Overview
- Houston beat Los Angeles 44-22 on Sunday as C.J. Stroud completed 21 of 35 passes for about 384 yards and tied his career high with five touchdown passes.
- Houston’s defense dominated the day, recording a season-high eight sacks and forcing two turnovers that repeatedly stalled the Chargers’ drives.
- Tank Dell returned from a long leg injury to catch a 63-yard touchdown and finish with 105 receiving yards while Nico Collins made an acrobatic one-handed TD reception.
- The Chargers remain winless at 0-8 after Justin Herbert was sacked eight times, left with pain to his left middle finger that Jim Harbaugh said 'could be a fracture,' and was replaced late in the game.
- With the Nov. 10 trade deadline days away, Los Angeles faces urgent roster choices that could include trading veterans to improve draft position and addressing coaching and offensive scheme failures that have produced a 37-drive touchdown drought.