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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 5 · FINAL
BRONCOS 3-14 · 14.0 PPG 24 – 19 CHARGERS 10-7 · 30.0 PPG
THE READ
Broncos beat Chargers, 24-19
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Broncos -13.9 +4.4 -18.2 -11
Chargers +5.1 +1.6 +3.5 +5
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 →
Fernando Mendoza
Broncos
27/43, 318 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Justin Herbert
Chargers
30/46, 287 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Nik Bonitto
Broncos
2.5 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Chargers 70, Broncos 29 Chargers
Through the air Broncos 318, Chargers 287 Broncos
Total yards Chargers 357, Broncos 347 Chargers
Pressure Chargers 0 sacks, Broncos 6 Broncos
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
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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 63% · Rush 37% · 14.9 scored, 33.1 allowed
6.2 yds/att 48.8% completions 4.3 yds/carry 279.2 yds/game 2.3 giveaways/game 5.7% sack rate last 5: 0-5
Primary weapon: Jaylen Waddle WR — 34% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 27 · Turnover-prone Balance 87 Ball security 36 Back usage 32% QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.3 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77 WR 84 TE 77 RB 81 OL 81 DL 85 LB 76 DB 88
Best: Patrick Surtain II CB 98 Fastest: Jaylen Waddle WR 96 SPD 8 at star dev or better
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
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
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
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 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody against Wavvy — the men, not the teams
All square at 1-1. Wavvy won the last one.
2 meetings avg 22.5 — 32.0 biggest: 24 pts to Wavvy
S1 · week 18 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody 21 — 45 Wavvy WAVVY
S1 · week 5 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody 24 — 19 Wavvy 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
Broncos receivers vs Chargers secondary 84 v 84 EVEN
Chargers receivers vs Broncos secondary 83 v 88 BRONCOS
Broncos line vs Chargers front 81 v 78 BRONCOS
Chargers line vs Broncos front 82 v 85 BRONCOS
Broncos backs vs Chargers run defence 81 v 78 BRONCOS
Chargers backs vs Broncos run defence 81 v 81 EVEN
Broncos passer vs Chargers secondary 77 v 84 CHARGERS
Chargers passer vs Broncos secondary 91 v 88 CHARGERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Fernando Mendoza QB Broncos 318 pass yds
Justin Herbert QB Chargers 287 pass yds
Jaylen Waddle WR Broncos 119 rec yds
Ladd McConkey WR Chargers 104 rec yds
Courtland Sutton WR Broncos 104 rec yds
Quentin Johnston WR Chargers 86 rec yds
Nik Bonitto REDG Broncos 2.5 sacks
Tarheeb Still CB Chargers 2 INTs
Talanoa Hufanga SS Broncos 1 INTs
🎬 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
BRONCOS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Fernando Mendoza QB 27/433183218089
CHARGERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Justin Herbert QB 30/462871162780.6
RECENT FORM
Broncos
L 16–42 vs 49ers WK 4
L 13–28 vs Rams WK 3
L 17–38 vs Jaguars WK 2
Chargers
W 34–28 vs Seahawks WK 4
W 48–10 vs Bills WK 3
L 28–30 vs Raiders WK 2
TEAM STATS
Broncos Chargers
347 TOTAL YARDS 357
318 PASSING YARDS 287
29 RUSHING YARDS 70
1 SACKS ALLOWED 6
6 SACKS MADE 0
2 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 TAKEAWAYS 2

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 BRONCOS — 1 CHARGERS
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