The Chargers came away victorious over the Dolphins, 30-10, at the Hard Rock Stadium. The win moved Los Angeles back to the .500 column.

Here are three takeaways from Sunday’s contest:

Melvin Gordon’s 2019 debut put on hold

After Justin Jackson was ruled out and Gordon was activated, many were anticipating him to see the field on Sunday. But Gordon never saw the playing field.

He expected to play after coach Anthony Lynn told him multiple times that he was, but he stood on the sidelines sporting a dark blue Chargers hat. Gordon did have his helmet on a few times, but Austin Ekeler and Troymaine Pope ended up running the show.

Gordon was close to entering the game in the fourth quarter, though. Lynn wanted him to get live game reps when the team was up big and he noticed that Ekeler and Pope were starting to wear down.

“I thought I was at one point. Coach told me to go get my helmet. I was gonna go in. (Pope) was tired. Austin had a whole bunch of reps, and then a timeout happened. They were thinking about it.

‘Let’s just be smart, end of the game. Don’t want you to go in there and something happens and we look crazy,” Gordon said, per Orange County Register’s Gilbert Manzano.

With a full week of practice under his belt, we can likely expect to see Gordon in a limited capacity next weekend against the Broncos.