By late September, Forrest Lamp’s family noticed the animosity. When the Chargers and the beat reporters tweeted the pregame inactive list, which almost always included the backup guard, the youngest of Lamp’s three brothers, Hunter, started monitoring the replies.



Week by week, more furious fans slammed Lamp, called him “a fucking disaster,” dubbed him the second coming of center Max Tuerk, the Chargers’ hyped third-round pick in 2016 who was released 18 months later without playing a snap. Hunter forwarded his brother some of the harshest tweets because Forrest found “the keyboard warriors” motivational. The 24-year-old player also subtly wanted them to know he was watching.



“Will Forrest Lamp ever play? Why is he still on the roster at this point?” Lamp clicked Like.



“Lamp has been a waste so far.” Like.



“Lamp is a bust pick. Nothing will convince me otherwise. Nothing.”...