FOXBOROUGH — Sunday night’s defeat to the Patriots had Jim Harbaugh at a loss.
The Chargers coach saw his offense muster three points as Justin Herbert absorbed six sacks and was hit 11 times. Though they won the turnover battle on the road at Gillette Stadium, Los Angeles lost by two scores and finished with 207 yards of total offense.
“I really don’t have the answers,” Harbaugh said after his team’s 16-3 loss. “I wish I did. If I did there would’ve been a different result. But that I am going to be spending — we’ll be spending a lot of hard work and maybe even sleepless nights getting it figured out.
“The way these players fight, the way they just give it their very best, their all, you know, we’ll owe them that and get on. Like I told the team, those that stay will be champions. Not looking at this as an end but as another beginning.”
Though perplexed by his team’s failure, Harbaugh did tip the cap to his opponent.
“A lot of it is the Patriots, too,” Harbaugh said. “Not going to sit here and say — the Patriots played very well and they did a great job. I want to congratulate them. Not be one of those coaches that stands up here and says that they — call it what it is. I mean, they played extremely well.”