and S Tony Jefferson (23)
Head Coach Jim Harbaugh
OLB Bud Dupree (48)
OLB Tuli Tuipulotu (45)
LB Denzel Perryman (6)
CB Tarheeb Still (29) and S RJ Mickens (27)
CB Benjamin St-Juste (24)
OLB Khalil Mack (52)
CB Tarheeb Still (29)
CB Cam Hart (20)
OLB Tuli Tuipulotu (45)
OLB Tuli Tuipulotu (45)
CB Cam Hart (20)
CB Benjamin St-Juste (24)
CB Benjamin St-Juste (24)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
P JK Scott (16)
Melvin Gordon
Melvin Gordon
S RJ Mickens (27)
CB Cam Hart (20)
OLB Tuli Tuipulotu (45)
OLB Khalil Mack (52)
OLB Khalil Mack (52)
OLB Khalil Mack (52)
OLB Khalil Mack (52)
OLB Khalil Mack (52)
OLB Khalil Mack (52) and OLB Tuli Tuipulotu (45)
OLB Khalil Mack (52) and OLB Tuli Tuipulotu (45)
OLB Tuli Tuipulotu (45) and OLB Khalil Mack (52)
CB Tarheeb Still (29) and OLB Khalil Mack (52)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
QB Justin Herbert (10) and RB Kimani Vidal (30)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
DL Teair Tart (90)
DL Teair Tart (90)
DL Teair Tart (90) and DT Jamaree Caldwell (99)
OLB Bud Dupree (48) and DL Teair Tart (90)
OLB Tuli Tuipulotu (45)
OLB Khalil Mack (52)
CB Tarheeb Still (29)
CB Tarheeb Still (29)
CB Tarheeb Still (29)
DL Justin Eboigbe (92) and CB Tarheeb Still (29)
S Derwin James Jr. (3) and CB Tarheeb Still (29)
S Derwin James Jr. (3) and CB Tarheeb Still (29)
S Derwin James Jr. (3) and CB Tarheeb Still (29)
OLB Khalil Mack (52) and CB Tarheeb Still (29)
OLB Khalil Mack (52) and CB Tarheeb Still (29)
WR Derius Davis (12)
QB Justin Herbert (10) and RB Kimani Vidal (30)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
RB Kimani Vidal (30), T Bobby Hart (66), WR Tre' Harris (9), QB Justin Herbert (10), G Mekhi Becton (73), WR Quentin Johnston (1), TE Oronde Gadsden (86), C Bradley Bozeman (75), G Zion Johnson (77) and OL Austin Deculus (74)
S Derwin James Jr. (3)
S Tony Jefferson (23)
CB Cam Hart (20)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
C Bradley Bozeman (75), G Zion Johnson (77), OL Austin Deculus (74), QB Justin Herbert (10) and RB Kimani Vidal (30)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
QB Justin Herbert (10) and G Mekhi Becton (73)
WR Keenan Allen (13) and WR Quentin Johnston (1)
QB Justin Herbert (10) and G Mekhi Becton (73)
WR Quentin Johnston (1) and WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Quentin Johnston (1), WR Keenan Allen (13) and T Bobby Hart (66)
WR Keenan Allen (13) and WR Quentin Johnston (1)
WR Quentin Johnston (1)
P JK Scott (16) and K Cameron Dicker (11)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
OL Austin Deculus (74), RB Kimani Vidal (30), WR Keenan Allen (13) and WR Quentin Johnston (1)
QB Justin Herbert (10) and RB Kimani Vidal (30)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
WR Tre' Harris (9)
WR Tre' Harris (9)
WR Tre' Harris (9)
RB Hassan Haskins (28), WR Ladd McConkey (15) and WR Quentin Johnston (1)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
RB Hassan Haskins (28) and WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13) and WR Quentin Johnston (1)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
K Cameron Dicker (11)
K Cameron Dicker (11)
S Derwin James Jr. (3)
CB Cam Hart (20) and LB Daiyan Henley (0)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
WR Keenan Allen (13)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
WR Ladd McConkey (15)
RB Kimani Vidal (30)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
QB Justin Herbert (10)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
RB Hassan Haskins (28) and TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
RB Hassan Haskins (28) and TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86) and RB Hassan Haskins (28)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
WR Ladd McConkey (15) and TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86) and WR Ladd McConkey (15)
WR Ladd McConkey (15) and TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
WR Ladd McConkey (15) and TE Oronde Gadsden (86)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86) and WR Keenan Allen (13)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86) and WR Quentin Johnston (1)
TE Oronde Gadsden (86) and WR Quentin Johnston (1)
No. 17: Mike Florio – Pro Football Talk (Last Week: No. 15)
No. 17: Dan Wilkins – theScore (Last Week: No. 17)
No. 20: Nate Davis – USA Today (Last Week: No. 17)
Oronde Gadsden II − just the third rookie tight end in the Super Bowl era (since 1966) with at least 150 receiving yards and a touchdown grab in a game.
No. 20: Ralph Vacchiano – Fox Sports (Last Week: No. 14)
