Easy schedule awaits Chargers during West title defense

By Bud L. Ellis

There is plenty of reason to be optimistic about the San Diego Chargers in 2010. The schedule is one of them.

The defending AFC West champions, winners of 13 games last season, face one of the National Football League’s easiest slates in their pursuit of another postseason trip this season. The NFL has released its list of home games and road games; times and dates of games will be determined later this spring.

San Diego’s schedule ranked tied for 29th with Seattle for most difficult, based on opponents’ win percentage from last season.

At home, the Chargers’ only games against playoff teams are matchups with AFC East champion New England and NFC West champion Arizona. The rest of San Diego’s home schedule includes games with Kansas City, Oakland, Jacksonville, and three games against 8-8 teams from a year ago: Denver, Tennessee and San Francisco.

On the road, San Diego travels for a big game at AFC champion Indianapolis, and a matchup at AFC North champion Cincinnati. The rest of the road slate includes games at Denver, Kansas City, Oakland, Houston, St. Louis and Seattle.

San Diego’s schedule ranks tied for 29th (with Seattle) in the NFL, based on opponents’ win percentage from last season.

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Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 4:48 pm by bud

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