OAKLAND http://www.packersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-jace-sternberger-jersey , Calif. (AP) — his first pass, the Los Angeles Chargers got gashed on a long fake punt and the offense put up a season low in yards.Despite a few hiccups along the way, the Chargers still managed to pull off another win for their longest winning streak in nine years.Rivers overcame the slow start to throw two touchdown passes, Melvin Gordon gained 165 yards and the Chargers won their sixth straight game, 20-6 over the struggling Oakland Raiders on Sunday.Article continues below ...“You got to win these games,” Rivers said. “Just find a way to win them. It doesn’t matter. I don’t care how pretty they are, I don’t care what the ratings are, all those things, third-down percentage. Yes, we acknowledge those and know we have to improve in those areas, but it’s just find a way to win.”Rivers found his stride in time to throw an 11-yard TD pass to Keenan Allen in the second quarter to give the Chargers (7-2) the lead for good and a 66-yarder to Gordon on the opening drive of the second half.Los Angeles coasted from there against the Raiders (1- Dexter Williams Jersey , who have lost five straight games by at least 14 points under coach Jon Gruden and have been outscored 75-9 in the past nine quarters in what has quickly become a lost season.“This will be a year that a lot of us will never forget,” Gruden said. “It’s painful. It’s really hard. It’s painful. It’s going to be hard to sleep again, hard to get up in the morning.”Oakland started quickly by controlling the ball for 23 of 29 plays in the first quarter and outgaining the Chargers by 129 yards. But Los Angeles allowed little after Melvin Ingram forced a fumble on a sack of Derek Carr early in the second quarter with the Raiders looking to add to a 3-0 lead.Rivers responded to lead the Chargers to a field goal and then engineered a 91-yard drive at the end of the half that was capped by the throw to Allen in the front corner of the end zone.Gordon, who had 93 yards rushing and 72 yards receiving, then put the game away when he caught a short pass from Rivers, broke a tackle by Gareon Conley, juked Reggie Nelson and raced in for the long score.“I feel like every time a player gets the ball in their hands they want to take it to the house,” Gordon said. “It doesn’t always work out how you think it will. Sometimes some things happen with some help and you get sprung out down there.”LOPSIDED STARTThe Raiders missed opportunities to take a bigger lead while outgaining the Chargers 135-6 in the first quarter. Dwayne Harris was stopped by Derwin James on a shovel pass on fourth-and-goal from the 1 to deny the best chance for Oakland. Los Angeles then scored 10 points in the second quarter with a strip sack by Ingram denying Oakland a shot at a field goal and setting up one for the Chargers. Rivers hit Allen for the TD with 24 seconds left in the half.FAKING ITRaiders rookie punter Johnny Townsend pulled off a fake punt on the opening drive for a 42-yard run. That was longer than his average punt of 41.9 yards coming into the game. Townsend then added his longest kick of the season with a 57-yarder in the second quarter. Townsend is the third player since the 1970 merger with a run of at least 40 yards and a punt of at least 50 in the same game, joining Cleveland’s Reggie Hodges, who did it for Cleveland in 2010, and Jeff Hayes for Washington in 1983.“I completely blacked out on the play Max Scharping Jersey ,” Townsend said. “I can’t even tell you what happened during it. We prepared all week and did a great job of seeing the look and reacting to it.”SMOKY GAMEThe air quality for the game was at an unhealthy level because of wildfires in Butte County, about 150 miles to the north. The Air Quality Index was at 159 at kickoff, which is in the unhealthy zone, and smoke could be smelled throughout the stadium. The NFL had monitored the situation but the AQI never got near 200, the level where the game would have needed to be moved.INJURIESChargers LB Denzel Perryman left the game with a knee injury on the opening drive. … Raiders WR Martavis Bryant (knee) left the game in the third quarter with an injury Gruden fears is serious.UP NEXTColts: Host the Broncos on Sunday.Raiders: Visit the Cardinals on Sunday. KANSAS CITY, Mo. �? Defensive tackle Chris Jones chose to skip the beginning of the Kansas City Chiefs‘ mandatory three-day minicamp Tuesday, the latest step in the growing discord over his looming contract situation.Jones is hoping to parlay the finest season of his career into a massive payday as he enters the final year of his rookie contract. But with negotiations seemingly going nowhere, the affable 24-year-old defensive tackle opted not to participate in the Chiefs’ voluntary workouts.Now that they are mandatory, Jones is risking a fine for being absent this week.Chiefs coach Andy Reid is planning to speak with reporters only on Thursday, when the minicamp wraps up. But his viewpoint is unlikely to have changed from a couple of weeks ago, when he said: “We just go. If you’re here http://www.texansauthorizedshops.com/authentic-kahale-warring-jersey , you get better. If you’re not, you don’t.”It’s hard to imagine Jones being a whole lot better than last season.He appeared in all 16 games and had career highs in just about every meaningful category: 40 total tackles, 29 quarterback hits, 19 tackles for loss and a whopping 15 1/2 sacks.That last number was the most important for a team that desperately needed any pressure it could generate on the quarterback. The Chiefs had arguably the league’s best offense, anchored by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, but they also had perhaps the league’s worst defense.It was that unit that failed miserably in the playoffs, when the Chiefs were unable to stop Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in their overtime loss in the AFC championship game.The Chiefs made major moves to address the defense this offseason, firing coordinator Bob Sutton and hiring Steve Spagnuolo as his replacement. They also jettisoned longtime stalwarts such as Eric Berry and Justin Houston, brought in big names Frank Clark and Tyrann Mathieu, and began the difficult task of changing from a 3-4 system to a 4-3 defensive set.And while Jones’ unique set of abilities should allow him to flourish no matter the system, there is still a learning curve that takes place Cullen Gillaspia Jersey , and participating in the offseason program would be helpful.“We don’t really talk about it,” said Chiefs cornerback Kendall Fuller, when asked about Jones’ absence. “We just focus on our position groups. We mow our own lawn.”To be sure, the guys who showed up at minicamp Tuesday have enough to mow.The Chiefs have a handful of newcomers on offense, including wide receiver Mecole Hardman, their top draft pick. They also are working around missing wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who was suspended from all team activities while the NFL investigates his domestic violence situation.It is likely that Hill will miss at least part of the season.But the bulk of the pressure facing the Chiefs is centered on the defense. Clark and Mathieu are among a dozen newcomers who will be counted on to shore up the sieve-like unit this season, and minicamp is the last chance to work together before training camp in late July.“It’s a long process,” Spagnuolo said. “What I look for right now is building a foundation. I’ve talked extensively with the guys about that. It’s been all about building a foundation of fundamentals.“That goes to communication and to believing in the system,” he added. “I’ve talked extensively about mastering the things that take very little talent. It doesn’t take a lot of talent to communicate or to call out an under route or get aligned. Those little things we need to get taken care of, otherwise it creates holes and then we have problems. So I’m more focused on that.”The rest of the guys? Forgive them for letting their focus wander just a bit Tytus Howard Jersey , especially given how close the Chiefs came to returning to the Super Bowl for the first time in nearly five decades.“We can be really good. If you’re talking about No. 1 in the league across all of the boards, I feel like that’s the potential we have,” Clark said. “This is a hard league, every game is hard. You think we are going to have the same things happen as last year? No, it’s going to be a little different. You want more success than just runner-up, but you just have to work. It’s a work atmosphere here. I’m just thankful to be a part of it.”100<button class="view-gallery">View Gallery</button> Gallery:View from the sidelines: NFL cheerleaders 2018Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports | Raj Mehta