For the second consecutive year, the Los Angeles Chargers’ season ended with an 11-6 win-loss record and an ugly first-round playoff loss. Keeping 2025 Pro Bowl quarterback Justin Herbert out of harm’s way was a season-long issue thanks to major injuries to tackles Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt, as well as disappointing play from the interior of the offensive line. Chargers’ QB Justin Herbert took his lumps in 2025 Yes, Herbert took a beating but he kept on heaving. He threw 26 touchdown passes in his 16 regular-season appearances, more than half to wide receivers Quentin Johnson (8) and Ladd McConkey (6). Tight end Oronde Gadsden II, a fifth-round pick from Syracuse University a year ago, finished fourth on the team in catches (49), receiving yards (664), and touchdown grabs (3). Morgan Tencza-Imagn Images It should be noted that Gadsden’s three trips to the end zone were the lone TD receptions by Chargers’ tight ends this past season.…