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Chargers’ offense is all wet, but defense shuts out Patriots in first must-win game

Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers throws a pass in the second quarter against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — First he was booming. Then he was beaming.

That was the glorious Sunday of Chargers punter JK Scott.

Eight punts — one with surgical precision — and zero return yards by the New England Patriots.

“That was fun,” said the 6-foot-5 Scott, standing in the middle of a raucous locker room with an irrepressible smile. “The last two years especially, my one goal with playing football was just to have fun.”

In the lowest-scoring NFL game on a soaked-to-the-skin afternoon when highlights were as sparse as the Gillette Stadium stands.

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