{"id":890024,"date":"2026-05-13T10:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/890024\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:24:15","slug":"chargers-schedule-leaks-rumors-and-release-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/890024\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers schedule leaks, rumors and release tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 12, 2026, 11:35 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">We know who the Chargers will play this upcoming season, but we will soon find out when and where they will play, as\u00a0the\u00a02026 schedules will be released on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With that, a few leaks and official announcements have already surfaced across the league, so we will keep you up to date on all Chargers games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow along to track the schedule up until the actual reveal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Chargers are one of four teams, along with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/chicago-bears\/326\" data-autotag=\"69c69e75-f807-4542-90d2-619e6d4a23b1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bears<\/a>, Patriots, and Cardinals, who are candidates to play the Seahawks in the regular-season opener.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>What time is the NFL schedule release show?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The NFL will broadcast its official\u00a02026 schedule release show on Thursday, May 14 at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>What channel is the NFL schedule release on?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The schedule release will air live on the\u00a0NFL Network\u00a0and\u00a0ESPN2, and can be streamed via\u00a0NFL+\u00a0and the\u00a0ESPN App.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Chargers 2026 schedule: The opponents<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Home Opponents:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Road Opponents:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 12, 2026, 11:35 p.m. PT We know who the Chargers will play this upcoming season, but we&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2064],"tags":[95878,241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,6,119277,97083,97084,95882,95890,95898,95946,97216,96089,95886,95892,95953,97085,95924,95951,95896,95888,95895,95899,95977,95883,96239,95881],"class_list":["post-890024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-chargers","tag-accessfree","tag-chargers","tag-football","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleschargers","tag-nfl","tag-sourcechargers-wire","tag-sstssportsnflchargers","tag-sstsnchargers","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagarizona-cardinals","tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","tag-tagcgr-sports","tag-tagchicago-bears","tag-tagdenver-broncos","tag-tagespn-inc","tag-taghouston-texans","tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","tag-taglos-angeles-rams","tag-tagmiami-dolphins","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagseattle-seahawks","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}