From commencement to finish, the Chargers dominated nan Vikings connected Thursday night.
Behind 117 rushing yards from Kimani Vidal and 3 touchdown passes from Justin Herbert, Los Angeles cruised to a 37–10 triumph complete Minnesota to amended to 5–3 connected nan season. It was a needed consequence for coach Jim Harbaugh’s Chargers aft they suffered a 38–24 nonaccomplishment successful Week 7 to nan Colts.
Following their triumph to footwear disconnected Week 8, nan Chargers moved up into 2nd spot successful nan AFC West, conscionable a half crippled down nan rival Broncos (5–2) and a half crippled up of nan Chiefs (4–3). If nan play ended Thursday night, nan Chargers would beryllium nan No. 6 seed successful nan AFC and play a roadworthy crippled successful nan wild-card information against nan No. 3 seed Broncos.
Los Angeles’s likelihood to make nan playoffs, according to NFL.com, guidelines astatine 66%. If they would person mislaid to nan Vikings, those likelihood would’ve dropped to 44%.
In nan different locker room, nan Vikings—now 3–4—are a mess. Carson Wentz certainly isn’t nan answer nether center, and while J.J. McCarthy returning from wounded is their past dream to prevention nan season, he hasn’t played good successful 7 of nan 8 quarters he’s been connected nan field.
Minnesota, successful past spot successful nan NFC North, is 3 games retired of a playoff spot pinch 10 to go. NFL.com gives nan Vikings a 13% chance to make nan playoffs—a number that would’ve accrued to 25% had they figured retired a measurement to triumph astatine SoFi Stadium.
Following nan Chargers' triumph Thursday night, here's really nan NFL playoff image looks heading into nan play (Note: each playoff likelihood are provided by NFL.com):
1 | Colts (6–1) | 94% |
2 | Patriots (5–2) | 78% |
3 | Broncos (5–2) | 77% |
4 | Steelers (4–2) | 60% |
5 | Bills (4–2) | 82% |
6 | Chargers (5–3) | 66% |
7 | Jaguars (4–3) | 55% |
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8 | Chiefs (4–3) | 79% |
9 | Bengals (3–4) | 20% |
10 | Texans (2–4) | 35% |
11 | Raiders (2–5) | 3% |
12 | Browns (2–5) | 5% |
13 | Ravens (1–5) | 44% |
14 | Dolphins (1–6) | 1% |
15 | Titans (1–6) | 1% |
16 | Jets (0–7) | 1% |
NFC Playoff Picture
1 | Packers (4–1–1) | 81% |
2 | 49ers (5–2) | 75% |
3 | Eagles (5–2) | 89% |
4 | Buccaneers (5–2) | 85% |
5 | Lions (5–2) | 83% |
6 | Seahawks (5–2) | 71% |
7 | Rams (5–2) | 91% |
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8 | Bears (4–2) | 29% |
9 | Panthers (4–3) | 12% |
10 | Cowboys (3–3–1) | 20% |
11 | Falcons (3–3) | 32% |
12 | Vikings (3–4) | 13% |
13 | Commanders (3–4) | 10% |
14 | Cardinals (2–5) | 2% |
15 | Giants (2–5) | 3% |
16 | Saints (1–6) | 2% |
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