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THE WIRE
THE WIRE someone: The booth on Titans run away with it, 45-17 THE WIRE someone: Titans run away with it, 45-17 THE WIRE someone: The booth on 62 points between Falcons and Panthers IN THE BOOTH Caleb Brooks: Herbert was operating on another level—4 touchdown passes and 368 yards against a Seattle defense that couldn't generate pressure, while the Seahawks… IN THE BOOTH Sierra Vaughn: Atlanta's path to the playoffs just got a lot clearer—they're 8-9 in a weak division with a turnover margin of -7, meaning they're winning games… IN THE BOOTH Daniel Keller: Atlanta's ground game did the talking here—Robinson went 149 yards and 2 touchdowns on 17 carries while Washington managed 43 rushing yards total,… PASS YDS #1 B.Nix — 5903 passing yards PASS YDS #2 P.Mahomes — 5840 passing yards
WEEK 18 · FINAL
CHARGERS 10-7 · 30.0 PPG 45 – 21 BRONCOS 3-14 · 14.0 PPG
THE READ
Chargers run away with it, 45-21
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Chargers +5.1 +1.6 +3.5 +5
Broncos -13.9 +4.4 -18.2 -11
SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.
Chargers — in the hunt · 10-7 Playoff picture →
Justin Herbert
Chargers
25/39, 359 yards, 4 TD
Fernando Mendoza
Broncos
15/30, 284 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Quentin Johnston
Chargers
10 catches, 158 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Chargers 531, Broncos 343 Chargers
On the ground Chargers 172, Broncos 59 Chargers
Through the air Chargers 359, Broncos 284 Chargers
Giveaways Broncos 2, Chargers 1 Chargers
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 18 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 30.0 scored, 26.5 allowed
9.4 yds/att 69.9% completions 5.3 yds/carry 385.8 yds/game 1.4 giveaways/game 7.2% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: Quentin Johnston WR — 26% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 81 · Efficient Balance 88 Ball security 62 Back usage 32% QB runs 3.0/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 91 WR 83 TE 79 RB 81 OL 82 DL 78 LB 76 DB 84
Best: Rashawn Slater LT 93 Fastest: Brenen Thompson WR 97 SPD 5 at star dev or better
Out: Jake Slaughter LG 78 · 5wk
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody
Broncos · his last 8 games
Balanced Gives it away One back
Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against15.4 — 32.4 Margin-17.0 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken6.5% of dropbacks Lead backRJ Harvey · 15.0/g Top targetJaylen Waddle · 33% QB carries2.6 a game
Wavvy
Chargers · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run62% / 38% Points for / against31.0 — 26.8 Margin+4.2 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken7.9% of dropbacks Lead backOmarion Hampton · 12.8/g Top targetLadd McConkey · 34% QB carries2.2 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
THE SERIES Wavvy against Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody — the men, not the teams
All square at 1-1. Wavvy won the last one.
2 meetings avg 32.0 — 22.5 biggest: 24 pts to Wavvy
S1 · week 18 Wavvy 45 — 21 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody WAVVY
S1 · week 5 Wavvy 19 — 24 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody HENIGE - DETROIT VS. EVERYBODY
Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Chargers receivers vs Broncos secondary 83 v 88 BRONCOS
Broncos receivers vs Chargers secondary 84 v 84 EVEN
Chargers line vs Broncos front 82 v 85 BRONCOS
Broncos line vs Chargers front 81 v 78 BRONCOS
Chargers backs vs Broncos run defence 81 v 81 EVEN
Broncos backs vs Chargers run defence 81 v 78 BRONCOS
Chargers passer vs Broncos secondary 91 v 88 CHARGERS
Broncos passer vs Chargers secondary 77 v 84 CHARGERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Justin Herbert QB Chargers 359 pass yds
Fernando Mendoza QB Broncos 284 pass yds
Quentin Johnston WR Chargers 158 rec yds
Marvin Mims Jr WR Broncos 135 rec yds
Jaylen Waddle WR Broncos 119 rec yds
Omarion Hampton HB Chargers 80 rush yds
Ladd McConkey WR Chargers 77 rec yds
Brenen Thompson WR Chargers 70 rec yds
Oronde Gadsden TE Chargers 54 rec yds
Nik Bonitto REDG Broncos 1.5 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
CHARGERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Justin Herbert QB 25/3935940261128
BRONCOS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Fernando Mendoza QB 15/3028422210077.6
RECENT FORM
Chargers
L 35–42 vs Chiefs WK 17
W 23–20 vs Dolphins WK 16
W 35–31 vs 49ers WK 15
Broncos
L 15–36 vs Patriots WK 17
L 16–24 vs Bills WK 16
L 21–42 vs Raiders WK 15
TEAM STATS
Chargers Broncos
531 TOTAL YARDS 343
359 PASSING YARDS 284
172 RUSHING YARDS 59
2 SACKS ALLOWED 2
1.5 SACKS MADE 2
1 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 TAKEAWAYS 1

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
1 CHARGERS — 1 BRONCOS
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