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The Los Angeles Chargers seemingly lost all of their powers ahead of the 2026 regular season, which might be the only explanation for the team's futility through six weeks. Once thought of as a Super Bowl contender, the Chargers will be lucky if a ticket is enough to gain entry into their home stadium when February rolls around.
Justin Herbert hasn't looked like himself in the team's new-look offense and Jim Harbaugh's seat needs a lot more than a fire extinguisher to put out that blaze.
Winless heading into the bye week, the season is all but over for L.A., barring a miracle and some higher power getting involved.
The Chargers sealed their fate by failing to show up to this point and the schedule is certainly unforgiving. For one week though, L.A. can forget about everything that went wrong before getting a dose of reality when work begins again on Monday morning.
Here's a look at their record, AFC West standings and remaining schedule as the season continues.
Are the Chargers playing today?
The Chargers are not playing in Week 7. They join the Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars and Washington Commanders as the four NFL teams getting the week off before returning to action in Week 8.
L.A. is in the basement of the AFC West and there is no sign of them getting out anytime soon. Already three games behind the third-place Raiders, the Chargers are faced with three more difficult games coming right out of the bye, with no obvious win in sight:
- Week 8 (Nov. 1): at Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m. ET, Fox
- Week 9 (Nov. 8): vs. Houston Texans, 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS
- Week 10 (Nov. 16): at Baltimore Ravens, 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN ("Monday Night Football")
Los Angeles Chargers schedule
- Week 1 (Sept. 13): vs. Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS
- Week 2 (Sept 20): vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS
- Week 3 (Sept. 27): at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m. ET, Fox
- Week 4 (Oct. 4): at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS
- Week 5 (Oct. 11): vs. Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS
- Week 6 (Oct. 18): at Kansas City Chiefs, 1:25 p.m. ET, CBS
- Week 7: BYE
- Week 8 (Nov. 1): at Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m. ET, Fox
- Week 9 (Nov. 8): vs. Houston Texans, 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS
- Week 10 (Nov. 16): at Baltimore Ravens, 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN ("Monday Night Football")
- Week 11 (Nov. 22): vs. New York Jets, 4:05 p.m. ET, Fox
- Week 12 (Nov. 29): vs. New England Patriots, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC ("Sunday Night Football")
- Week 13 (Dec. 6): at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
- Week 14 (Dec. 13): at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS
- Week 15 (Dec. 17): vs. San Francisco 49ers, 8:15 p.m. ET, Amazon Prime Video ("Thursday Night Football")
- Week 16 (Dec. 27): at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m. ET, Fox
- Week 17 (TBD): vs. Kansas City Chiefs, TBD, TBD
- Week 18 (TBD): at Denver Broncos, TBD, TBD
AFC West standings
- Kansas City Chiefs: (5-0)
- Denver Broncos: (4-2)
- Las Vegas Raiders: (3-3)
- Los Angeles Chargers: (0-6)
NFL Week 7 schedule
Here's a look at the Week 7 schedule (all times Eastern):
Thursday, Oct. 22
- New England Patriots at Chicago Bears, 8:15 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
Sunday, Oct. 25
- Pittsburgh Steelers at New Orleans Saints (Paris), 9:30 a.m., NFL Network
- San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox
- Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox
- New York Giants at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., Fox
- Indianapolis Colts at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., CBS
- Miami Dolphins at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
- Cleveland Browns at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS
- Denver Broncos at Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m., CBS
- Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions, 4:25 p.m., Fox
- Los Angeles Rams at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:25 p.m., Fox
- Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Oct. 26
- Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 8:15 p.m., ESPN/ABC
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Are the Chargers playing today? NFL Week 7 schedule, next game, AFC West standings
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