{"id":1042053,"date":"2026-10-31T11:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1042053\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T11:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:06:16","slug":"chargers-vs-rams-how-to-watch-start-time-prediction-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1042053\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers vs. Rams: How to watch, start time, prediction, odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text&#8221;&gt; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\/story\/2026-10-29\/sean-mcvay-rams-trade-deadline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean McVay<\/a> said it at least twice.<\/p>\n<p>Once last Monday and again on Wednesday to reporters, and who knows how many times he\u2019s repeated it to convince himself and his players since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t care less about what their record is,\u201d McVay said.<\/p>\n<p>He was talking, of course, about the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/chargers\/story\/2026-10-18\/chargers-suffer-their-ninth-consecutive-loss-kansas-city-chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">winless Chargers<\/a>, the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rams<\/a>\u2019 opponent on Sunday at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams are 3-4, the Chargers 0-6.<\/p>\n<p>With games against the Chargers, at Washington and at Arizona before their bye, the Rams could be primed to pull off another turnaround and playoff drive.<\/p>\n<p>But first they must avoid losing to a <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/chargers\/story\/2026-10-11\/justin-herbert-meltdown-dooms-winless-chargers-loss-broncos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Harbaugh<\/a>-coached Chargers team that features quarterback Justin Herbert and is coming off a bye week.<\/p>\n<p>McVay and the Rams have experience losing to winless teams.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Sam Darnold led the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/rams\/story\/2020-12-21\/adam-gase-jets-sean-mcvay-rams-nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">0-13 New York Jets to a victory<\/a> over the Rams at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would hope that we\u2019re mature and professional enough to know that we have to be able to have the right focus, concentration, level of urgency,\u201d McVay said. \u201cWe\u2019ll get humbled if we\u2019re not ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the Rams considered the game against the Chargers \u2014 who have headquarters in El Segundo \u2014 a battle of Los Angeles, quarterback Matthew Stafford said no.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big town to cross,\u201d he joked. \u201cI don\u2019t run into those guys too often, to be honest with you. I don\u2019t really want to make that drive, nobody does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The approach will be like any other week, Stafford said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t really look at the other team\u2019s record and go, \u2018They\u2019re good or they\u2019re bad,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s, \u2018Hey, this is NFL football.\u2019 They have Pro Bowl caliber players on that side of the sideline and [they\u2019re] a team capable of doing anything just like we\u2019re capable of going out there and playing at a high level or not playing at a high level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to go out there and earn it and do it. That\u2019s our mindset this week and will be for the rest of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text&#8221;&gt; Sean McVay said it at least twice. 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