GLENDALE, Ariz. — When it was done and the Chargers had lost to the Arizona Cardinals, 17-15, on Monday night at State Farm Stadium, their wide receivers held an impromptu meeting in front of their locker stalls, hashing out what did and didn’t work in a game that slipped away suddenly and then all at once.“All of us, we just want to be accountable,” wide receiver Simi Fehoko said. “We just wanted to talk about how the game went and about holding ourselves accountable. Just being consistent and being a friendly or any kind of receiving option for Justin (Herbert) is huge for us. Go out and execute.”Across the way, kicker Cameron Dicker offered a tight smile and accepted congratulations after kicking five field goals, accounting for all of the Chargers’ 15 points, including a career-best and franchise record-tying 59-yard boot. He also was successful from 50, 28, 47 and 40 yards.Dicker’s 40-yard field goal gave the Chargers’ an all-too-brief 15-14 lead with 1:54 remaining in the game. Herbert had guided the Chargers from their own 1-yard line to the Cardinals’ 22 during a massive, 15-play drive that exhausted 8:12 of the fourth-quarter clock.“I’m very happy with the way I hit (the ball),” said Dicker, whose previous best was a 55-yard field goal last season. “Did what I could, but at the end of the day, a loss is a loss. It’s fun for me to continue like this (converting from long distance), but it’s always a bummer to lose like this.”Down the corridor from the locker room, Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh did his best to explain how and why it went wrong for the Chargers (3-3), who failed to score a second-half touchdown for the fifth consecutive game and watched in agony as Chad Ryland kicked the winning 32-yard field goal as time expired.“I thought we moved the ball effectively in the air, but I kept waiting for our running game to pop, and it never did,” Harbaugh said. “It’s not time to lighten up, but to tighten up. Credit to the Cardinals. Their back (James Conner) had a great game, making us miss.”Conner rushed for 101 yards on 19 carries, anchoring an Arizona ground game that totaled 181.Moments later, Herbert entered the same interview room that Harbaugh had just exited and tried to put into words the reasons for the Chargers’ ongoing offensive struggles beyond halftime, when ...
