Swanson: Chargers’ QB Justin Herbert is a gamer, and you’ve got to respect it

INGLEWOOD – Respect.

Such was the theme of Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh’s post-loss news conference Sunday: Respect for his team, banged up and short-handed, for pushing the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas Chiefs.

Respect for those get-’er-done Chiefs, who took the lead for the first and final time with 6:04 left in the fourth quarter of their 17-10 victory, improving to 4-0 this season and extending their winning streak as guests of the Chargers to 11 games – rude, but respectable.