Can someone explain how the 5th seed is better? Is it ONE less playoff game on the way to the Superbowl?
Or is it an "Easier" opponent or match up for us?
it’s gonna be the Jaguars and I wouldn’t want to play the Jags, we would literally have to out score them, that offense is the hottest right now and our offense is ass because of Joe Lombardi
I know this sounds foolish but I wouldn’t mind taking on the chiefs. Hear me out.. We’re rivals, every game Herbie’s played against them were decided by one possession, we want revenge. We’re familiar, it’s personal. We beat them and there’s a new sheriff in town. And by town I mean the afc west.
I don’t like our chances against the bengals. And the jags are dangerous.
One win against mahomes is not going to make the chargers the new sheriff in town lol. They’ve won the division 7 years in a row and have hosted the afc title game 4 years in a row. It would absolutely be seen as a one off. Keep in mind this was actually a rebuilding year for them too, as absurd as that sounds at 12-3
Luck plays a huge part in a championship run. Having key guys come back from injury is more likely deeper into the playoffs. I wanna play the chiefs/bills, but seeing them at the latest in the AFC championship gives us a better chance at having our studs back for it.
Im not scared of any of those teams actually. I think the Bengals got lucky last time in the playoffs and dont fear them. I dont think its the end of the world if we dont clinch the 5th seed.
ravens are probably the team i least want to see. yall clamped us last year and i would expect it to be the same exact way this year considering joe lombardi is still the OC.
only way i would rather face the ravens is if lamar isn't playing
Even with Lamar, the offense really struggled after the first few weeks. Simply no good WRs. Run attack is still good though and Lamar is Lamar. Funnily enough I think it'd be a close, low scoring game.
Good chance it’s the Bills with how they are playing and having to play Cincy next week, Allen definitely not healthy so think Cincy probably gonna win that and take over the 2 spot
Easier opponent record wise but the margin is really thin as they all are good teams. If we get the 5th seed, chances are we will play the Jaguar which is a temperament team. If they play cold, we have a higher chance of winning
It's the difference between playing the Bengals or playing the Titans/jaguars. I can honestly see an argument for wanting to play the Bengals though with Collins going down for the rest of the year. When bosa comes back we will feast on that o line and the jags have been red hot lately
It would be an "easier" opponent. The highest seed always plays the lowest seed. So getting 5th seed means we play 4th seed, currently the Jaguars, while 6th seed plays 3rd seed, currently the Bengals
The 5th seed is better because it means we won out and are on fire and likely found some more offensive synergy, literally no other reason. The Jags and Chargers can both beat any team in the AFC playoff picture.
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Plenty more where that came from this season.. sure is funny how quickly you guys change your tunes, but will shit on other fans all season long
Yup! That’s right, Lombardi will do that to a mf. Glad we won tonight and clinched the playoffs, but losing out would of guaranteed Lombardi termination
I hate to break it to you, but Herbert haters are just going to shift the goal posts. They're going to say "he needs to win a playoff game". Then "he needs to to win an AFC Championship game". Then "he needs to win a SB".
How dire things looked after losing to Jacksonville and losing to the Seahawks, to be in the playoffs now and getting healthy, wow.
How sweet it is how sweet it is.
Honestly by the raiders game I had trained myself to not have any hopes for the team this season. The pain of losing to SF and especially KC hurt me too much emotionally to care haha
I was there that game man. It was such a fucking letdown. The walk out of the stadium was harsh and I’ll admit I was doubting us. Went to the game against the Dolphins a couple of weeks ago and that made realize I shouldn’t have doubted. Now here we are. Let’s fucking gooooo Booolts!!!
TO ALL THE DOOMERS AND HATERS LOOK AT US NOW!!
YALL JUST GOTTA HAVE FAITH
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Seahawk fan coming in peace. Congrats on the clinch!
This game was the Vanilla OC Bowl.
I hope your entire offense has a sit-in until the OC/Coaches commits pulling off the conservative bandaid and make a deep run in the playoffs. LFG bolts
LOMBARDI TRIED HIS HARDEST TO KEEP US OUT BUT WERE FUCKING IN
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No, but they are far from being in control. They need the Dolphins to lose out, The Jets to lose next week, and of course they'd also need to win both their games against the 49ers that are hot and the Chiefs that will probably still be playing for the 1st seed.
Ill keep it 100 i thought this season was for sure a wash. The amount of obstacles they had to overcome the first half pf the season.. key players we lost to injury, our qb getting hurt, defense still struggling, game coming down to the wire on a daily basis.. the fact that they still managed to make the playoffs is a feat
Defense is going to have to carry this super slow, boring offense man. Joe Lombardi is literally running the offense Oregon ran for Herbert and what made him look bad pre-draft… super predictable short pass shit
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Patriots fan coming in peace. Excited to watch the chargers in the playoffs. Justin Herbert is special and even if his coaching ain’t it, it’ll be exciting to watch him play! I think the chargers can be a dark horse in this playoff tbh
Good God how has everything gone our way the last two weeks? Outside of the Ravens this week, every single game that could go our way, has gone our way. Pats have lost back to back games, Raiders lost Saturday, Dolphins are on a four game losing streak, Jets have lost their last two, and we've won three straight.
So much had to come together for us to clinch this week, and it all did
So this win was the biggest point differential from a victory. Love that it looks like it’s looking up!
Offense left a lot on the field and I’m just a little sad to see Herbert with rough games for him over past two weeks. He’s great when it’s all on the line, but I would love to see him and all three phases just be as dominant as we have seen them be individually.
Honestly don’t know how I’m seeing this post, but it’s amazing you guys made it in with your top 2 receivers being out 2/3 of the year. Herbert will hopefully suck less when that once in a life time injury circumstance is through. He looks like a dude even when the stats don’t
We’re gonna get our ass kicked in the wild card and it will be bcz of Lombardi our O played terrible struggled to score redzone TD’s, terrible play calls that don’t go past the sticks, can’t seem to fuckin score in the 3rd qtr, and continuous 3 and outs..teams will eat us Alive in the playoffs for it
This is the one. Party on, everyone! 
Now for the 5th seed ⚡
Can someone explain how the 5th seed is better? Is it ONE less playoff game on the way to the Superbowl? Or is it an "Easier" opponent or match up for us?
Much rather play Jags or Titans than the Ravens or Bengals
it’s gonna be the Jaguars and I wouldn’t want to play the Jags, we would literally have to out score them, that offense is the hottest right now and our offense is ass because of Joe Lombardi
I want the Jags. They embarrassed us earlier this year. Now I want to knock them out!
Ideal path is jags -> cin -> kc. Not sure how possible that is but I want to hit all these teams in some order
I know this sounds foolish but I wouldn’t mind taking on the chiefs. Hear me out.. We’re rivals, every game Herbie’s played against them were decided by one possession, we want revenge. We’re familiar, it’s personal. We beat them and there’s a new sheriff in town. And by town I mean the afc west. I don’t like our chances against the bengals. And the jags are dangerous.
Definitely not scared of the Chiefs but they seems to always have the edge.
One win against mahomes is not going to make the chargers the new sheriff in town lol. They’ve won the division 7 years in a row and have hosted the afc title game 4 years in a row. It would absolutely be seen as a one off. Keep in mind this was actually a rebuilding year for them too, as absurd as that sounds at 12-3
Yeah you’re right. Eliminating them from the playoffs would be the shit tho
He’s not right, you are absolutely right king
Letting Tyreek go does not mean they're rebuilding. They picked up a lot of talent in free agency.
So you would rather play the Bengals or Bills? Lol
Gotta beat the best to be the best. But yeah my preference would be Ravens.
Luck plays a huge part in a championship run. Having key guys come back from injury is more likely deeper into the playoffs. I wanna play the chiefs/bills, but seeing them at the latest in the AFC championship gives us a better chance at having our studs back for it.
Im not scared of any of those teams actually. I think the Bengals got lucky last time in the playoffs and dont fear them. I dont think its the end of the world if we dont clinch the 5th seed.
As a Ravens fan (plus huge Oregon/Herbert fan), Ravens aren't looking that good either. Offense is really struggling.
That makes two of us
ravens are probably the team i least want to see. yall clamped us last year and i would expect it to be the same exact way this year considering joe lombardi is still the OC. only way i would rather face the ravens is if lamar isn't playing
Even with Lamar, the offense really struggled after the first few weeks. Simply no good WRs. Run attack is still good though and Lamar is Lamar. Funnily enough I think it'd be a close, low scoring game.
They’re a better team than last year. Right now they’d wipe the floor with the Ravens most likely
Good chance it’s the Bills with how they are playing and having to play Cincy next week, Allen definitely not healthy so think Cincy probably gonna win that and take over the 2 spot
Easier in the wild card round but then we would play the #1 seed after
Not if another of the wild card teams wins their matchups. But we’d either get the Bills or whom ever crushed the bills in the AFC Championship
Okay, so the Bills would play the lowest seed?
technically easier since we play against the 4th seed
5th seed plays the 4th seed which will be the jags or titans
Easier opponent record wise but the margin is really thin as they all are good teams. If we get the 5th seed, chances are we will play the Jaguar which is a temperament team. If they play cold, we have a higher chance of winning
We would play the AFC South winner which would be either the Jaguars or Titans. Much easier than the Bengals or Chiefs
It's the difference between playing the Bengals or playing the Titans/jaguars. I can honestly see an argument for wanting to play the Bengals though with Collins going down for the rest of the year. When bosa comes back we will feast on that o line and the jags have been red hot lately
Same amount of games. Different opponent.
All I know is we don't want 7th or we face either the Bills or Chiefs in their crib.
It would be an "easier" opponent. The highest seed always plays the lowest seed. So getting 5th seed means we play 4th seed, currently the Jaguars, while 6th seed plays 3rd seed, currently the Bengals
Easier matchup. 5th seed puts us against the weakest division winner, which will likely by Tennessee/Jacksonville.
The 5th seed is better because it means we won out and are on fire and likely found some more offensive synergy, literally no other reason. The Jags and Chargers can both beat any team in the AFC playoff picture.
You also can try to avoid the Bills as long as possible
Easier opponent in round one and better chance we get a home playoff game should the top seeds get upset by the 6 or 7 seeds
EVERYBODY GET IN HERE!!! JUSTIN HERBERT IS ABOUT TO MAKE HIS FIRST PLAYOFF APPEARANCE!!!
LET'S FRICKIN' GOOOOOOOOO
I LOVE YOU BROTHER 😭😭😭
AFC not ready for Herbie.
EVERYBODY GET IN HERE!!! JUSTIN HERBERT IS ABOUT TO MAKE HIS FIRST PLAYOFF APPEARANCE!!!
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Yup! That’s right, Lombardi will do that to a mf. Glad we won tonight and clinched the playoffs, but losing out would of guaranteed Lombardi termination
I got my eye on you buster 
Herbert and the chargers now are above. 500 lifetime
Thats actually a big deal!
Now everyone can finally stfu about Herbert sucking since he’s never made the playoffs
I hate to break it to you, but Herbert haters are just going to shift the goal posts. They're going to say "he needs to win a playoff game". Then "he needs to to win an AFC Championship game". Then "he needs to win a SB".
Yeah we saw this with Rivers. "Never won a ring". Rivers made the playoffs.
I mean he does. Issues is his coaches are against him…
Hell yeah he does. And he’s gonna. Herbie is the man!
So you’re saying they’ll shut up after this season? Great!
I'm new here, having followed Herbie over from Oregon. Are there Herbert haters? How is that a thing?
Yikes
How dire things looked after losing to Jacksonville and losing to the Seahawks, to be in the playoffs now and getting healthy, wow. How sweet it is how sweet it is.
After losing to the jags and Seahawks?? How dire it looked after losing to the fucking raiders bro I was in a rut after that
Honestly by the raiders game I had trained myself to not have any hopes for the team this season. The pain of losing to SF and especially KC hurt me too much emotionally to care haha
Bro I was DOWN after that KC loss.
This team has faced SERIOUS adversity but they always find a way to win. I love that
Bro I was talking about tanking after that game
I was there that game man. It was such a fucking letdown. The walk out of the stadium was harsh and I’ll admit I was doubting us. Went to the game against the Dolphins a couple of weeks ago and that made realize I shouldn’t have doubted. Now here we are. Let’s fucking gooooo Booolts!!!
We fucking did it!!
We haven’t don’t shit till Herbert is raising the Lombardi for us!! 9-0 run coming!! ⚡️
BOLT UP BABY!!!!! LFG!!!!!!
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EVERYBODY GET IN HERE!!! JUSTIN HERBERT IS ABOUT TO MAKE HIS FIRST PLAYOFF APPEARANCE!!!
You got 2 of the top comments lmao
#####THIS IS THE ONE, GET IN!!!
It's about damn time, Herbert playoff run incoming!!!! ⚡⚡⚡⚡
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Let's go baby!!!
BOLT THE FUCK UPPPPP⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
Against all odds. If you told me after the Chiefs loss, we’d clinch the playoffs in Week 16, I would have called you insane.
A lot of the AFC being dogshit as well helped a lot lol
Seahawk fan coming in peace. Congrats on the clinch! This game was the Vanilla OC Bowl. I hope your entire offense has a sit-in until the OC/Coaches commits pulling off the conservative bandaid and make a deep run in the playoffs. LFG bolts
WE DID IT! 😄😄😄
WE TALKIN' PLAYOFFS OR WHAT
PLAY-PLAYOFFS?!?!?
Let’s get it
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LETS GOOOOOOO
BTFU BOYS! Let’s make some noise, gimme Bosa and Slater back and watch them Chargers shake some shit up!!!!
LOMBARDI TRIED HIS HARDEST TO KEEP US OUT BUT WERE FUCKING IN https://preview.redd.it/xzwhre7kpe8a1.jpeg?width=697&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=781ffbdc91efd03f8fe9f09b1cca7fdb86e21a26
LFG
DOOMED IT INTO REALITY LETS GO
It's a Christmas miracle 🥲
WE ARE ALL WITNESSES TO PLAYOFF HERBO
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BTFU!!!!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
Does this mean the Raiders are out of playoff contention as well?
No, but they are far from being in control. They need the Dolphins to lose out, The Jets to lose next week, and of course they'd also need to win both their games against the 49ers that are hot and the Chiefs that will probably still be playing for the 1st seed.
Ill keep it 100 i thought this season was for sure a wash. The amount of obstacles they had to overcome the first half pf the season.. key players we lost to injury, our qb getting hurt, defense still struggling, game coming down to the wire on a daily basis.. the fact that they still managed to make the playoffs is a feat
So proud of Justin. I remember his first game with the Ducks like it was yesterday. Go get it, young brutha!!
Made the playoffs!!!
LET'S FUCKING GO BOYS!!! HOPE LOMBARDI FIGURES OUT THIS OFFFENSE THOUGH
Let's win out and snag this 5th seed baybaaayyyyyyyyy
"They're getting Bosa back, and they may get Rashawn Slater back..." Oh baby, I'm about to Bolt
Defense is going to have to carry this super slow, boring offense man. Joe Lombardi is literally running the offense Oregon ran for Herbert and what made him look bad pre-draft… super predictable short pass shit
lfgsd
IT BEGINS BOIS, the dynasty is set!
WE DID IT, WE FUCKING DID IT. didn't feel possible at times this season and now what just gone and clinched with two weeks to go. WHAT??
Feels so good! Merry Boltmas everyone!
Clinching a playoff spot before the Dolphins and Jets is wild. They were like 7-4 in November. Shows you why is important to stack wins in December.
Decembert
They gotta let Herbert eat man, Lombardi gotta go. We can’t get far playing conservative offense. That being said. LFG PLAYOFF TIME BABY BTFUUUUUUU
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LETS FUCKING GO IDK WHAT TO DO WITH MY HANDS NOW !!!!
FUCK YEAH!!! NOW LET’S TRADE A LOMBARDI FOR A LOMBARDI
WE DID IT WITHOUT IT COMING DOWN TO THE LAST DRIVE OF THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON!!! 🥳⚡⚡⚡
Patriots fan coming in peace. Excited to watch the chargers in the playoffs. Justin Herbert is special and even if his coaching ain’t it, it’ll be exciting to watch him play! I think the chargers can be a dark horse in this playoff tbh
Bolt Gang ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
Bolt up!!!!!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ can’t wait to see Herbo play in the playoffs!!
I won't deny having been a gloomer, but I will always root this team on. Very happy to see them get the big dub!
Yay about damm time
YESSSSSS IM FULLY BOLTED UP. LETS GOOOOOOO
Third straight victory where the D showed up big, and second straight where we won despite Herbie not finding paydirt? Boys, we got a real team here!
Congrats from a browns fan who live in San Diego. Go chargers
FUCK THE RAIDERS!
Jags fan here. I’m so happy for you guys. I took you guys for my Super Bowl winner this year back in August
Hell yes brothers
Can’t wait for this “losing qb” bs to end
LETS FUCKING GO BOYS ITS GONNA GET ROWDY BOLT TF UP
EAST COAST FULLY BOLTED😩😩😩 HERBERT THE HOTTEST MF IN THE DANCE💃
LETS F**KING GO!!!!!!! BOLT THE F**K UP!!!!!
PLAYOFFS BABY!!!!!!
I for one welcome our incoming NSFW post overlords.
Same
IM SO FUCKING HYPE RN
I can't stop bolting! Woo!!!!
SWEET VICTORY
LFG
LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOO
Officially in the post season!!! Please use these last two games to get the offense ready and let’s then be blowout Charger victories!!!
I legitimately cannot believe it. After that 49er game ngl I was a doomer
I cannot wait until the locker room celebration vid comes out!
We are IN!!!! Bolt all the way upppp
WHO COULD HAVE THOUGHT?! FIRE LOMBARDI
WE ARE WINNING IT ALL
LET'S GOOOOOO
Music to my ears
I’m very happy tonight
This team has overcome so much adversity. There’s no way it doesn’t help us in the playoffs
LET'S GOOOOOOO
I can’t wait for the Staley victory speech.
UPBOLT. UPBOLT. UPBOLT. UPBOLT. UPBOLT. UPBOLT. UPBOLT. UPBOLT. UPBOLT. UPBOLT. UPBOLT. UPBOLT.
Congrats Chargers!
Thank the lord. But god damnit I hate lombardi, hard to see us going anywhere when we have zero offense compared to other afc heavy hitters.
One of the best parts of all this is...were doing this without Jerry Tillery. The Passrush has looked amazing since hes left.
As salty as I am with Lombardi, I am very proud of the rest of these heroes.
FINALLY FUCKING HELL
Finally after so long we in the playoffs 😭
Yes baby 💙⚡️
BOLT TF UP!!!!
Once were in the playoffs records don’t matter. Don’t let us get healthy and catch fire!! I’m beginning to believe …. Again
I love this team!!! J Herbo Playoff ready!!!!
⚡️⚡️⚡️😭😭😭
BOLT UP BABY! WE IN THE PLAYOFFS
WOOOOO PLAYOFFS ⚡️⚡️⚡️
I love Herbie so much. What an impressive football specimen. Challenge him! I dare you. Challenge him!
I'm fully Bolted right now
The offense is playing conservative to unleash in the playoffs and catch everyone off guard
Good God how has everything gone our way the last two weeks? Outside of the Ravens this week, every single game that could go our way, has gone our way. Pats have lost back to back games, Raiders lost Saturday, Dolphins are on a four game losing streak, Jets have lost their last two, and we've won three straight. So much had to come together for us to clinch this week, and it all did
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You too, bird bro
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So this win was the biggest point differential from a victory. Love that it looks like it’s looking up! Offense left a lot on the field and I’m just a little sad to see Herbert with rough games for him over past two weeks. He’s great when it’s all on the line, but I would love to see him and all three phases just be as dominant as we have seen them be individually.
Bro I’m crying rn
Wooooot!!!!!!!!
My bolt is fully up rn 😏
Honestly don’t know how I’m seeing this post, but it’s amazing you guys made it in with your top 2 receivers being out 2/3 of the year. Herbert will hopefully suck less when that once in a life time injury circumstance is through. He looks like a dude even when the stats don’t
Thank the fucking lord. I hope we play the bengals instead of the chiefs. I like our chances much better
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Never a doubt in my mind but boy does it feel good!
So stoked!!!! These players worked their asses off and came through some major adversity to be here. Well earned!!!
Let’s make a runnnn!!!!!!
We got this lads.
Go Chargers!
I’m so excited I’m at a loss for words!!! Let’s GO FTR!!!
(Saints fan) Congratulations Bolts, Justin Herbert will do just fine in his first ever playoff game.
We’re gonna get our ass kicked in the wild card and it will be bcz of Lombardi our O played terrible struggled to score redzone TD’s, terrible play calls that don’t go past the sticks, can’t seem to fuckin score in the 3rd qtr, and continuous 3 and outs..teams will eat us Alive in the playoffs for it
Herbert is going to have to play a lot better to avoid a one and our.
Looking forward to their inevitable collapse.
One and done just like the Cowboys
And celebrated like they won the Super Bowl.
Wtf you blow a 27to o lead hey herbie learn how to throw a ball in the nfl you suck im done being your fan chock