Bengals (4-6) AT Chargers (6-3)

When: Sunday, 5:20 p.m.

Where: SoFi Stadium

 TV: NBC-4 (Los Angeles), NBC-7 (San Diego), NBC Sports (streaming)

Radio: Los Angeles: KYSR-FM (98.7), LA Spanish: 105.5 FM/94.3 FM (LA Spanish)

Line: Chargers by -1.5

Notable injury designations: Chargers: Questionable: OLB Khalil Mack (groin), CB Deane Leonard (hamstring).

Bengals: Out: LB Joe Bachie (hip), WR Charlie Jones (groin) Questionable: T Orlando Brown Jr. (knee/fibula), DE Trey Hendrickson (Neck/NIR-Rest/NIR- Personal), DT B.J. Hill (knee) 

What's at stake? For the Chargers, this is a matchup against a high powered offense, so it will test out the defense. Plus, they want to continue stacking not only wins but AFC wins.

For the Bengals, many thought they would be an AFC North division contender but they have underperformed. Now there is no room for error they must win out.

Who's better? Tie. The Chargers have the defense but the Bengals have weapons. Quarterbacks Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert are a dead set even. Head coach is were the Chargers have an edge with Jim Harbaugh but too close to call. 

Matchup to watch: Chargers secondary vs. Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. The secondary has been impressive up until this point but they will be challenged on Sunday. Let’s see what they got.

Chargers win if: they can consistently disrupt Burrow. The easy answer would be to match points with the Bengals but that is not the game Harbaugh will want his team to play. He wants to force teams to play their style, so their pass rush will need to get after Burrow.

Fantasy sleeper: Gus Edwards. This is a game for Edwards. Why? They are giving up 127.3 rushing yards a game and a physical runner like Edwards might be able to have a big game. He scored three touchdowns against Cincy last season.

Prediction: This is a tough game to predict…very tough. Cincy is 4-6 but they are a good football team. Chargers will control the clock. Chargers 27 Bengals 20