At halftime on Sunday Night Football, the Los Angeles Chargers lead the San Francisco 49ers 16-10.
The Chargers were helped by numerous San Francisco mistakes in the first half, including a fumble by Brandon Aiyuk and a blocked punt by Mitch Wishnowsky. Each of those misses led to a Los Angeles field goal, which gave the Chargers the lead heading into halftime.
Meanwhile, LA’s defense surprisingly bottled up Christian McCaffrey (8 carries for 18 yards) and Elijah Mitchell (5 carries for 23 yards), and was instead burned by the improvisation of Jimmy Garoppolo (a 33-yard pass to Ray-Ray McCloud) and later. a quarterback rush. Justin Herbert was efficient in the passing game, completing 14 of 21 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown, with Austin Ekeler (6 catches for 37 yards) and DeAndre Carter (3 for 70 and a score) doing the bulk of the work of the damage However, Herbert was ejected from the game late in the first half after being hit in the head by Niners linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who was ejected from the contest.
Will the Chargers hold on and pull off the upset, or will the Niners come back? We will know soon. In the meantime, keep it locked to our live blog for the rest of the night as we update you with stats, scores and highlights.