The Chargers host Denver with several key players returning for a must-win game if they want to reach the playoffs. They also need help from rivals.
“Now the true saying of ‘now or never,’” defensive tackle Linval Joseph said, “is now or never.”
If all three games fall the other way, the Chargers would be in serious trouble. Anything in between means the seemingly never-ending intrigue of the 2021 NFL season would extend — quite fittingly — into the league’s first-ever Week 18.The Chargers put themselves in this teetering position with a shockingly uninspired performance in a. When that game began, they were favored by 13 points, the widest projected margin in the NFL in Week 16.
It doesn’t figure to be easy but little has been for the 2021 Chargers or this franchise against the Broncos of late. Denver has won four of the last five meetings, includingThe Chargers have lost two in a row — surrendering 75 points total — and, after opening the season 4-1, are 4-6. They’ve lost half of the eight home games and could finish behind the currently last-place Broncos in the division.
Among those now back are edge rusher Joey Bosa and center Corey Linsley, both Pro Bowl players. Running back Austin Ekeler and wide receiver Mike Williams, both Pro Bowl alternates, also have returned. Much like the Texans a week ago, the Broncos have been ravaged by COVID. They called up eight players from their practice squad Saturday.The Times’ Sam Farmer analyzes each matchup and predicts the winners of Week 17 of the 2021 NFL season.
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