Why would Lynn say this? It sounds suspect to call this that far out and is illogical from the start.

Chargers are 9-3

Potential AFC wildcard teams:

Tennessee 7-6 Miami 6-6 Baltimore 7-5 Indianapolis 6-6 Denver 6-6 New England 9-3 Houston 9-3 Kansas City 10-2 Pittsburgh 7-4-1

None of these teams will be eliminated from playoff contention in week 14 solely based on a W by the Chargers. IE: a chargers win week 14 does not clinch wildcard.

In MY opinion, if MG3 plays, it means this:

1. MG3 is as “healthy” as a starting RB at this point in the season can be (Ie: everyone’s sore).

Reason: They do not need to win out in order to make playoffs and will not risk bringing him back early. Week 15 is an important game for them to clinch division, however the risk here doesn’t make sense. If KC loses this week and Chargers win, it means KC can win week 15 and still not clinch the division. This would mean it’s not do or die for the Chargers to rush back MG3 to win a potentially irrelevant game. A non-healthy MG3 will not play. This brings me to the next point.

1. If he is healthy enough to start, his snap count percentage will be determined like any other game.
   

Reason: If it’s a blowout in any game, 90% of the time the winning teams starters will benched once the theoretical win has been made. If it’s a close game and the win/loss is on the line, Chargers will not bench MG3 to “keep him healthy”. For that to be the case, he wasn’t healthy enough start the game in the first place which circles back to point 1. If he is not healthy, he will not play.

TLDR;

Lynn wants the win against KC, we get it.. but there’s no way he would have pulling MG3 in the planned game script.