Chargers review: Is their defense playoff-ready after beating Chiefs?

Is it possible? Could the Chargers actually make the playoffs with a so-so offense and a superb defense? Could they actually make a deep run with a defense that dominated the Philadelphia Eagles, the Super Bowl champs, and the Kansas City Chiefs, the runners-up, in back-to-back weeks? Here’s what we learned, what we heard and what comes next after the Chargers blanked the Chiefs in the second half on a 15-degree afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium, taking a 16-13 victory that moved them closer to the playoffs and eliminated the Chiefs for the first time in more than a decade: PLAYOFF DEFENSE The Chargers’ bye in Week 12 was a time of reflection and then action. They were soundly defeated by the...