Overview
- Kickoff is 4:30 p.m. ET at SoFi Stadium on NFL Network in a nationally televised Week 17 matchup.
- Houston secures a postseason berth with a win, and can also clinch if the Colts lose to the Jaguars.
- Los Angeles has already locked up a playoff berth but remains in the AFC West chase that hinges on today's result.
- The Chargers face key absences and questions in the front seven and offensive line, including LB Denzel Perryman’s upheld two-game suspension, LT Jamaree Salyer out, RT Trey Pipkins returning and RG Mekhi Becton questionable.
- Houston brings the NFL’s top-ranked defense and an active seven-game win streak into a rematch of last season’s wild-card game in which the Texans intercepted Justin Herbert four times.