"Bloodied and walking gingerly, Philip Rivers made his way through a locker room in which relief hung like a fog.
"Whew!" he said.
He would say more, but that pretty much summed it up.
The Chargers limped from the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum with a 24-20 victory, achieved with a patchwork offensive line helping Rivers and his receivers to a brisk and impressive 89-yard drive in the final 2½ minutes, culminating in Darren Sproles' 5-yard touchdown run with 18 seconds remaining. "
