The Denver Broncos travel to Los Angeles this weekend to face the Chargers in a game that carries significant playoff implications, even being only Week 3. A win over the Broncos would give the Chargers a clear hold on first place in the AFC West and claim at least a season split with the other AFC West contender, the Chiefs.
As for the Broncos, watching 2-0 slip away on a late penalty was bad enough, but following that up with a loss to drop to 1-2 would be even worse. The pressure is on the Broncos to show that they can compete in big games with strong teams, especially after their 1-6 record in one-score games last year, and now their 1-1 start in such games this year.