With each groups preventing for playoff place, the Chargers’ Week 16 recreation towards their AFC West rival Denver Broncos was moved right into a prime-time TV slot, the NFL introduced Friday, shifting a recreation 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 recreation 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 recreation to Thursday because it was allowed final 12 months.
The schedule change offers the Chargers their solely Thursday night time recreation of the season, offering the workforce a 10-day prep week coming into a Week 17 highway recreation at New England. The lengthy week might be a welcome relaxation for the Chargers, who had their bye in Week 4.
The Chargers — who can have a brief week after internet hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Dec. 15 — received in Denver on Oct. 13, their first highway win towards the Broncos since 2018. Each AFC West groups are in playoff place coming 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 recreation in six weeks, a run of TV publicity that features this week’s “Monday Night Football” recreation towards the Baltimore Ravens. Additionally they play the two-time defending champion Kansas Metropolis Chiefs at 5:20 p.m. PST on Dec. 8 in Week 14.
