To me, it comes back to the Charger intercepting the ball on fourth down and then fumbling it. In high school they teach you, don't intercept on 4th down. Knock it down.
Yeah, and the other really bad mistake was Eric Parker fumbling a punt and then trying to pick it up instead of falling on it. I'm sorry, but if I was Smith I would quietly release Parker next week. He's a good guy but you have to think better than that in big games.
Good point. But with contracts written as they are these days in pro football, maybe he wanted "his numbers" and his $$$$.
;-)