http://www.thechargerslockerroom.com/authentic-trevor-williams-jersey , Calif. — Austin Ekeler has been a solid backup to Melvin Gordon in the Los Angeles Chargers’ backfield the past two seasons, but he hasn’t gotten much attention while sitting behind one of the top rushers in the league.Ekeler isn’t going to be overlooked any longer after his performance Sunday as the Chargers defeated the Indianapolis Colts 30-24 in overtime.With Gordon holding out for a new contract, Ekeler had a career-best 154 yards from scrimmage. He also scored three touchdowns, including the winner on a 7-yard run with 5:01 remaining in overtime to cap an eight-play, 75-yard drive.“He looked good,” Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said after the franchise’s first OT win in an opener. “He broke tackles and made plays. He showed speed through the hole. He’s shown that all along, but he’s never done it from the lead role.”The third-year running back went undrafted before signing with Los Angeles in 2017. It is his second multi-TD game but the first in which he had a rushing and receiving score. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Ekeler is the first undrafted player since Dan Reeves in 1967 to have at least 150 scrimmage yards, two receiving TDs and a rushing touchdown in a game.“I can’t focus on Melvin not being there. Today was a little show of what we could do,” said Ekeler, who had 10 carries for 58 yards and six receptions for 96 yards. “In the past I still made plays on the field. People are acting like I came out of nowhere. I made plays Womens Desmond King Jersey , but it was more limited because Melvin was here.”The Chargers’ running game was effective, averaging six yards per carry with four rushes over 10 yards. Justin Jackson had six carries for 57 yards, with most of his work coming in the first half.Rivers, who made his 209th consecutive start to pass Peyton Manning for the third-longest streak among NFL QBs, completed 25 of 34 passes for 333 yards. It was the fifth time Rivers has thrown three or more TD passes in an opener.Ekeler opened the scoring with a 1-yard reception in the first quarter. He then went 55 yards on a screen pass on Los Angeles’ first drive of the third quarter to extend its lead to 24-9. Ekeler shed attempted tackles by Darius Leonard and Pierre Desir before motoring up the right sideline.“I don’t think anyone was surprised with the plays he made today,” Rivers said. “It’s not too big for him. We ran that play we scored on at least seven times.”Indianapolis responded with 15 straight points to force overtime. Marlon Mack, who had 25 carries for 174 yards, brought the Colts within 24-16 with a career-long 63-yard scamper up the left sideline midway through the third quarter.They tied it with 48 seconds remaining when Jacoby Brissett hit T.Y. Hilton for their second scoring connection of the day. Hilton caught the ball at the Los Angeles 19, made Adrian Phillips miss and then extended the ball over the pylon before going out of bounds. The Colts tied it when Mack ran it in on a 2-point conversion.The tying drive was set up when Malik Hooker made a great one-handed interception in the end zone on Rivers’ pass intended for Keenan Allen. Hooker returned the pass to the Indy 20.“It was a tough loss. You go on the road against a team that was 12-4 last year, a very good football team with an elite quarterback, and they made the plays they needed to make to win Brandon Mebane Jersey ,” Colts coach Frank Reich said. “They deserved to win. It’s hard to say, but they deserved to win.”Brissett, now the Colts’ starter with a lucrative contract after Andrew Luck retired last month, had a solid game, going 21 of 27 for 190 yards and two touchdowns. Hilton caught eight passes for 87 yards and both TDs.“You experience every emotion. It was a tough way to end it,” Brissett said. “It’s a lot of things to build on. Just the resiliency of our group to come out and finish that drive at the end, and to convert on a 2-point conversion, I thought we did a heck of a job up front today. I know for sure that won’t be unnoticed.”STRONG STARTAllen had 10 receptions for 123 yards, including a 28-yard touchdown in the second quarter on which he outmuscled Rock Ya-Sin in the end zone. Rivers stepped up in the pocket and lofted it up so Allen could make a play on a 50-50 ball.TALE OF TWO KICKERSLong became the first player since Miami’s Olindo Mare in 1997 to have an extra point, field goal and punt in his first NFL game. Long, signed during the offseason after two years with the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League http://www.thechargerslockerroom.com/authentic-michael-schofield-jersey , was pressed into kicking duty after Michael Badgley suffered a groin injury in Friday’s practice. Long also became the eighth Chargers kicker in a game since the start of 2017.Meanwhile, Indianapolis’ Adam Vinatieri experienced something for the first time in his 24-year career: two missed field goals and a missed extra point in the same game. It is the 18th time he has missed two or more field goals in a game.“I didn’t help them out at all, so any one of those couple misses goes through and it’s a different game,” Vinatieri said.MACK ATTACKMack’s 174 yards were the third-most by a Colts running back in an opener. He had just 22 at halftime but gained 119 in the third quarter. That is the most rushing yards in a quarter by a Colts player since the team’s move to Indianapolis in 1984.INJURIESColts: WR Devin Funchess suffered a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter and did not return.Chargers: WR Mike Williams injured his knee in the fourth quarter and did not return.UP NEXTColts: Travel to Tennessee next Sunday. Indianapolis won both meetings last season, including 33-17 in Week 17 to earn the final AFC playoff spot.Chargers: At Detroit next Sunday. Los Angeles has won seven of the last eight in the series. Once the drama of Day 1 is over, who could the Chargers follow up with in rounds 2 and 3?"Although the draft is seven rounds long, it feels like 99 percent of the work and effort put into scouting and watching film all goes towards the team’s first pick on day one of the NFL Draft. Obviously the first round has all of the hoopla and pageantry that you could ask for and it even gets its’ own entire night of coverage which sometimes makes the casual viewer forget there are six more rounds to come over the next two days.When the first day of the draft comes and goes, we all need to find a way to reinvigorate ourselves and bring that “hype-ness” back to keep the party going straight through Friday and Saturday night.With this idea in mind, I thought I’d gather up a handful of names to get Chargers fans excited about once the glitz and glamour of day one comes to an end.Khalen Saunders - DT - Western IllionoisHeight: 6-0 3/8Weight: 324Hand: 9 1/8Arm: 32 2/8Wingspan: 78 3/8Saunders created waves throughout the week at the Senior Bowl and on social media when the stout defender showed off his athleticism by performing several back-flips for coaches and teammates following practices. He also caught some publicity when it was made public that his first child was being born in the middle of the all-star showcase and his significant other told him to stay there instead of rushing back for the birth.For those who haven’t watched Saunders, the guy oozes natural athleticism. You’re not going to see it in his forty time, but the guy has the quickness and power to overwhelm anyone who would dare take him lightly for playing at FCS-level Western Illinois.There were several moments in games during 2018 that fans got to see Saunders stand up on the outside in passing situations and he actually looked good as he shook the offensive tackle before laying a blow on the opposing quarterback. If the Chargers do no go with a defensive tackle in the first Womens Corey Liuget Jersey , Saunders would be an outstanding selection on day two as a player that can cause havoc at any position along the interior of the defense.Tytus Howard - OT - Alabama StateHeight: 6-5Weight: 322Hand: 10 5/8Arm: 34Wingspan: 81 5/8Howard had plenty of eyes on him during his time in Mobile as a standout tackle from well-known HBCU Alabama State. Like Saunders, Howard is a small-school standout that took advantage of the all-star showcase to show evaluators that he can hang with the best of them and, at times, dominate them.At 320+ pounds, Howard ran one of the faster 40’s of the day for an offensive linemen with a 5.05. The rest of his athletic testing was around the middle of the pack but it’s his film that you should take with the most weight.Howard possesses solid movement skills with a surprising strong anchor when going up against power rushers. His massive 10 5/8-inch hands allow him to clamp down on defenders and settle them down before they have a chance to get anywhere near the quarterback.At least once mock draft I’ve seen has put Howard in the first round, which is enough to tell me that some people are really high on the guy. I likely wouldn’t take him until the third round, but the Chargers pick being so late may be too far off to snag Howard in that sweet spot. Either way, Howard should be viewed as much more than just a raw-product with athletic upside (he was recruited as a tight end to Alabama State.)David Long - LB - West VirginiaHeight: 5-11 2/8Weight: 227Hand: 10Arm: 30 6/8Wingspan: 75 4/8Like recent linebackers drafted in the Telesco Era, Long is slightly shorter than most would prefer but his ~230 pounds are well-packed on his frame. Coincidentally, former fifth-round pick Jatavis Brown is the player comp for Long.The thing analysts love most about Long’s game is his mental-processing speed which allows him to play at a faster speed than most. The guy is lightning-quick to react and comes like a bat out of hell.Although his downhill demeanor can occasionally lead to the the missed assignment/tackle, I have to agree with Lance Zierlein on this note about Long:“Long plays with a “scared money don’t make money” approach that hit jackpots but pulled him out of position more than NFL coaches will be comfortable Dan Feeney Jersey , with, but teams would rather dial back aggression than try and coach it up.”Chauncey Gardner-Johnson - S - FloridaHeight: 5-11Weight: 210Hand: 9 1/4Arm: 30 7/8Wingspan: 74Gardner-Johnson has been a player flying under the radar over the last month that’s finally gaining the well-deserved traction.The 5-11, 210-pound defender is well-built and possesses a versatile skill-set that ranges from locking down receivers in the slot to playing over the top in single-high looks.Everyone knows that the clock on Jahleel Addae’s time as a starter in the Chargers defense is rapidly coming to an end and the team needs to find a rangy safety to pair with Derwin James for the foreseeable future. Gardner-Johnson may just be that prospect. The instincts are there, the desire to lay the lumber is there, the range is there. You can’t ask for much more than that from a safety in today’s game.