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Ugly Raiders-Chargers Fight Late in Game Leads to Two Ejections

Ryan Phillips

The Raiders and Chargers brawled late in their Week 1 game.
The Raiders and Chargers brawled late in their Week 1 game. /
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The Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders do not like each other and it showed on Sunday.

The two teams brawled late in the fourth quarter after the Raiders stopped a Chargers two-point conversion. It involved multiple players, punches were thrown and things got ugly before they were broken up.

Raiders cornerback Jack Jones and Chargers receiver Joshua Palmer were both ejected after officials huddled and discussed things. It ended with offsetting penalties.

This all came after the Chargers drove the length of the field to take a 22-10 lead with 3:40 remaining in the contest. Both teams had struggled on offense all day and the Raiders, led by quarterback Gardner Minshew, had failed to make much noise when they had the ball.

Frustration clearly boiled over here for both teams.

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RYAN PHILLIPS

Ryan Phillips is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in digital media since 2009, spending eight years at The Big Lead before joining SI in 2024. Phillips also co-hosts The Assembly Call Podcast about Indiana Hoosiers basketball and previously worked at Bleacher Report. He is a proud San Diego native and a graduate of Indiana University’s journalism program.

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