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The San Diego Chargers are actually playing LaDainian Tomlinson in preseason, that's how important this season is. (AI Wire Image)

The three-time defending AFC West Champion San Diego Chargers will play their first of five nationally-televised games this season when they head to Atlanta to take on the Falcons at the Georgia Dome on Saturday night.

The Chargers and Falcons have played just five times in the preseason, with the Chargers winning four of the five. They last met in 2000 with the Bolts winning 28-14 at the Georgia Dome. Atlanta’s lone win in the preseason was played at a neutral site, 21-17, in the 1994 Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. In the regular season, the Falcons hold a 7-1 series edge over the Chargers.

The Falcons are listed as 3-point home favorites in this one.

Atlanta has been dominant over the past five years in their Week 3 preseason game, going a perfect 5-0 straight up. Can they make it 6-0 on Saturday?

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