Overview
- Kickoff is 8:20 p.m. ET at SoFi Stadium on NBC, with streaming available on Peacock.
- Los Angeles enters 6-3 and Pittsburgh 5-3, with sportsbooks pricing the Chargers as roughly 3-point favorites.
- The Chargers’ offensive front remains thinned: Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater are out for the season, Bobby Hart is out, and Mekhi Becton is listed as questionable.
- Pittsburgh’s defense leans on pressure and takeaways, ranking among the league leaders in blitz rate and coming off a six-turnover outing against the Colts.
- The marquee quarterback matchup features Justin Herbert (18 TDs, 8 INTs) and Aaron Rodgers (17 TDs), with Los Angeles’ banged-up running back room increasing Herbert’s workload.