The Los Angeles Chargers will start their 2025 NFL regular-season game with a difficult matchup. On Friday, they're facing the Kansas City Chiefs, the three-time defending AFC champions who are hoping to reach the Super Bowl yet again and win their fourth Vince Lombardi Trophy of the Patrick Mahomes era.
During the Mahomes era, the Chiefs have been the one team that the Chargers have usually been unable to defeat. But it is a new day for L.A., as Jim Harbaugh is entering his second season as its head coach, and the team is not exactly a pushover any longer.
The team now expects to win the majority of its games, and quarterback Justin Herbert knows that Friday's contest will be something of a measuring stick for it.
"They're a very good team. It's a great opportunity to go out there &