The NFL will officially release the entire 2025 regular season schedule this evening at 5:00 p.m. PT. In recent years, this has been the Super Bowl for the Chargers social media team as they’ve managed to crush it each of the last three years.

While we wait for the release, I went ahead and wrote up five matchups on this year’s schedule that I would LOVE to see take place under the lights in primetime.

Eagles vs. Chargers

Who wouldn’t want to face the reigning champs in primetime? After all, this is not unknown territory for the Chargers who have had plenty of games in recent years against the reigning champs thanks in part to the Chiefs playing in their division.

The Eagles truly have, in my opinion, the best roster in all of football. They’ve hit on so many draft picks year after year that they’ve been a chronic BPA team over the last half decade. They have talented everywhere. Up and down the depth chart. It’s insane to comprehend how they got here but Howie Roseman is just a man possessed when it comes to making the right moves over and over again.

If the Chargers can draw the Eagles in primetime, it could be a defining moment for them this season if they manage to knock off the champs with the whole world watching.

Chargers vs. Jaguars

This will be the first time since the 2022 playoff collapse that the Chargers will face the Jaguars. Jacksonville is coming off a rough season in 2024 and there’s a chance this game has zero stakes attacked to it outside of bragging rights. However, if you are at all still holding onto the outcome of that playoff game, you’ll probably feel at least a little better seeing the Chargers handing them a loss.

At the end of the day, this is still a matchup between two young and talented quarterbacks each with top talent surrounding them. Justin Herbert, Ladd McConkey, and Omarion Hampton on one side against Trevor Lawrence, Brian Thomas Jr., and Travis Hunter on the other.

Texans vs. Chargers

Another potential revenge game stemming from a playoff loss will be on tap for the Chargers this season. After being outmuscled in the wildcard round by a ferocious Texans pass rush, the Jim Harbaugh has since attempted to reinforce the offensive line and ground game to make sure no team has as easy as a time rushing the passer as Houston did in that loss.

Getting the chance to get back at the Texans under the bright lights of primetime would only make it that much more satisfying.

Broncos vs. Chargers

It is always a fun time when the Chargers face any of the AFC West teams in primetime, but this season I think the most intriguing matchups will be against the Broncos as I view both them and the Chargers as the closest teams to dethroning the Chiefs in the division.

Denver hitting on Bo Nix at quarterback — at least in his lone year thus far as a pro — has them in a much better place entering 2025 than I would have expected this time a season ago. He gelled fast with his skill players and the elite defense did wonders for giving him confidence to play loosely. That defense only got better from the draft, as well.

I think the AFC West, even considering the Raiders, will be a wild ride this year. I truly have never felt more confident in the Chiefs not repeating as divisional champs.

Vikings vs. Chargers

The 2023 matchup between these two teams was a classic in Minneapolis and I’d say each squad has only improved immensely since. That’s why I can’t help but be excited for the fireworks in this one, along with the large group of star power. The Vikings wanted to get bigger and stronger in the trenches this offseason and they did that by adding a pair of notable trench players on either side of the line.

Los Angeles also wanted to get bigger and stronger in that manner, but they took a less aggressive approach, adding only Mehki Becton on offense and drafting Jamaree Caldwell on defense. On top of that, they added former Steelers back Najee Harris to go with first-round rookie Omarion Hampton. Each team leaned further into the identities they want to build and I cannot wait to see them clash this year, whenever that may be.