With each groups combating for playoff place, the Chargers’ Week 16 sport towards their AFC West rival Denver Broncos was moved right into a prime-time TV slot, the NFL introduced Friday, shifting a sport to “Thursday Night Football” for the primary time.
The Chargers (7-3) will host the Broncos (6-5) at SoFi Stadium on Dec. 19 at 5:15 p.m. PST, pushing a sport between the Cleveland Browns (3-8) and Cincinnati Bengals (4-7) to 10 a.m. PST on Dec. 22. It’s the primary time the NFL has moved a sport to Thursday because it was allowed final yr.
The schedule change offers the Chargers their solely Thursday night time sport of the season, offering the staff a 10-day prep week getting into a Week 17 street sport at New England. The lengthy week may very well be a welcome relaxation for the Chargers, who had their bye in Week 4.
The Chargers — who could have a brief week after internet hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Dec. 15 — gained in Denver on Oct. 13, their first street win towards the Broncos since 2018. Each AFC West groups are in playoff place getting into Week 12, with the Chargers within the fifth-seed and the Broncos in seventh.
The schedule change gave the Chargers their fourth prime-time sport in six weeks, a run of TV publicity that features this week’s “Monday Night Football” sport towards the Baltimore Ravens. In addition they play the two-time defending champion Kansas Metropolis Chiefs at 5:20 p.m. PST on Dec. 8 in Week 14.
