It has been a tumultuous two years since the Chargers moved north Cheap Joey Bosa Jersey , and, by and large, the move is largely in the rear-view mirror. We are not going to continue to talk about the positives or negatives of the jump from San Diego (that has been done to death, and I’ve surely contributed), but instead focus on the realities of the LA Market.Chris Franco ImagingLA is not often referred to as a sports town, what with other glitzy and glamorous tentpoles to focus on.That non-designation, however, is a bit disingenuous.After their New York days, the Dodgers have firmly planted themselves in to the day-to-day life and conversation in Southern California.As Brian Wilson, the immortal composer of Beach Boys/Jan and Dean/SMiLE and other famous bands and albums, has cemented in his 2008 semi-autobigraphical album, That Lucky Old Sun:If the Beach Boys are talking about you, you’re as timeless as beach days, sun, cars, and fun, fun, fun.The Dodgers have their season.If they are having a good year, there’s a bit of NFL overlap Womens Michael Schofield Jersey , but there’s generally room for both in a sports bar.The LA Market, however, isn’t so easily compartmentalized.All the while, however, LA seems to be even more in tune with professional basketball than baseball. While the Lakers have long been a draw in the region, they performed a bit of a coup this summer by attracting LeBron James. Did you hear about that?The Chargers won’t only have to worry about the Rams and Dodgers for LA seats and wallets.On the football front, there are now two teams in LA—or are there?USC kickoff is in seven weeks, and their attendance has been consistently better than both the Rams and the Chargers since the moves.That hasn’t been a surprise for either team, and this was always intended to be an uphill battle.What likely HAS been a surprise to the NFL has been the emergence of not one, not two, but THREE startup professional football leagues.The XFL and the AAF will be hitting the scene in the very near future, with the Pacific Pro Football League also joining the fray.LA is a bona fide tack on the map for all three leagues.But those leagues are the future challengers.The Chargers need to worry about the here-and now.The LA Rams have the most flash and sizzle of this latest off-season, second only to the Raiders for off-season headlines.That’s OK.Within the NFL, popularity is granted through success on the field (though the Chargers, if successful in 2018, will prove a very interesting data point to validate or challenge that notion).The Lakers have grabbed all of the headlines of late, and for good reason.They really took a swing and they have the bases loaded.All the potential in the world,however, won’t grant you a home run.They’ll know very soon if this was a boom or a bust.I’m throwing in a baseball metaphor because it’s so completely indicative of the already confusing and crowded Southern California market.Separating themselves from the competition Youth Casey Hayward Jersey , both in their league and outside of it, will continue to be the Chargers’ greatest challenge going forward.Alas, this is the only part of the equation that the Chargers have a significant say in.If they want to make an impact, if they want to survive and flourish in LA, they have to win.They have to win.Big free-agent additions only help to set the table (or load the bases, to use the earlier metaphor).The Lakers and the Rams have really set themselves up well for potential success in the very near future.However, until they capitalize on that potential, it’s just fleeting headlines and hubbub.Winning, the great equalizer of fame, is what can make the LA market an equal playing field.To that end, the Chargers actually look like they can make an impact in 2018.They would be wise to make a very powerful impact, because the challenges with upcoming leagues and audience attention will only be more difficult after this season.Jason Michaels-Jason “Utilities are OVER 9,000” Michaels Patrick Mahomes had just thrown six touchdown passes in a record-setting performance against the Steelers, one that gave the Chiefs a big road win and may have stamped them as the AFC's top team, when someone asked him how he planned to celebrate his birthday.Mahomes said he planned to watch film of the San Francisco 49ers.If that was merely the politically correct answer, though, and the 23-year-old first-year starter planned to hit the town, he should have no shortage of Chiefs fans willing to buy him drinks.They'll probably still be celebrating St. Patrick's big day."I don't think that you could expect more from anyone," said Chris Conley Youth Joe Barksdale Jersey , one of five different receivers to catch a TD pass."He's handled the times where he's made the plays really well. He's handled the times where he hasn't. That speaks volumes."To be frank, there haven't been many times where he hasn't made the plays.Mahomes was so dynamic in a Week 17 win at Denver last season that the Chiefs traded away Pro Bowl quarterback Alex Smith and gave Mahomes the starting job.Then he threw four TD passes without a pick in a near-flawless performance in a road win over the AFC West-rival Chargers to open the season.But his performance in Pittsburgh, where the Chiefs hadn't won a game since 1986, was the kind of transcendent display that Chiefs fans have been pining for since Len Dawson was taking snaps.Mahomes was 23 of 28 for 326 yards, which means he threw more touchdown passes than incompletions. He made all the right checks, scrambled when the opportunity presented itself, and kept his poise when the Chiefs squandered a 21-point first-quarter lead by engineering a near-flawless second half."Everybody knew how strong of an arm he has," Steelers cornerback Mike Hilton said, "and he was making some decent throws, and his playmakers made plays."Yes, it helps to have a dizzying array of talent surrounding him.Kareem Hunt ran for 75 yards to provide just enough offensive balance. Travis Kelce had seven catches for 109 yards and two scores, and Sammy Watkins had six catches for 100 yards, lest anybody worry after their quiet openers against the Chargers.Tyreek Hill added five catches for 90 yards, all in the second half, with another touchdown to punctuate his typically stellar outing.Still, it takes the quarterback to deliver them the ball."There'll be games where teams try and take away one or two guys and that's the good thing about this team is that no one really cares about who is getting the shine," Mahomes said, after spending a hefty amount of time praising his teammates. "Everybody just wants to win."Nobody more so than Mahomes, whose 10 touchdown passes through the first two weeks of the season broke the NFL record of nine shared by Peyton Manning Youth Trevor Williams Jersey , Drew Brees and Charley Johnson.Those touchdown passes have gone to seven different receivers, including fullback Anthony Sherman, which matches the number of guys that caught TD passes all last season.And those six TD tosses against the Steelers matched Dawson's 54-year-old franchise record for a single game."It just speaks to the weapons that we have on offense. They can't stop everybody," Mahomes said, "so for me, it's just about getting it to the guy that has the man-to-man coverage or has the open area. Those guys were getting open. The offensive line was blocking great. It was making my job easy."Perhaps the only downside to so much success is that the expectations surrounding Mahomes, which were already soaring in training camp, have soared to an almost impossible level.One sports talk radio host wondered Monday whether Mahomes will break Manning's record for TD passes in a single season. He's on pace for an absurd 80 of them, and while nobody expects him to maintain such a pace, the reality is he needs to average just 3.2 per game to top the record of 55.Then there are the expectations for the Chiefs. They've already beaten two teams that were thought to be playoff contenders, on the road no less, and done so in fairly convincing fashion.It's hardly surprising that Chiefs coach Andy Reid tried to keep everything in perspective when he met with reporters on Monday. But that job is becoming more difficult each week."The key to this thing is that you're growing, that you keep growing. The more that these defensive coordinators have to study it, you keep answering that bell, so that's his challenge right now," Reid said. "Is everything going to be roses? No. But he's seeing things right now and doing a nice job."