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The fifth-year strong safety also had to be looked at by team staff after the play, as the defender led with his helmet on the hit.

James was voted to the Pro Bowl this season, his third selection. He was brought to the Chargers' medical tent for further evaluation. Dulin didn't take too long to get up, but gestured and shook his head as he walked towards the sideline.

Austin Ekeler scores pair of touchdowns as Los Angeles Chargers earn playoff berth with 20-3 win over Indianapolis Colts.

The hit sent Colts receiver Ashton Dulin to the locker room, and Dulin was eventually ruled out with a concussion. Foles was 17 of 29 for 143 yards and threw his final interception in the third quarter. “The guys in that locker room deserve this. “We ran the ball well, but when it’s second-and-14, it’s hard to catch back up. When all four lost, the Chargers simply needed a win to clinch a playoff spot, and they did their part. “It’s been a while,” receiver Keenan Allen said after catching 11 passes for 104 yards, his sixth straight 100-yard game on the road.

Justin Herbert passed for 235 yards and Austin Ekeler ran for two touchdowns to help the Los Angeles Chargers clinch a playoff berth with a 20-3 win against ...

intercepted the third pass for Los Angeles on its first defensive series of the second half, and the Chargers cashed that in with a 21-yard field goal by Dicker for a 13-3 lead with 6:01 left in the third quarter. Ekeler scored on another 1-yard run to extend the lead to 20-3 with 8:20 left in the game. James was involved in a helmet-to-helmet tackle on Ashton Dulin with 5:19 left in the first half.

The Bolts punched their ticket following a 20-3 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football.

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Derwin James was ejected in the second quarter of Monday's 20-3 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.

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Take a look at where various NFL analysts have the Chargers ranked as they enter their regular season home finale against the Rams.

The Chargers clinched their first playoff appearance since 2018 on Monday night. The Chargers are on their way to the playoffs for the first time since 2018. Watch out if their defense can keep making more of an impact. 8) The Chargers clinched a playoff berth with their convincing win over the Colts on Monday Night Football. 10) 11) 9) No. Monday's 20-3 win over the Colts was far from a thing of beauty, but the Bolts deserve credit for taking care of business and removing any anxiety ahead of the final two weeks of the regular season. Following Week 16 around the league, NFL analysts and publications have released their power rankings. The Chargers are in the playoffs for the first time in the Justin Herbert era.

After underachieving for most of the season, the Los Angeles Chargers' defense is peaking at the right time.

He is the fourth player in the past 15 years to have two straight seasons of at least 15 scrimmage TDs. He has three sacks in the last three games and 5 1/2 this season. The safety returned after missing two games with a quadriceps injury but got ejected in the second quarter for hitting Colts receiver Ashton Dulin with the crown of his helmet. The others are the Titans’ Henry, former Charger and Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson, and Todd Gurley. “On a case-by-case basis, if there is someone that is not right, certainly, we don’t want them out there if it is going to inhibit their ability to play in the postseason and play at a high level.” I think that is the most important thing, that we continue to improve, and the only way you are going to do that is by competing,” Staley said. He also committed four turnovers in the past two games, including three interceptions. The sixth-year defensive lineman had his first two-sack game on Monday night. Los Angeles (9-6) is currently the sixth seed, one game behind Baltimore. But the Chargers were equally strong on defense against Miami and Tennessee before their dominant performance in Indy. He has been out the last 13 weeks after suffering a groin injury against Jacksonville on Sept. The defense may get another big lift this week if linebacker Joey Bosa returns to practice.

In the aftermath, Los Angeles head coach Brandon Staley defended his star player, and blamed Indianapolis for putting Dulin in a precarious position. “It's a ...

Erickson of the Indianapolis Star](https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2022/12/27/chargers-coach-blames-colts-for-derwin-james-hit-on-ashton-dulin/69757829007/). “You can’t launch into a guy’s head, especially a guy who’s turned the other way and unprotected.” “I’ve seen him make a lot of tackles on plays just like that, and I know that his target was not above the neck. In the aftermath, Los Angeles head coach Brandon Staley defended his star player, and blamed Indianapolis for putting Dulin in a precarious position. [said, per the Indianapolis Star](https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2022/12/27/colts-jeff-saturday-derwin-james-hit-definitely-deserved-an-ejection/69759979007/). I know that.”

Week 16 on the NFL calendar has been yet another bloodbath for public bettors. Coming into Monday Night Football, eight of the 11 most heavily bet teams ...

Only two teams getting 62% or more of the spread tickets have covered (Pittsburgh and Cincinnati), and the Chargers will look to join that short list as 4-point favorites tonight against the Colts. If the Colts are going to cover it will likely be a low-scoring game, as this team simply doesn’t have the firepower to win a shootout. LA is 4-1 against the spread in primetime games this season, and 8-5-1 ATS overall. On the other side of the ball, Justin Herbert and Co. Coming into Monday Night Football, eight of the 11 most heavily bet teams against the spread have failed to cover. The Chargers have allowed fewer than 160 passing yards in both of those outings, and will get back star safety Derwin James from injury tonight.