Dec. 14, 2025, 7:45 a.m. CT<\/p>\n
The Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> will have to defeat the Los Angeles Chargers this afternoon if they intend to salvage their 2025 regular-season campaign.<\/p>\n At 6-7, the Chiefs’ chances of making the postseason are slim, but Kansas City isn’t totally out of the playoff race just yet.<\/p>\n With a win over Los Angeles in Week 15, the Chiefs could potentially catapult themselves back into contention with just a few games left to be played.<\/p>\n This week, Chiefs Wire sat down with Gavino Borquez<\/a> of Chargers Wire<\/a> to get the inside scoop on Los Angeles before today’s contest.<\/p>\n Take a look at Borquez’s answers to our top questions below:<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Is Justin Herbert ready for the spotlight of the NFL Playoffs?<\/p>\n “Herbert has shown that he can overcome a battered offensive line. See last week against the Eagles<\/a>. After falling short to the Texans<\/a> in the Wild Card round last year, I believe Herbert is equipped to win at least a game in the playoffs.”<\/p>\n How did Los Angeles orchestrate its 2025 turnaround?<\/p>\n “Complementary football. It helps that Herbert is a machine. And along with him, the defense has played a really good brand of football this season to keep the team in games.”<\/p>\n Who has been the Chargers\u2019 most improved defender this season?<\/p>\n “CB Donte Jackson. Jackson has been an integral part of Jesse Minter\u2019s defense. He is one interception shy from tying his career best, and he\u2019s already topped his passes defended (12).”<\/p>\n Final score prediction: Who wins and why?<\/p>\n “The Chargers haven\u2019t won in Arrowhead Stadium since 2021 and I think that streak continues. Los Angeles is going to need some production from the passing game and I don\u2019t know if Herbert is still 100%. Even though the Chiefs are a long shot to make the playoffs, I think Patrick Mahomes keeps their hopes alive in a cold and low-scoring game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec. 14, 2025, 7:45 a.m. CT The Kansas City Chiefs will have to defeat the Los Angeles Chargers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[243,48,52,51,47,50,49,44194,34080,34081,378,51812,6327,12075,51813,11729,4704,379,366,374,1349,23277,11376,10231,377,246],"class_list":["post-94305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-accessfree","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-mo","tag-sstssportsnflchiefs","tag-sstsnchiefs","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagdonte-jackson","tag-taghouston-texans","tag-tagjustin-herbert","tag-tagkansas-city","tag-tagkansas-city-chiefs","tag-taglos-angeles","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpatrick-mahomes","tag-tagphiladelphia-eagles","tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}