The Chargers are headed to Jacksonville for the Wild Card round of the playoffs.
The teams will meet Saturday at 5:15 p.m. (PT) at TIAA Bank Field.
“We’re going to be ready to play,” said Chargers Head Coach Brandon Staley. “I’m proud of the football team for the season that we’ve had.
“We’ve come a long way since the beginning of the season, now we’ve got to have a great week of practice so we can be our best whenever they tell us to play,” Staley added.
The matchup will be between the No. 4 and 5 seeds in the AFC playoff field.
The Bolts are the fifth seed after going 10-7 this season and claiming the first of three Wild Card spots.
Jacksonville is the AFC’s fourth seed after going 9-8 and winning the AFC South. The Jaguars picked up a 20-16 victory Saturday night over the Titans to claim a division crown. The win marked their fifth in a row.
“They’re rolling, they got that momentum,” said defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day. “They’re rolling, they’ve won what, five in a row?
“They’re rolling, they’re confident, they’re feeling good, which they should be,” Joseph-Day added. “It’s going to be fun playing against them. It’s going to be a really good team with really talented players on that side.”
The Chargers are headed to the playoffs for the first time since 2018, while the Jaguars are in the postseason for the first time since 2017. The Bolts are 6-2 all-time in the Wild Card round of the playoffs.
The Chargers and Jaguars have never met in the postseason, but the teams did play at SoFi Stadium in Week 3 of the 2022 season.
Jacksonville picked up a 38-10 win back in late September in the Chargers largest loss of the season.
“I think we’ve grown quite a bit,” said Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert. “That game obviously didn’t go our way, but it’s a tough team we’re going up against and we’re pretty tough as well.
“Excited for the opportunity to just be in the playoffs and getting a shot at whoever, but the Jags, we’ve got a lot respect for them as an opponent,”…
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