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Chargers win social media ahead of NFL schedule release

The Los Angeles Chargers have one of the best social media accounts in the league.

The Chargers are big winners of social media on Wednesday.

We will find out when, who and where Los Angeles will be playing soon. But prior to the schedule release, the Bolts’ social media crew poked fun by creating a thread, comparing their future opponents to different flavors of Pop Tarts with the most absurd “flavors.”

Let’s take a look:

Ravens:

Bengals:

Browns:

Cowboys:

Broncos:

Texans:

Chiefs:

Raiders: 

Vikings:

Patriots:

Giants:

Eagles: 

Steelers:

Washington Football Team:

Tracking the Chargers’ 2021 schedule

The NFL will officially announce the schedule in a few hours, but we know when some of the games will be played and the opponents.

The NFL will officially announce the schedule on Wednesday night, but some dates have leaked around the league.

Here’s a look the reported dates and opponents for the Chargers’ 2021 schedule:

Week 1: @ Washington Football Team (Sept. 12 @ 1 p.m. PT) – Confirmed

Week 2: vs. Cowboys (Sept. 19) – Reported by OC Register’s Gilbert Manzano

Week 3: @ Chiefs (Sept. 26) – Reported by OC Register’s Gilbert Manzano

Week 4: vs. Raiders (Oct. 4) MNF – Reported by The Athletic’s Daniel Popper

Week 5: 

Week 6: @ Ravens (Oct. 17) – Reported by OC Register’s Gilbert Manzano

Week 7: Bye – Reported by LA Times’ Jeff Miller

Week 8:

Week 9: 

Week 10: vs. Vikings (Nov. 14) – Reported by Star Tribune’s Ben Goessling

Week 11: vs. Steelers (Nov. 21) SNF – Reported by The Athletic’s Daniel Popper

Week 12:

Week 13: 

Week 14: 

Week 15: 

Week 16: @ Texans (Dec. 26) Reported by NBC Houston’s Vanessa Richardson

Week 17: 

Week 18: No times or dates will be determined until after Week 17

Chargers open as favorites over Football Team in season opener

The Los Angeles Chargers are looking to start the 2021 regular season on the right track.

The entire schedule for the 2021 regular season will be unveiled later today, but we do know who the Chargers will open up against.

Los Angeles is set to travel to face Washington Football Team, and oddsmakers believe that the road team will come out on top.

L.A. opens up as two-point favorites, per BetMGM.

After finishing with a 7-9 record and NFC East champions, Football Team enters this season with the same dynamic defense from last year, with a few new pieces. In addition, their offense will be led by new quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick.

The Bolts, on the other hand, also finished 7-9 in 2020. They will have new head coach Brandon Staley and his staff in charge of a team that features 2020 Offensive Rookie of the Year, Justin Herbert and a roster with some new players and familiar faces.

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NFL finalizes 17th regular season game, Chargers will face Vikings in 2021

The NFL will have 18 weeks of regular season action now.

A 17-game regular season in the NFL has been coming for a while now, and it has finally been made official.

The season will now consist of 272 games (previously 256), with each of the league’s 32 teams playing 17 games during an 18-week period with a standard bye week.

With the added 17th game, the standard four-game preseason has been reduced to three games.

Additionally, given the expansion of the regular season, Super Bowl LVI, which will be played at SoFi Stadium, will now be pushed one week later, from Feb. 6 to Feb. 13, 2022.

So, what does this mean for the Chargers? With the addition of the 17th game, Los Angeles will now serve as host to the Minnesota Vikings to conclude the regular season matchups in 2021.

Click here to see a rundown of the rest of the team’s 2021 opponents.

Chargers’ 2021 opponents announced

The Los Angeles Chargers now know which teams they’ll be playing in the 2021 NFL regular season.

With the NFL’s 2020 regular season in the books, teams now know who they are slated to play in 2021.

For the Chargers, they will play their annual home and away series against the rest of the AFC West, as well as cross divisional games against the AFC North and NFC East. In addition, L.A. will play the third-place teams in the AFC East and AFC South after finishing third in their division.

With that being said, here are the 16 teams that the Bolts will play next season:

Home: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers

Away: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, The Washington Football Team, Cincinnati Bengals

The exact dates for each game will be announced later this year.

Chargers have one of easiest schedules remaining in NFL

The Los Angeles Chargers will have a favorable schedule after the bye week.

The Chargers’ 2020 season hasn’t gotten off to a great start, as they’re sitting with a 1-4 record.

Los Angeles has went down to the wire with every team they’ve played, including some of the best like the Chiefs and Buccaneers, but have struggled to close out games.

All of their losses have been within a score. This has been an ongoing issue dating back to last season, as the Bolts are 3-13 in one-score games since the start of 2019.

While L.A. looks to make a turnaround to their season, they have a favorable schedule to get back on track.

According to CBS Sports’ John Breech, the Chargers have the fourth-easiest schedule remaining in the league. Opponents have a .404 combined winning percentage.

The only opponents with a winning record that Los Angeles has yet to play are the Chiefs, Bills, Raiders (twice) and Patriots.

Along with having a pretty easy schedule, L.A. will benefit from getting key players back from their perspective injuries following the bye.

These things will help, but ultimately, the team will have to make changes to their play-calling, fix in-game woes like costly penalties and turnovers if they want to get back to the win column.

Chargers updated 2020 schedule announced

The Los Angeles Chargers will enjoy their bye week following the Monday night matchup against the New Orleans Saints.

Significant changes occurred to the 2020 schedule after the NFL was forced to reschedule the Monday night matchup between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots due to a positive coronavirus test that popped up on Sunday.

The Chargers were among the few teams that were effected from the schedule reshuffling. One of the major changes made to Los Angeles’ schedule includes their bye week next weekend as opposed to having it in Week 10.

Here’s a look at the Bolts’ updated schedule for the rest of the season:

Week 5 at New Orleans Saints, Oct. 12 @ 5:15 p.m. PT (ESPN)

Week 6 —  BYE WEEK

Week 7 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, Oct. 25 @ 1:25 p.m. PT (CBS) 

Week 8 at Denver Broncos, Nov. 1 @ 1:05 p.m. PT (CBS)

Week 9 vs. Las Vegas Raiders, Nov. 8 @ 1:05 p.m. PT (FOX)

Week 10 at Miami Dolphins, Nov. 15 @ 1:05 p.m. PT (CBS)

Week 11 vs. New York Jets, Nov. 22 @ 1:05 p.m. PT (CBS) 

Week 12 at Buffalo Bills, Nov. 29 @ 10:00 a.m. PT (CBS)

Week 13 vs. New England Patriots, Dec. 6, 1:25 p.m. PT (CBS)

Week 14 vs. Atlanta Falcons, Dec. 13 @ 1:25 p.m. PT (FOX)

Week 15 at Las Vegas Raiders, Dec. 17 @ 5:20 p.m. PT (FOX/NFL NETWORK/AMAZON)

Week 16 vs. Denver Broncos, Dec. 26 or Dec. 27 @ Time TBD (TBD)

Week 17 at Kansas City Chiefs, Jan. 3 @ 10:00 a.m. PT (CBS)

5 most winnable games on Chargers’ schedule in 2020

Which teams might not pose a huge threat to the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020?

The Chargers, along with the other 31 teams in the league, have known who, when and where they will be playing this upcoming season for nearly a week now.

After the schedule was officially released, we examined the toughest matchups for Los Angeles. So now it’s time to switch gears and look at the games that are the most winnable, in no particular order.

1. at Cincinnati Bengals, Sept. 13

A new era began in Cincinnati as No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow takes over under center. Even though the Bengals landed arguably the best player in the draft and a very talented quarterback, there’s always a large possibility of experiencing growing pains, especially in their professional debut. Not to mention, he will be going up against one of the league’s best defenses. Aside from key acquisitions that include second-round pick Tee Higgins, defensive tackle D.J. Reader, safety Von Bell, cornerback Trae Waynes, the team still doesn’t possess the firepower to pose a threat.

2. vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, Nov. 1

I’m not a firm believer in tanking, but if there was a team that was prone to doing so this season, it would be the Jaguars. Rather than signing a proven veteran like Cam Newton, they’re rolling with second-year Gardner Minshew. It could be because they have their eyes on Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence. Over the course of the past year, they let go of some key players and just a month ago, running back Leonard Fournette was on the trading block. Last season, the Chargers took care of business on their home turf by the score of 42-10. I expect a similar result with the only difference being the game will be played at SoFi Stadium.

3. at Miami Dolphins, Oct. 25

It’s easy to pencil in first-round pick Tua Tagovailoa as the starting quarterback this season for the Dolphins, but there’s a possibility of him using this year to redshirt in order to let his hip completely get back to 100%. That would mean that Ryan Fitzpatrick would likely be under center. That’s not a bad thing as Fitzpatrick has proven to be serviceable in the starting role. Miami’s defense looks improved after adding cornerback Byron Jones, linebacker Kyle Van Noy and defensive end Shaq Lawson. However, the Chargers overall roster is still more superior than the Dolphins’.

4. vs. New York Jets, Oct. 18

The Jets did a nice job this offseason to build around quarterback Sam Darnold by giving him some wide receiver help with the additions of rookie Denzel Mims and veteran Breshad Perriman. Along with that, they improved their offensive line with rookie Mekhi Becton and veteran Connor McGovern. This should be the best protection that Darnold has gotten in his professional career, but it shouldn’t be expected that the unit will mesh this quickly. I could see the Chargers giving fits to New York’s reconstructed offense.

5. vs. Carolina Panthers, Sept. 27

The Panthers went into full rebuild mode this offseason with the hiring of new coach Matt Rhule and parting ways with quarterback Cam Newton and tight end Greg Olson. Replacing Newton is Teddy Bridgewater, who was acquired earlier this offseason. Carolina has enough weapons on the offensive side of the ball, led by running back Christian McCaffrey and wide receiver Robby Anderson to be competitive. However, the defensive side of the ball is young and is lacking the firepower that was possessed by Luke Kuechly before announcing his retirement.

5 takeaways from Chargers’ 2020 schedule

The Los Angeles Chargers have a fairly manageable schedule for the 2020 season.

The 2020 schedule for the Chargers has been released, and for the most part, it’s fairly favorable. There are some challenges along the way, but with the talent on the roster, they’re capable of finishing with over a .500 record.

Here are my takeaways from Los Angeles’ schedule:

First exposure

The first game of the season, the Chargers will be on the road to take on the Bengals, the team that finished with the worst record in the NFL last season. As part of their roster reconstruction, Cincinnati selected quarterback Joe Burrow with the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft. Despite how talented he is, it’s rare that a rookie signal-caller flourishes in their professional debut. On top of that, the only weapon Burrow was given was wide receiver Tee Higgins, the Bengals’ second-round pick. Going up against a tough Chargers defense, the growing pains could be experienced right off the bat.

Tough home opener

After their bout on the road, the Chargers return home the week after to make their opener in their brand new stadium (SoFi Stadium). Fans are eager to see the Bolts in the 70,240-seat stadium, but it might not be a warm welcoming for them as they take on the reigning Super Bowl champions. While Los Angeles will look to make their mark with a victory over Kansas City, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and company will be eager to crash the party. The Chiefs have defeated the Chargers in front of their home crowd in the past seven consecutive seasons.

Primetime might not be so prime

The Chargers had three primetime games in 2019. This year will only be two. However, either one of those games against the Saints or the Raiders, won’t be at SoFi Stadium. They will both be on the road, which means Los Angeles will have to earn the league’s respect after failing to show they could bring fans the past three seasons after the move to L.A. The Rams, on the other hand, will have five primetime matchups, with three of those being at the brand new stadium.

Facing two of the greatests back-to-back

After taking the league by storm with the Patriots, Tom Brady starts a new chapter with the Buccaneers. The Chargers will travel to face Brady and company in Week 4, looking to knock him off, likely for the last time in his professional career. But the quarterback play doesn’t get any easier the week after, as Los Angeles travels to New Orleans to take on the Saints on Monday night. Like Brady, this will be the last time the Bolts see Drew Brees as a professional. The Chargers have yet to beat Brady and Brees within the past decade.

Might get a little chilly

The Chargers, who are used to relatively warm weather year around, might have to be a little uncomfortable for two consecutive games. The Week 11 and Week 12 matchups against the Broncos and Bills, respectively, could draw in some cold temperatures, potentially some snow. The Week 17 bout against the Chiefs won’t bring warm temperatures, either. Regardless, Los Angeles has showed in the past that they are able to fare well in colder climates.

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POLL: How many games will Chargers win in 2020?

Will the Los Angeles Chargers turn things around after a disastrous 2019 season?

The Chargers’ 2020 schedule was finally released on Thursday.

Coming off a year that wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows as they finished 5-11 because of a combination of injuries and struggling to close out games, Los Angeles is eager to have a quick turnaround in the upcoming season.

With their schedule set in stone, we have more information to use in order to predict how this season might shake out for L.A.

Recently, I made my prediction, projecting the Bolts to finish with a 9-7 record. Even though we don’t know how the quarterback play is going to shape up after the departure of Philip Rivers, the talent on both sides of the ball should be able to elevate them.

So what do you think, Chargers fans? What do you make of the team’s success this season?

Weigh in on the Bolts’ win total in 2020 in the poll below.

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