Broncos kickoff time for Week 18 home game vs. Chargers announced
Dec 28, 2025
The Broncos will play for the No. 1 seed in the AFC on Sunday afternoon.
Denver is set to host the Los Angeles Chargers at 2:25 p.m. Sunday at Empower Field. CBS has the broadcast.
The NFL announced the full set of games for the final week of the regular season on Sunday night.
The Broncos have put
themselves in the best position of any team in the AFC. When the Chargers lost Saturday to Houston, Denver clinched the West division championship.
Their ideal scenario is simple: Beat the Chargers and clinch the No. 1 seed in the conference, a bye through the Wild Card round and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
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No other result matters.
The weekend’s games, though, narrowed the possibilities in the event of a Denver loss.
Buffalo dropped out of the race for the No. 1 seed with a home loss to Philadelphia on Sunday, leaving three teams still in the picture for the No. 1 seed headed to Week 18: Denver, New England (13-3) and Jacksonville (12-4).
The Jaguars play at 1 p.m. Sunday against Tennessee (3-13) while the Patriots play Miami (7-9) at 2:25 p.m.
Here are the seeding possibilities for Denver:
How Denver could land the No. 1 seed:
Broncos win OR
Broncos tie and Patriots tie/lose OR
Broncos loss and Patriots lose and Jaguars tie/lose
How Denver could land the No. 2 seed:
Broncos tie and Patriots win OR
Broncos loss and Patriots win/tie and Jaguars tie/loss
How Denver could land the No. 3 seed:
Broncos loss and Patriots win/tie and Jaguars win
Complete Week 18 schedule:
Saturday, Jan. 3
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 2:30 p.m.
Seattle at San Francisco, 6 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 4
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.
Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.
Green Bay at Minnesota, 11 a.m.
Indianapolis at Houston, 11 a.m.
New Orleans at Atlanta, 11 a.m.
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.
Arizona at L.A. Rams, 2:25 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 2:25 p.m.
Kansas City at Las Vegas, 2:25 p.m.
L.A. Chargers at Denver, 2:25 p.m.
Miami at New England, 2:25 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 2:25 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 2:25 p.m.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 6:20 p.m.
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