Short week is a tall order as Chargers aim to surpass Broncos with a season sweep
LA TimesCoach Jim Harbaugh gives a thumbs up to the crowd after the Chargers beat the Broncos in Denver in October for the first time since 2016. Instead of the AFC North teams currently outside of the playoff picture, the NFL’s first “Thursday Night Football” flex will treat a national audience to a matchup with direct playoff implications. So whoever can get ahead mentally is gonna have that bigger edge.” Familiarity between the divisional rivals makes the game preparation on a short week easier, coaches and players said. After the loss, the Broncos turned around for a road Thursday night game, mastering the difficult condensed week to defeat the Saints in New Orleans on Oct. 17. “I just think we as coaches have learned a lot about how to play these games maybe differently than when we were first doing it,” Broncos coach Sean Payton told reporters this week of preparing for a second Thursday night game in a season.
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