NFL Week 1: How To Watch Chargers And Rams Season Openers

LOS ANGELES— The 2021 NFL season starts this week, with the Chargers visiting the Washington Football Team in Greater Landover, Maryland on Sunday morning, and the Rams hosting the Chicago Bears at SoFi Stadium on Sunday night.

The Chargers game will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific Time and aired locally on CBS. The Rams contest will start at 5:20 p.m. Pacific Time and air locally on NBC.

The Chargers are coming off a 2020 season in which they went 7-9. On Tuesday, NFL.com writer Dan Hanzus did his Week 1 Power Rankings and listed the Chargers at No. 12 in the league. The Bolts will rely on second-year quarterback Justin Herbert to lead the squad under first-year head coach Brandon Staley.

The Rams, meanwhile, went 10-6 a season ago and feature new quarterback Matthew Stafford, acquired in an offseason trade with the Detroit Lions, and dominating defensive lineman Aaron Donald.

Hanzus listed the Rams at No. 6 in his Week 1 Power Rankings.

Both LA teams will be hoping to make it to Super Bowl LVI, which will be played on Feb. 13, 2022, at SoFi Stadium, the $5 billion stadium they share in Inglewood.

The NFL season begins Thursday, when the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL kickoff game on NBC.

On Monday night, the Las Vegas Raiders host the Baltimore Ravens in a game that will be televised on ESPN.

Thirteen NFL games are on tap Sunday, with nine beginning at 10 p.m. Pacific Time and four scheduled for the later window, which starts at 1:25 p.m. Pacific Time.

In the CBS "Game of the Week," the 2020 Super Bowl champions and 2021 runner-up Kansas City Chiefs host the Cleveland Browns. The game airs at 1 p.m. Pacific Time Sunday.

For the first time in NFL history, all teams will play 17 regular season games, as opposed to the 16-game schedule in place from 1978 to 2020.

Find the regular season schedules for the Chargers and Rams here.

Here's the full Week 1 NFL schedule (All times Pacific)

Thursday

Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 5:20 p.m.

Sunday

Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texas, 10 a.m.
Los Angeles Chargers at Washington Football Team, 10 a.m.
Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts, 10 a.m.
New York Jets at Carolina Panthers, 10 a.m.
Minnesota Vikings at Cincinnati Bengals, 10 a.m.
Arizona Cardinals at Tennessee Titans, 10 a.m.
San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions, 10 a.m.
Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills, 10 a.m.
Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons, 10 a.m.
Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs, 1:25 p.m.
Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints, 1:25 p.m. (Game in Jacksonville, Florida)
Denver Broncos at New York Giants, 1:25 p.m.
Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots, 1:25 p.m.
Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Rams, 5:20 p.m.

Monday

Baltimore Ravens at Las Vegas Raiders, 5:15 p.m.