Has Antonio Gates (123 yards) already established himself as Drew Brees go-to guy?
A blackout with 5:07 left in the fourth quarter interrupted the game for about 10 minutes. Four plays after the game resumed, Houston’s Domanick Davis fumbled at the San Diego 14 yard line — his second fumble of the day — and effectively short-circuited any thoughts of a Texans comeback as the Chargers ran out the clock. “I did make a big mistake at a critical time of the game,” said Davis, who wound up with 87 yards on 21 carries and a couple of touchdowns. “I was playing a little too hard and I was trying to make something happen. They just touched (the ball) and it slipped out.” “Our offense moved the ball well at times, but it doesn’t make any difference if you can’t hold on to the ball,” Texans coach Dom Capers said. San Diego’s LaDainian Tomlinson ran for 121 yards and a touchdown and the Chargers, unlike the Texans, avoided mistakes and took advantage of Houston’s miscues, which also included a pair of interceptions thrown by David Carr. “They made fewer errors than we did,” C
