Jim Harbaugh and Justin Herbert’s Los Angeles Chargers sit on a 7-4 record entering Week 12 of the NFL season.
On the heels of an ugly 35-6 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Chargers are one of the teams sitting out of the Week 12 action on a bye.
Call it a refreshing twist in Year 2 of the Jim Harbaugh experience. Last year, the Chargers had a Week 5 bye, with the break coming in early October and creating a gauntlet where they had to play a game every week from October 13 through January 5.
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This time? The Chargers have had to travel more than pretty much any other team. They started the season in Brazil after training camp and have been on a sprint from September 5 to November 16.
But the Chargers finish the season after the bye with six more games, including a rematch with all three AFC West rivals. If they can pick up three or four more wins, the sprint will likely continue into the playoffs.
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Week 1: September 5, vs. Chiefs, 8:15 p.m. ET, Youtube (Brazil): W 27-21
Week 2: Sept. 15, at Las Vegas, 7 p.m. (ESPN): W 20-9
Week 3: Sept. 21, DENVER, 1:05 p.m. (CBS): W 23-20
Week 4: Sept. 28, at New York Giants, 10 a.m. (CBS): L 21-18
Week 5:Oct. 5, WASHINGTON, 1:25 p.m. (Fox): L 27-10
Week 6: Oct. 12, at Miami, 10 a.m. (CBS): W 29-27
Week 7: Oct. 19, INDIANAPOLIS, 1:05 p.m. (CBS): 38-24
Week 8: Oct. 23, MINNESOTA, 5:15 p.m. (Prime Video): W 37-10
Week 9: Nov. 2, at Tennessee, 10 a.m. (CBS): W 27-20
Week 10: Nov. 9, PITTSBURGH, 5:20 p.m. (NBC): W 25-10
Week 11: Nov. 16, at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. (CBS): L 35-6
Week 12: BYE
Week 13: Nov. 30, LAS VEGAS, 1:25 p.m. (CBS)
Week 14: Dec. 8, Philadelphia, 5:15 p.m. (ABC/ESPN)
Week 15: Dec. 14, at Kansas City, 10 a.m. (CBS)
Week 16: Dec. 21, at Dallas, 10 a.m. (Fox)
Week 17: HOUSTON, TBD
Week 18: at Denver, TBD
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