The Chargers won’t be at their best when they face the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium. But that doesn’t absolve their many backups, fill-ins and others who will be elevated into starting positions or enhanced roles to replace their many injured starters.

No illegal formations.

No holding penalties.

No jumping offside.

No false starts.

No late substitutions.

No misaligned formations.

The Chargers’ players and coaches demanded better this week, which would be a radical departure from two recent games. The Chargers were penalized 14 times during a 21-18 loss Sept. 28 to the New York Giants and 10 times in a 27-10 loss Oct. 5 to the Washington Commanders.

Mistakes happen. Football is an imperfect game played in an imperfect world.

The way things went in the past two gam

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