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Clocking in with zero Primetime games outside of the mandatory Thursday Night Football contest in mid-December, the Chargers’ schedule features three 10:00 a.m. starts in addition to a trip to London (at the expense of a home game).
Here is the Chargers 2018 schedule, featuring a game in London:
- vs Chiefs, 9/9, 1:05 p.m. CBS
2. at Bills, 9/16, 10:00 a.m. CBS
3. at Rams, 9/23, 1:05 p.m. CBS
4. vs 49ers, 9/30, 1:25 p.m. CBS
5. vs Raiders, 10/7, 1:05 p.m. CBS
6. at Browns, 10/14, 10:00 a.m. CBS
7. vs Titans (in London), 10/21, 6:30 a.m. CBS
8. Bye
9. at Seahawks, 11/4, 1:05 p.m. CBS
10. at Raiders, 11/11, 1:05 p.m. FOX
11. vs Broncos, 11/18, 1:05 p.m. CBS
12. vs Cardinals, 11/25, 1:05 p.m. FOX
13. at Steelers, 12/2, 10:00 a.m. CBS
14. vs Bengals, 12/9, 1:05 p.m. CBS
15. at Chiefs, 12/13, 5:20 p.m. FOX / NFLN
16. vs Ravens, 12/22 or 12/23, TBD, TBD TBD
17. at Broncos, 12/30, 1:25 p.m. CBS
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The Chargers have one of the weakest schedules in the NFL based on last year’s results. This has a lot to do with the weakened version of the AFC West that we saw in 2017.
Prior to the release of the schedule, we already know which teams the Chargers will play even though we don’t know when those games will be. Six games are always home and home against the rest of the division. Another eight games are based on a rotating AFC and NFC division. The last two games are then played against whichever teams finished in the same spot as the Chargers in the remaining two AFC divisions.
Chargers 2018 Preseason Schedule
Week 1: Los Angeles Chargers at Arizona Cardinals
Week 2: Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Chargers
Week 3: New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Chargers
Week 4: Los Angeles Chargers at San Francisco 49ers
Chargers 2018 Strength of Schedule
1 Green Bay Packers - .539
T-2 New Orleans Saints - .535
T-2 Detroit Lions - .535
4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers - .531
T-5 Cleveland Browns - .523
T-5 Los Angeles Rams - .523
T-5 Seattle Seahawks - .523
T-8 Chicago Bears - .520
T-8 Minnesota Vikings - .520
T-8 New York Giants - .520
T-8 Arizona Cardinals - .520
12 Carolina Panthers - .512
13 Atlanta Falcons - .508
14 Washington Redskins - .504
T-15 San Francisco 49ers - .500
T-15 Miami Dolphins - .500
T-15 Dallas Cowboys - .500
18 Buffalo Bills - .496
T-19 Philadelphia Eagles - .492
T-19 Kansas City Chiefs - .492
21 Baltimore Ravens - .488
T-22 New England Patriots - .484
T-22 Indianapolis Colts - .484
24 Los Angeles Chargers - .480
T-25 Pittsburgh Steelers - .477
T-25 Jacksonville Jaguars - .477
T-25 New York Jets - .477
T-25 Denver Broncos - .477
T-29 Oakland Raiders - .473
T-29 Cincinnati Bengals - .473
31 Tennessee Titans - .465
32 Houston Texans - .453
Chargers 2018 Opponents
Home: Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders, Ravens, Bengals, Cardinals, 49ers, Titans
Away: Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders, Browns, Steelers, Rams, Seahawks, Bills
Chargers 2019 Opponents
Home: Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders, Texans, Colts, Packers, Vikings, AFC North
Away: Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders, Jaguars, Titans, Bears, Lions, AFC East