A spot within the AFC postseason bracket is up for grabs with two AFC West rivals — the 9-5 Denver Broncos and 8-6 Los Angeles Chargers — squaring off in Los Angeles on Thursday night time.
Denver, using a four-game successful streak and at the moment sitting because the convention’s sixth seed, can clinch postseason spot Thursday night time with a win or a tie. That means the Broncos are the cusp of their first playoff look for the reason that 2015 season after they gained Super Bowl 50 in Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning’s swan track.
The Broncos’ present, eight-season postseason drought is the longest playoff dry spell in NFL historical past following a workforce’s Super Bowl victory. Los Angeles is correct behind Denver because the AFC’s seventh seed, and the Chargers can earn a postseason berth in Week 16 with a win Thursday night time and losses by each the Miami Dolphins and the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
The ‘TNF’ victor will doubtless be determined by which quarterback, Broncos rookie Bo Nix and Chargers veteran Justin Herbert, can transfer the ball higher towards their opponent’s top-scoring defenses. Both Denver and Los Angeles, together with the Philadelphia Eagles, colead the NFL in factors per sport allowed, surrendering solely 17.6 factors per sport.
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Chargers vs. Broncos the place to observe
Date: Thursday, Dec. 19 | Time: 8:15 p.m. ET
Location: SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California)
Stream: Prime Video
Follow: CBS Sports App
Odds: Chargers -2.5, O/U 41.5 (SportsLine consensus)
