Overview
- Houston enters Saturday on a seven-game win streak, while Los Angeles has already secured a playoff spot and can set up an AFC West title shot in Week 18 with a victory.
- The Chargers’ game-status report lists Kimani Vidal (neck), Mekhi Becton (knee) and Teair Tart (groin) as questionable, with Derius Davis, R.J. Mickens, Jamaree Salyer and Benjamin St-Juste ruled out, and linebacker Denzel Perryman serving a two-game suspension.
- The central matchup features the NFL’s top defense in Houston against a Chargers line that has struggled in protection, with Justin Herbert pressured on an NFL‑high 42.4% of dropbacks and the unit having allowed 28 sacks from Weeks 9–15.
- Kickoff is Saturday, Dec. 27 at 4:30 p.m. ET at SoFi Stadium, airing nationally on NFL Network and on CBS in the Los Angeles market, with streaming on Fubo in the U.S. and NFL Game Pass/DAZN internationally.
- Odds list the Chargers as roughly 1.5-point favorites with a total around 39.5, as Herbert seeks to move past last January’s 32–12 playoff loss to Houston in which he threw four interceptions and has emphasized ball security this week.