How to watch this week's Sunday Night Football game between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers.

The New England Patriots just got a major boost while also catching a major break with the latest injury updates ahead of the team’s Divisional Round matchup against the Houston Texans.And with that,

The New England Patriots defense was dominant in a 16-3 win over the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL wild card round.

The victory marked the first postseason win for New England post-Tom Brady and their first since winning Super Bowl LIII against the Los Angeles Rams to conclude the 2018 season. The Patriots will host the winner of Monday's matchup between the fifth-seeded Houston Texans and the fourth-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers in the divisional round.

The NFL playoffs are heating up with the weekend ending, and bettors could end the weekend in style with the Los Angeles Chargers taking on the New England Patriots.

Drake Maye leads the Patriots against Justin Herbert and the Chargers at Gillette Stadium, with kickoff set for 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.

Amid an MVP-caliber season from Maye, the Patriots’ ground game has flown under the radar a bit. From Weeks 7-18, New England averaged 149.3 rushing yards and 1.5 rushing touchdowns per game with a 4.9 yards-per-carry average and it ranked ninth in Rush EPA (0.018) over that stretch. One key during that 11-game stretch has been explosive runs.

A pair of AFC powerhouses closed out the Sunday triple-header of wild-card games. The Patriots stymied Justin Herbert and L.A. Here's how it happened:

The seventh-seeded Los Angeles Chargers battle the second-seeded New England Patriots on Sunday night at 8 p.m. EST. The Chargers finished the season 11-6, second in the AFC West