{"id":6126,"date":"2025-10-16T05:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T05:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6126\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T05:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T05:52:29","slug":"how-kimani-vidal-envisioned-career-day-in-thrilling-win-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6126\/","title":{"rendered":"How Kimani Vidal Envisioned Career Day in Thrilling Win in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it was Vidal or many other members of the Chargers in Week 6, he was asked to step up and delivered.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old knows that&#8217;s life in the NFL, and was more than ready for it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s just how the NFL is,&#8221; Vidal said. &#8220;Guys get hurt, it&#8217;s a very thin league. My boy Nyheim [Hines], he wasn&#8217;t here before then [today] he made a great kick return, set us up on the two-minute drive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s just how the NFL is,&#8221; Vidal added.<\/p>\n<p>Vidal had put together 53 touches for 236 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown in 12 career games <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/hassan-haskins-kimani-vidal-fantasy-waivers-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">heading into Week 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One game later and he set new heights in every department of his young career, stepping up when the Bolts needed him most.<\/p>\n<p>And what he set out to do what he had in mind in what was the biggest opportunity he&#8217;s had in the NFL so far.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To really just showcase my talents,&#8221; Vidal said. &#8220;I feel like before this game I haven&#8217;t done much on the field. I&#8217;ve played here or there, I&#8217;ve had good plays here or there, I&#8217;ve had negative plays here or there. I wanted to just do more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vidal later added: &#8220;I&#8217;ve always thought about this day coming. Just happy we came out with a win.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whether it was Vidal or many other members of the Chargers in Week 6, he was asked to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6703,2414,2413,2415,6702,4925,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-6126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-2025-reg-6-editorial","tag-app-homepage","tag-homepage-cp","tag-homepage-headlines","tag-kimani-vidal","tag-los-angeles-chargers-at-miami-dolphins-2025-reg-6","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}