This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/chargers as Chargers’ game vs. Colts somehow just got more important in AFC playoff race. The encounter with the Indianapolis Colts in Week 7 was always an important one for Jim Harbaugh’s Los Angeles Chargers .

"I thought just, mentally, the fact we were able to kind of come down and execute down the stretch and make sure we were at our best when we needed to be, I think that goes a long way," he said.