Ladd McConkey's 2 touchdowns propel Chargers to 26-8 victory over Saints

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Ladd McConkey had 2 touchdown catches, including a 60-yard people successful nan 3rd quarter, and became nan first Chargers rookie receiver successful 11 years to person a 100-yard receiving crippled arsenic Los Angeles defeated nan New Orleans Saints 26-8 connected Sunday.

Justin Herbert had 328 full yards (279 passing, 48 rushing) and 2 touchdown throws to thief nan Chargers (4-3) bounce backmost from a last-second nonaccomplishment past Monday nighttime astatine Arizona.

The Saints (2-6) person mislaid six consecutive for nan first clip since 2005. Alvin Kamara, who signed a two-year, $24.5 cardinal statement hold earlier this week, had 122 full yards. Chris Olave had 8 receptions for 107 yards.

Jake Haener replaced an ineffective Spencer Rattler successful nan 3rd 4th and completed 9 of 17 passes for 122 yards.

Rattler — making his 3rd consecutive commencement pinch Derek Carr sidelined pinch an oblique wounded — was 12 of 24 for 156 yards. The Saints didn't scope nan reddish area and managed only a section extremity successful nan 9 drives he directed.

New Orleans' points connected discourtesy came connected a brace of section goals by Blake Grupe.

McConkey, selected successful nan 2nd information of nan draft, vanished pinch six receptions for 111 yards to go nan first Chargers rookie to scope nan period people since Keenan Allen had 5 specified games successful 2013.

McConkey's third-quarter people was nan Chargers' first second-half TD since nan 4th fourth successful Week 1 against Las Vegas.

McConkey caught nan walk from Herbert adjacent nan correct sideline astatine nan Saints 35, reversed section and avoided a diving tackle effort by Saints cornerback Alontae Taylor astatine nan 14 earlier getting into nan extremity area and extending nan Chargers lead to 16-5.

The Chargers added different TD pinch 3:22 remaining successful nan 4th fourth erstwhile Herbert scrambled retired of nan pouch connected third-and-7 astatine nan Saints 9 and recovered McConkey successful nan backmost correct area of nan extremity zone.

Herbert bounced backmost aft a slow commencement to complete 20 of 32 passes.

The Saints sewage connected nan committee pinch their first information since Week 15 of nan 2020 season. Chargers agelong snapper Josh Harris had an errant threat to nan correct of punter JK Scott astatine nan LA 7 earlier nan shot rolled retired of nan backmost of nan extremity zone.

Cameron Dicker's 46-yard section extremity 5 seconds into nan 2nd 4th put nan Chargers connected top. They extended their lead to 9-3 pinch 1:37 remaining successful nan first half connected JK Dobbins' 1-yard tally disconnected correct extremity to complete a 15-play, 90-yard thrust that went 8 minutes. Dicker was wide near connected his extra-point attempt, though.

Saints: WR Bub Means injured a manus successful nan first quarter. ... RB Kendre Miller and CB Marshon Lattimore suffered hamstring injuries successful nan 2nd half and did not return. ... CB Rico Payton near pinch a backmost wounded successful nan 4th quarter. ... TE Juwan Johnson was evaluated for a concussion.

Chargers: CB Kristian Fulton aggravated a hamstring wounded during nan 3rd quarter. ... WRs Quentin Johnston (ankle) and Derius Davis (hamstring) were inactive.

Saints: At Carolina adjacent Sunday.

Chargers: At Cleveland adjacent Sunday.

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