Chargers News: Insider Calls Out This Element Of LA Offense In Win Over Raiders

As Los Angeles reaches .500, there's still room for improvement.

Your Los Angeles Chargers submitted perhaps their strongest half of the season during an eventual win over the Las Vegas Raiders this past Sunday, outscoring Vegas 24-7 with some robust passing courtesy of Justin Herbert in the first portion of the contest. 

Though the club held on long enough to seal a win, it was a fairly narrow victory, during which LA let the Raiders claw their way back into the contest while Herbert dealt with a broken finger.

Alex Insdorf of Chargers Wire writes that the Chargers' protection of Herbert was partially to blame for what wound up being a pretty robust Raiders defense.

"Maxx Crosby and the Raiders’ pass rush also got theirs on Sunday," Insdorf writes. "The Chargers had allowed 31 pressures in their first three games against Miami, Tennessee and Minnesota combined. Against Las Vegas, they allowed 25 pressures.
Rashawn Slater allowed an offensive line high four pressures and Crosby managed to flummox both he and Trey Pipkins. Crosby was as much of a wrecking ball for the Raiders as Mack was for the Chargers. He opened up many opportunities for the pressures and sacks of his other teammates."

"The Chargers’ non-OL pass blockers were particularly brutal. Joshua Kelley and Isaiah Spiller allowed six pass-rush pressures while only playing a combined nine pass-blocking snaps," Insdorf continues. "Justin Herbert was running for his life most of the game. Being flushed out of the pocket by Raiders’ pressure forced him into a poor interception targeting Joshua Palmer while Keenan Allen was open."

Why Herbert doesn't just always look to pass to Keenan Allen first continues to befuddle me.

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