Chargers and Jaguars Clash Again: What’s at Stake in Their High-Stakes Rematch?

Sunday’s lineup features a showdown that’s hard to overlook— a rematch steeped in one of the NFL’s most jaw-dropping playoff comebacks. Remember last year’s clash between the Chargers and Jaguars? Jacksonville, facing a massive 27-0 hole, clawed their way back to snag a 31-30 victory—a game that’s still etched as the fifth-largest comeback in league history. What makes this reunion even more captivating is that, while the coaches are new faces on the sidelines, the quarterbacks, Justin Herbert and Trevor Lawrence, remain locked in this intense duel. As the Chargers sit at 7-3 and the Jaguars at 5-4, both teams are tentatively cruising toward the postseason, with Herbert drawing MVP buzz and Lawrence determined to silence doubters despite past miscues. The echoes of last season’s collapse haunt the Chargers, just as the Jaguars wrestle with recent struggles themselves. This is more than just a game— it’s redemption, resilience, and rivalry all wrapped into one electric Sunday. LEARN MORE

Of the various good games to be played on Sunday, one game is a rematch of one of the biggest playoff stunners ever.

The Chargers and Jaguars get together for the first time since the 2022 playoffs, when Jacksonville erased a 27-0 deficit to win the game, 31-30.

It was the fifth biggest comeback in NFL history, regular season or postseason.

The Chargers led that game at the half, 27-7. It was 30-14 in the third quarter. The Chargers reeled off 17 straight points to win the game with a 36-yard field goal as the clock hit zero.

This time around, both teams have different coaches. But the starting quarterbacks remain the same. Justin Herbert vs. Trevor Lawrence, who overcame four interceptions to engineer the playoff win..

Currently, the Chargers are 7-3, the Jaguars are 5-4. Both are, for now, on track for postseason appearances.

Herbert’s odds at winning the MVP are 25-1; in the attached video, Chargers receiver Ladd McConkey makes the case for Herbert to win it. (Lawrence’s odds are 400-1.)

And while some Chargers may have flashbacks to the collapse from the last time they played in Jacksonville, the Jaguars are battling demons of their own. They blew a 29-19 fourth-quarter lead in Week 10 against the Texans.