The 2025 NFL preseason kicked off on Thursday night, as the Los Angeles Chargers secured a 34-7 win over the Detroit Lions in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game.<\/p>\n
Trey Lance started under center for the Chargers and played the first three quarters of the game, finishing 13-of-20 for 120 yards and two touchdowns without tossing an interception.<\/p>\n
Lance helped lead Los Angeles on five scoring drives, making several impressive throws. <\/p>\n
While it’s important not to overreact to preseason production, it was still an encouraging showing from the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. <\/p>\n
Fans praised Lance’s performance. <\/p>\n
The Chargers’ passing attack featured several contributors throughout the game, as 12 different players caught a pass. 2025 fifth-round pick KeAndre Lambert-Smith finished with a team-high 43 yards on two receptions to go along with a touchdown.<\/p>\n
Kimani Vidal received the bulk of Los Angeles’ rushing attempts, picking up 37 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries. <\/p>\n
For the Lions, Kyle Allen started at quarterback and threw for 91 yards and two interceptions. Allen was eventually replaced by Hendon Hooker, who finished 3-of-6 for 18 yards while getting picked off once. <\/p>\n
Even though Justin Herbert’s status atop the Chargers’ depth chart isn’t in jeopardy, Lance made a strong impression in Los Angeles’ preseason victory on Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 NFL preseason kicked off on Thursday night, as the Los Angeles Chargers secured a 34-7 win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-36839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}