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NFL Preview: Las Vegas Raiders (0-0) vs Los Angeles Chargers (0-0)

TV: CBS (4:05 PM ET): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson (field reporter) SXM App: Las Vegas | Los Angeles Chargers

All-Time Series History Regular Season: LV leads series, 68-58-2 (Home team won last 6) Postseason: LV leads series, 1-0

The Last Time… Regular Season: 12/14/23: LAC 21 at LV 63 Postseason: 1/11/81: OAK 34 at SD 27

HEAD COACHES

Antonio Pierce vs. Opp. (incl. postseason): 1-0 Reg. Season: 5-4 (.556) Postseason: —

Jim Harbaugh vs. Opp. (incl. postseason): 0-1 Reg. Season: 44-19-1 (.695) Postseason: 5-3 (.625)

RAIDERS NOTES

• QB GARDNER MINSHEW makes LV debut. Had career-high 3,305 pass yards & 18 TDs (15 pass, 3 rush) with Ind. in 2023. Has 3 TD passes vs. 0 INTs in 2 career starts vs. LAC. • RB ZAMIR WHITE had 549 scrimmage yards (451 rush, 98 rec) & rush TD in 2023, incl. 100+ scrimmage yards in each of Weeks 16-18. • WR DAVANTE ADAMS can become 2nd player ever (Antonio Brown) with 100+ catches in 5 straight seasons & 3rd player ever (Brown & Brandon Marshall) with 100+ catches in 6 career seasons. Has 872 career receptions & can join HOFer Marvin Harrison (1,022) as only players ever with 950+ catches in 1st 11 career seasons. Has 95 career rec. TD & can become 5th player ever with 100+ rec. TD in 1st 11 career seasons. Has 41 catches (8.2 per game) for 535 yards (107 per game) & 4 rec. TDs in 5 career games vs. LAC. • WR JAKOBI MEYERS had 71 catches for 807 yards with career high 10 scrimmage TDs (8 pass, 2 rush) in 2023. Had TD pass & rec. TD in last meeting. • TE BROCK BOWERS was selected in 1st round (No. 13 overall in 2024 NFL Draft. • DE MAXX CROSBY set career highs in tackles (90), sacks (14.5) & TFL (23), tied-most TFL in NFL last season. Leads NFL with 88 TFL since 2019. Had 5.5 sacks & 10 TFL in 10 career games vs. LAC. • DT CHRISTIAN WILKINS makes LV debut. Had career-high 9 sacks & 10 TFL with Mia. last season. Since 2019, leads all DL with 353 tackles. • DE MALCOLM KOONCE set career highs with 8 sacks & 9 TFL in 2023. Had 2 sacks & 2 FFs in last meeting. • LB ROBERT SPILLANE had career highs in tackles (148), TFL (7), sacks (3.5) & INTs (3) in 2023. • LB DIVINE DEABLO had career-high 105 tackles last season. • CB JACK JONES had INT-TD in last meeting. • S TRE’VON MOEHRIG set career highs in tackles (83), PD (8) & INTs (3) in 2023.

CHARGERS NOTES

• QB JUSTIN HERBERT passed for 3,134 yards & 20 TDs with 93.2 rating in 13 starts in 2023. Has 17,223 career pass yards & can surpass HOFer Peyton Manning (20,618) for most pass yards by player ever in 1st 5 career seasons. Can become 4th player ever with 20+ TD passes in each of his 1st 5 seasons. Has 1,613 career completions & can surpass Derek Carr (1,759) for most completions by player in 1st 5 seasons all-time. Has 11 TDs (9 pass, 2 rush) vs. INT & 109.6 rating in 4 career home starts vs. LV. • RB GUS EDWARDS makes LV debut. Had career-high 990 scrimmage yards (810 rush, 180 rec.) & ranked tied-3rd among RBs with career-high 13 rush TDs with Bal. last season. Rushed for 118 yards in his only career game vs. LV (11/25/18 w/ Bal.). • RB J.K. DOBBINS makes LV debut. Has 1,524 scrimmage yards & 13 scrimmage TDs in 24 career games. • WR JOSHUA PALMER had 38 catches for 581 yards & 2 TDs in 10 games in 2023. Had 113 rec. yards & TD catch in last meeting. • WR LADD MCCONKEY was selected in 2nd round (No. 34 overall) in 2024 NFL Draft. • LB KHALIL MACK ranked 3rd in NFL with 21 TFL, tied-3rd with 5 FFs & 4th with career-high 17 sacks in 2023 & added career-high 10 PD last season. Had 6 sacks in last home meeting, tied 2nd-most sacks in single game since 1982 & aims for his 3rd in row at home vs. LV with 3+ sacks. Was selected No. 5 overall by Raiders in 2014 NFL Draft & had 40.5 sacks & 68 TFL in 4 seasons (2014-17) with team. • LB JOEY BOSA had 6.5 sacks in 9 games last season & has 67 sacks & 82 TFL in 93 career games. Has sack in 8 of his 10 career games vs. Raiders & aims for his 6th in row at home vs. Raiders with sack. • S DERWIN JAMES ranked 3rd among DBs with career-high 125 tackles & is only DB with 115+ tackles in each of past 3 seasons. Since 2021, leads all DBs with 11 games of 10+ tackles. Has 5+ tackles in each of his 8 career games vs. LV.

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