Ranking the Chargers’ potential playoff opponents from best to worst matchup
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Ranking the Chargers’ potential playoff opponents from best to worst matchup

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The playoff-clinching scenario for the Los Angeles Chargers is as simple as possible this week: If they win at the New England Patriots on Saturday, they are in. The AFC playoff seeding remains fluid, and the Chargers could face any of five teams in the opening round: the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens or Houston Texans. Here is how I would rank those five potential opponents, from the best matchup for the Chargers to the worst matchup. A Harbaugh brothers rematch in the playoffs would be tough for the Chargers, particularly trying to slow down running back Derrick Henry. Facing Henry in a playoff game is not an ideal matchup with how the Chargers have been playing the run — and that is before even factoring in an MVP candidate in quarterback Lamar Jackson.

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