The No. 5 seed Los Angeles Chargers travel to Texas to play the No. seed Houston Texans in an AFC wild-card game as the NFL playoffs begin.
It’s the first time the two teams have met in the playoffs. The Chargers are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2022 when the team lost in the wild-card round to the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Texans lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC divisional round.
Quarterback Justin Herbert leads the Chargers, having completed 332 of 504 passes for 3,870 yards, 23 touchdowns and three interceptions. Rookie Ladd McConkey has served as Herbert’s leading target with 82 receptions for 1,149 yards and seven touchdowns.
The Texans, meanwhile, are back in the playoffs for the second consecutive season behind C.J. Stroud. The second-year quarterback completed 336 of 532 pass attempts for 3,727 yards, 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in 17 games played. Running back Joe Mixon has rushed for 1,016 yards and 11 touchdowns on 245 carries.
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The Houston Texans will take on the Los Angeles Chargers as the NFL playoffs open with an AFC wild-card game at Houston’s NRG Stadium. The game kicks off at 4:30 p.m. ET.
CBS will broadcast the NFL wild-card game between the Houston Texans and the Los Angeles Chargers with Ian Eagle (play-by-play), Charles Davis (analyst) and Evan Washburn (sideline reporter) calling the action.
The NFL wild-card playoff game between the Houston Texans and Los Angeles Chargers can be streamed on Paramount+ or you can turn to Fubo, which offers a free trial subscription. Fubo carries CBS, as well as NBC, FOX, ABC, NFL Network and the ESPN family of networks, meaning you can catch NFL action through much of the playoffs.
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