Jesse Minter has seen the good, the bad and the so-so during his second season as the Chargers’ defensive coordinator. He has coached a defense that was every bit as stingy as it was in leading the NFL last season. He has coached a defense that’s been vulnerable, too.

“Right now, I would say we’re chasing a lot of things,” Minter said recently.

Nothing has been as elusive as a sound defense against the run for the Chargers in the past two games. It wasn’t only that the Chargers gave up a great deal of ground during a victory this past Sunday over the Miami Dolphins and during a loss a week earlier to the Washington Commanders .

It wasn’t only that the Chargers gave up 128 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries by the Dolphins’ De’Von Achane and 111 yards and two touchdowns on 14 car

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