The Chargers are now 6-3 after a 27-17 win over the Titans on Sunday.

Here are five takeaways from Week 10:

1. Herbert leads the way

More than one Titans defender might need some extra ice for his ankles on Monday morning.

A healthy Justin Herbert can do that to you.

On a day where the Bolts moved to 6-3 with another double-digit win, the main storyline from Week 10 at SoFi Stadium was Herbert's performance against the Titans.

"Man, Justin was doing some [stuff] I've never seen … I didn't know he had that in his arsenal," Khalil Mack said.

"Special player," Mack added. "You see him laying his body on the line today. It speaks volumes when you have a leader like that."

But it wasn't Herbert's skills through the air that wowed teammates and coaches on Sunday.

Sure, he completed 14 of 18 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown. And he had a passer rating of 123.1 while going a seventh straight game without an interception.

Instead, Herbert dazzled and impressed with his running ability seemingly every time he took off.

That was on display from his first run, an 8-yard carry, in which he juked past former teammate Kenneth Murray, Jr. to get the Bolts into the red zone.

It was on display late in the second half when he sidestepped former teammate Sebastian Joseph-Day with ease on the way to a 4-yard touchdown run on fourth down.

"There were a lot of unblocked guys and he just went beast mode to get the ball in the end zone," Harbaugh said.

Hassan Haskins added: "I don't know how he does it. But he makes guys miss. He got in his tool bag today."

Titans cornerback Roger McCreary later went sliding on the turf trying to tackle Herbert on a scramble.

And Herbert and Murray met later again when the quarterback took a hit from the 240-pound linebacker and still moved the chains for a first down.

Left tackle Rashawn Slater gave his vantage point of the play.

"There's no quit in him. He's a freaking dog," Rashawn Slater said. "I saw him get him and I'm like, 'Damn, that might have hurt.'

"I just see him on the ground [pointing for a first down]. That's inspiring," Slater added.

And linebacker Daiyan Henley thanked his lucky stars that he doesn't have to try and chase down Herbert in the open field.

"I'm just happy he's not against me," Henley said. "We see him in training camp and OTAs and we be like, 'Man, we would have tackled him right here or right there.'

"But you see him against the other guys and it's like, 'I don't know now.' It's good to have him on our side," Henley added. "He's such a dominant player and I hope the league recognizes that."

All in all, Herbert's rushing stat line was nine carries for 32 yards. It was yet another sign of how a healthy Herbert can impact the game with more than just his arm.

"It's a big part of our offense, where you're going through your reads and trying to push the ball down the field," Herbert said. "If the defense is playing good coverage and guys are covered and the pressure heats up, you have to be able to break contain and go make something happen."

He later added: "As long the ankle continues to progress and develop the way that it is, I think being able to run the ball has been huge for us. Whether it's being able to extend drives or converting on third downs or especially in the red zone, that's a threat you have to hold the defenses accountable to. As long as I'm smart and picking my battles correctly, it's a big part of our offense."

But Herbert's rushing plays were more than just numbers on a stat sheet. They injected life into the Chargers yet again as they inched their way to a possible playoff berth.

"I'm changing his name to 'Beast.' Beast Herbert," Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh said. "Half man, half beast."

2. A 2nd-half surge

From a big-picture perspective, Sunday's win did wonders for the Bolts already strong playoff chances.

The Chargers win — couple with losses from the Broncos and Colts — mean the Bolts are firmly entrenched in the No. 6 seed right now.

And it's not as if the Bolts are squeaking by teams. The win over the Titans was their fifth by at least 10 points so far this season.

"Guys just pouring their toughness and their talent and their effort into our football team," Harbaugh said. "It multiplies."

He later added: "There's only one way you can describe this win today and that is a team win. A complete, total team win."

And if you're looking for a sequence that summed up Sunday's win, it came at the start of the fourth quarter.

Tennessee punted on the first play of the quarter and pinned the Chargers, who held a 20-10 lead, at their own 5-yard line.

The Bolts then put the hammer down, marching 95 yards in 11 plays on a drive that took more than seven minutes off the clock. Suddenly, at the midway point of the fourth quarter, the score was 27-10.

Haskins capped the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run, his first NFL score.

"It's wear and tear," Haskins said. "That's our playing style."

It was also game over.

"It demoralizes them. They were exhausted out there," Slater said. "We got in the huddle in the red zone and you look over there. They are huffing and puffing and you know we've got them right where we want them.

"And we bled the clock and our defense rested," Slater added. "That's all Chargers right there."

Herbert added: "Toughness comes to mind. We have an offensive line that does everything it can to move the defense."

All while a defense was able to rest up so they could produce the ninth straight game allowing 20 points or fewer.

The Harbaugh Formula was in full effect again Sunday as the Bolts took a six-point halftime lead and turned it into a 17-point lead when it mattered most.

Chalk that up as a big reason when the Bolts are likely to find themselves playing past Week 18.

"Guys are playing energetically," Herbert said. "We're excited to be out there and are having fun."

3. Bolts pass rush heats up

Khalil Mack played just four snaps on Sunday ... and the Chargers still had seven sacks on Will Levis.

"It's always great when you see those guys rolling," said Mack, who battled a groin injury. "Disappointed I couldn't be a part of that party but I'm excited for what's to come."

Tuli Tuipulotu picked up the slack with a pair of sacks, his second straight game with that amount.

After going sack-less in the Chargers first six games, Tuipulotu has 5.5 sacks in his past three games.

Bud Dupree also got to Levis twice while Joey Bosa, Henley and Poona Ford also tallied sacks.

"Everybody playing and doing their jobs," Tuipulotu said. "We're playing together and things happen when we play together."

Henley added: "It shows the team defense we have. It's not solely reliant on one person. But it also shows that K-Mack is such a guy — future Hall of Famer — that we know we have to pick up the slack if we're missing a player like that."

Bosa's sack was especially noteworthy as he reached 70.0 career sacks to move into second place all-time in team history.

"Just to see him getting healthier every week and come out of these games healthier, you add a sack to it, I know he's feeling great," Mack said.

The Bolts have now set a season high in sacks in each of the last three weeks with 5.0 against the Saints, 6.0 against the Browns and 7.0 sacks against the Titans.

4. Key swing play goes Chargers way

The Bolts took a 13-7 lead into halftime but that almost wasn't the case.

At their own 23-yard line with under 30 seconds to play, Herbert was hit by Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons as he went to throw the ball.

The pigskin fluttered forward and was returned 20 yards for a score by McCreary to tie the game.

Fortunately for the Bolts, the play was reviewed, overturned and ruled an incomplete pass.

"The strength that it took to hold onto the ball while getting hit, there's probably nobody else on the planet that could have done that," Harbaugh said. "That was a huge play in the game."

Herbert added: "It was huge. To be able to go into halftime with the lead and avoid a play like that, it was big time. But I've got to do a better job of understanding the situation."

The near disaster eventually meant another turnover-free game for the Chargers, their seventh such outing in nine games this season.

"That was a huge swing play for us ... we're happy it went our way," Bradley Bozeman said.

5. Davis does it again

Another week, another electric play from Derius Davis.

A week after jolting the Bolts with a 53-yard punt return in Cleveland, Davis again provided a spark with a 56-yard kickoff return midway through the third quarter.

The Titans had just cut the lead to 13-10. Davis' return gave the Bolts the ball at the Tennessee 43-yard line as the Bolts would later find the end zone to more than double their lead.

"Just trusting our reads, trusting the game plans coach gives us and just going out there and execute," Davis said.

He later added: "When you get a big return like that it's putting the offense in the best position to go out there and score. It's a momentum changer, for sure. Just going down there, doing that and coming away with points is the main goal."

Harbaugh added: "Another big return by Derius Davis. Great job."

On a team where all three phases continue to contribute, special teams continues to step up in a big way.

"These past two weeks we've had explosive returns," Davis said. "We're just going to keep on building on that and going forward, just keep on stacking those returns."