INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Inside the Broncos locker room, there were yellow towels strewn across the floor and red faces in front of cameras.

A proud team in need of results to match its mouth had a chance to paint itself in brilliant colors. Instead, they painted themselves into a corner.

Three weeks into the season, the Broncos trail the Chargers by three games in the AFC West .

There’s no excusing this mess. No spinning this into anything positive. The Broncos gagged again. They ruined September and all that talk of a fast start by getting walked off for the second straight week.

We knew this game would tell us how serious to take the Broncos. And they delivered a loss that was as familiar as it was infuriating.

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