LOS ANGELES _ Philip Rivers admitted he'll be scoreboard-watching Sunday, his eyes following a certain result closely.
"Our scoreboard," the Chargers quarterback said, "that scoreboard in the stadium there."
His team's game inside Broncos Stadium at Mile High will be his sole focus, he explained, even as the Chargers' postseason fate is equally tied to what's happening some 600 miles away at Arrowhead Stadium.
The Chargers need a victory and a loss or tie by Kansas City against Oakland to clinch the AFC West and top playoff seed in the conference. If they tie Denver, only a Chiefs' loss would give the Chargers the top spot.
Anything else and they'll finish as the No. 5 seed and face the challenge of having to win three consecutive road games to reach the Super Bowl.
"It is weird to be rooting for the Raiders," coach Anthony Lynn said, smiling. "But that's the nature of this business. They're comrades."
Lynn went on to explain that he too has no plans of monitoring the score in Kansas City, particularly because, as the Chargers' head coach, he is 1-2 all-time against the Broncos.
Denver came into StubHub Center during Week 11 and upset the Chargers, 23-22, one of only two games they've lost since Sept. 23.
"That's a distraction," Lynn said of worrying about the results of other games Sunday. "Why do I care what the Raiders are doing? We're trying to beat the Broncos."
The Chargers opened the 2017 season by losing in Denver, 24-21, when a 44-yard field goal attempt by Younghoe Koo was blocked in the final five seconds. Six weeks later, they shut out the Broncos at home, 21-0.
In the teams' most recent meeting, the Chargers had a 19-7 lead and the ball in Denver territory late in the third quarter before crumbling.
And the offense is coming off its least productive game of the season, a 22-10 defeat Saturday in which it gained only 198 total yards against a blitzing Baltimore defense.
The Chargers' longest drive netted 56 yards, 25 as the result of Ravens' penalties.
Other than that, they didn't advance the ball more than 34 yards on any series. They sustained only two drives beyond six plays.
"Let's focus on us, get back to playing the way we've played most of this year," Rivers said. "Offensively, we've got plenty of things to work on this week."
At least, the Chargers are in a position where none of the results Sunday will prevent them from advancing to the playoffs. They clinched their berth Dec. 13 with a victory against the Chiefs.
"It's nice to be in a Week 17 game and not having to worry about everybody else and us," said Rivers, who is in his 15th season. "We know we've got a game the following weekend."
