Just ask superstar defender Joey Bosa. Sure, the team coughed up a 21-point lead out of halftime and nearly let the struggling Bengals steal one in Los Angeles. For many fans, a sense of deja vu was probably settling in—for players, too. But it turns out the Jim Harbaugh era really is different.

The Cincinnati Bengals tested the Chargers' fortitude on Sunday night by staging a comeback, but Los Angeles proved under Jim Harbaugh it is no longer a team liable to crumble.