The Chargers are back in primetime as they host the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 10.

Kickoff is at 5:20 p.m. (PT) from SoFi Stadium.

The Chargers-Steelers betting line shows the Bolts are slight favorites for Sunday.

Here are five final thoughts ahead of Week 10.

1. Get ready for a slugfest

The Chargers have loved the bright lights of primetime so far this season, as the Bolts are 3-0 in night games in 2025.

That hot streak includes wins over the Chiefs and Raiders to start the season plus a Week 8 victory against the Vikings.

Chargers wide receiver Ladd McConkey said this week that primetime games bring out a certain energy level.

"Growing up, these are the games you want to play in," McConkey said. "It's the only game on and everyone is watching.

"Hopefully we can go out and put our best foot forward and come out with another [primetime] win," McConkey added.

But the Bolts also know this Week 10 game against Pittsburgh might be the most physical game on the entire schedule.

It was a little more than a year ago when the Chargers and Steelers met in Pittsburgh in Week 3. The score was tied at 10 entering the fourth quarter as neither team had more than 160 yards of offense at that point.

In a game where the first to 20 points likely meant a win in the slugfest, the Steelers pulled away in the fourth quarter.

Tuli Tuipulotu and the Chargers are expecting a similar contest this time around.

"Everybody knows that when you hear, "Steelers," that it's going to be physical," Tuipulotu said. "But we're looking forward to it. We came up short last year but we're looking to respond this year."

Aside from all of the above, Sunday's game is also pivotal for both AFC playoff hopefuls in terms of their postseason chances.

According to The Athletic, the Chargers playoff odds currently sit at a 76 percent chance to make the dance. A Bolts win would push those odds up to 84 percent while a loss would drop them to 63 percent.

It's also a swing game for the 5-3 Steelers, too, as The Athletic has Pittsburgh with 59 percent playoff odds. But those numbers move to 74 percent with a win and 48 percent with a loss.

Oh yeah, there's also the head-to-head tiebreaker the winning team gets that will be incredibly valuable for potential playoff seeding in January.

Simply put, this is a massive game for the Chargers. And the whole world will be watching.

"The biggest thing is just stacking wins," Tuipulotu said. "We know the [playoff] position we're in right now and we know that this is when you separate yourselves from other teams. We want to separate."

2. A new-look O-line?

The Chargers will have to find a way to fill a 6-foot-8 hole at left tackle the rest of the way as Joe Alt is out for the season with an ankle injury.

"We feel for him. It's obviously tough, and I've been there before, when you get your season cut short," Justin Herbert said. "There's probably a lot of emotions going through his head and we're all here for him. Obviously, very tough to replace a guy like that because of how good he is and just the special player that we think he is."

With Alt out of the mix, the Chargers now have multiple options at both tackle spots in Trey Pipkins III, Jamaree Salyer and Austin Deculus. That group won't include Bobby Hart this week as the veteran tackle is out due to injury.

"The guys who have stepped up have done a great job. I think Pip and Jamaree and Dec, when they've been thrown out there, they've done a great job battling and fighting. We've got to find a way," Herbert said.

Chargers Offensive Coordinator Greg Roman added: "I look at it as a great challenge and I like how our guys are approaching it. I think we can get this thing done."

Newcomer Trevor Penning is also an option as he worked at both tackle spots this week after being acquired in a trade with the Saints on Tuesday.

"A really good player. I really studied him hard coming out of college," Roman said. "A lot of potential, physical guy, likes to finish. I think he's in a sweet spot in his career where he's going to take off."

No matter who the Chargers roll out at tackle, they will be in for a massive challenge against Pittsburgh's edge rushers.

The group is led by T.J. Watt, a seven-time Pro Bowler and four-time First-Team All-Pro. Watt, who has 113.0 career sacks in 129 games, leads the Steelers with 5.0 this season.

Nick Herbig is next with 4.5 while Alex Highsmith has 3.5. Highsmith, by the way, had a pair of sacks and a forced fumble in Week 9 and is the reigning AFC Defensive Player of the Week.

"They're going to get after the passer and have [some] of the best edge rushers that we'll see in the NFL," Herbert said.

Roman added: "Since 1992, it's always started with those edge guys."

3. Oweh setting in with Bolts

Odafe Oweh has made himself right at home in Southern California.

The Chargers acquired the edge rusher in an early October trade with the Ravens in exchange for Alohi Gilman. At the time, Oweh had 12 pressures but no sacks in five games with Baltimore.

Since joining the Bolts? Oweh has the same number of pressures but has racked up 4.0 sacks in four games with his new team.

"Just knowing the things I can do in manipulating a defense, chances I can take and stuff like that," Oweh said, "That all comes with familiarity in the defense and knowing what I can do."

Chargers Defensive Coordinator Jesse Minter said Oweh has been exactly as advertised since joining the Chargers.

"Kind of what I hoped and thought watching the film," Minter said. "I thought he was playing well in Baltimore. Maybe the sack production, mentioned that about other guys before, when you're playing a certain way and a certain style and playing really hard, a lot of time the production comes with time.

"He's getting better against the run every day, too, and I think his snap count will continue to increase," Minter added. "It just gives us a lot of options when you talk about him and the other three in that room all having a role, particularly on passing situations where you can get multiple of those guys on the field. He's been doing great. He's just a guy, we're super confident in him."

Oweh credited his teammates for helping him acclimate to new surrounding on the opposite end of the country, including getting used to a new environment.

"I know a lot more calls than I did a few weeks ago, but it's really just the guys around me taking me in and making sure I'm getting in meetings at the right time with the schedule different," Oweh said. "Letting me know the plays on the field, the coaching staff has taken me in with open arms. Definitely way more acclimated now, more comfortable. I can be myself now."

Oweh, by the way, has plenty of experience and production against Pittsburgh given his time in Baltimore. In seven career games against the Steelers, including the playoffs, the edge rusher has 3.5 sacks.

"It was always a battle," Oweh said.

4. Win the turnover battle

Roman would have been on high alert about the Steelers defense no matter what heading into this game.

But it reached a new level after the Steelers generated six takeaways (three interceptions and three fumble recoveries) in a Week 9 win over the Colts.

"It grabs my attention quickly. I think I heard about it maybe on the plane coming home or before we took off," Roman said.

"It was a very impressive defensive performance. They feed off turnovers, they feed off the field position battle," Roman said. "That's a big component of how they approach this thing so we have to play really smart, good football against them."

Entering Week 10, the Steelers rank second in the NFL in turnover margin at plus-9. That's nothing new for Pittsburgh, which finished second in this stat in 2024 and tied for third in 2023.

The Chargers, meanwhile, have dipped in this category after finishing tied for third in 2024 at plus-12. The Bolts currently rank tied for 21st at minus-4.

Some of that has to do with Herbert's eight interceptions, sure, but Roman — with a smile — quipped that is because of "glitches in the Matrix."

"When you really look at his body of work, it's better this year in so many different ways," Roman added.

Through nine games, the Chargers have won the turnover battle twice and been twice while losing it five times.

The Bolts would be wise to come out on the right side of this stat on Sunday night.

"Week-in and week-out, we want to force turnovers and take the ball away," cornerback Donte Jackson said. "With our offense, we obviously have a lot of playmakers and one of the best QBs in the league, so we take the field to create turnovers and create havoc and make it easier for our offense."

McConkey added: "We know what we have to do in terms of taking care of the football. Just don't hurt ourselves and play our brand of football."

5. Be better on special teams

All eyes will be on the Chargers special teams units this week.

The Bolts allowed a punt return for a score against the Titans and also dealt with inconsistent snaps.

"We're letting plays get away from us, mistakes that can't happen," said linebacker Del'Shawn Phillips. "Just messing up some schematical things that we practice over and over."

Phillips later added: "It's a three-phase game we play. We have to play complementary football."

Entering Week 10, Cameron Dicker is still among the league's elite kickers with 20 of 21 made field goals while hitting all 21 extra points.

But the Chargers likely need to shore up their coverage units as the Bolts rank last in both average kickoff and punt return average at 29.3 and 18.0, respectively.

Charger Head Coach Jim Harbaugh said special teams would be an emphasis in practice this week.

"I like the players that we've got. They need to step up and play better," Harbaugh said. "We need to coach it better. It comes down to what we're doing scheme wise.

"We look at that, we look at who's doing it and we look at how they're doing. Make sure we've got those highly-motivated guys that can win those 1-on-1 matchups," Harbaugh added. "That's what it comes down to on special teams. We've just got to be better."

One person who could help? Long snapper Josh Harris, who hasn't played yet this year but is questionable to make his season debut in Week 10.

"I'm optimistic. I think he's in a good place," Harbaugh said of Harris.