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Bill Plaschke: Nutty Bolts are better than stinking Rams. Can Chargers finally win over L.A.?

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, left, runs with the ball while Miami Dolphins linebacker Jerome Baker defends during the second half at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, in Los Angeles.

Midway through the second quarter of their Sunday night tussle with the Miami Dolphins at SoFi Stadium, the swarming Chargers defense forced the Dolphins' Jeff Wilson Jr. to fumble.

Except, in the ensuing scrum, the ball popped loose from the pile and into the hands of the fastest man on the field, whereupon Tyreek Hill raced 57 yards with the newfound gift to score the Dolphins' first touchdown.

They're nuts, these Bolts.

Midway through the third quarter in this same game, the Chargers' Michael Davis was perfectly covering a streaking Hill on a pass route down

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