What about the Brazil game?
If you missed the news, the Chargers will play in Brazil to open the 2025 regular season.
While the opponent for the game has yet to be announced, the Bolts will play a Week 1 game in São Paulo on Friday, September 5.
The Chargers have been selected as the designated team for Brazil, meaning they will be the home team in São Paulo.
The Chargers and their unknown opponent will play at Arena Corinthians, which is in São Paulo and opened in May of 2014. The stadium has a seating capacity of 47,252, making it the 13th-largest stadium in Brazil.
Arena Corinthians is home to Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, a soccer team otherwise known as SC Corinthians.
What is the Bolts strength of schedule?
Based on the final records of teams in 2024, the Chargers are tied for the 11th toughest schedule this year.
The Bolts 2024 opponents combined to go 151-138 for a .522 winning percentage, which is the same strength of schedule as Kansas City.
All in all, the Chargers will play nine games in 2025 against playoff teams from a year ago, with seven of them classified as home games.
That group is made up of the Chiefs and Broncos (two games apiece), plus games against the Texans, Eagles, Commanders, Steelers and Vikings.
The Chargers will have tough matchups against the NFC East teams — the Eagles obviously won the Super Bowl and bested the Commanders in the NFC title game.
While the Chargers and Chiefs are tied for the toughest strength of schedule in the AFC West, the Broncos are 15th at 146-143. The Raiders, meanwhile, are 16th at 145-144.