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THE WIRE
WK 5 FINAL Texans 28, Titans 38 WK 5 FINAL Vikings 28, 49ers 14 WK 5 FINAL Falcons 21, Cardinals 49 MOVE Jaye Coyne traded to Panthers MOVE Taylor Rapp signed with Panthers MOVE Percy Butler signed with Chiefs THE WIRE someone: Vikings win the turnover battle and the game THE WIRE someone: The booth on Broncos beat Ravens, 28-21
WEEK 1 · FINAL
CHARGERS 2-2 · 30.0 PPG 28 – 38 BRONCOS 2-3 · 23.0 PPG
THE READ
Broncos win the turnover battle and the game

Take care of the football or lose. Chargers did not, and did. RJ Harvey carried the load for Broncos — 26 carries, 153 yards, 4 TD. Justin Herbert threw for Chargers — 17/30, 211 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT — in a losing effort. Worth noting: RJ Harvey, 82 overall, is 2 in the league in rushing yards. On the ground: Broncos 154, Chargers 18.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Chargers +0.8 +4.1 -3.2 -2
Broncos +3.1 +6.3 -3.2 +4
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 · 2-2 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Zoe Bell The contrarian
Los Angeles handed this away before Denver ever had to earn it. Herbert threw 4 picks and the Bolts managed 18 rushing yards—you can't play football that way, and they got the result that deserved.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.
RJ Harvey
Broncos
26 carries, 153 yards, 4 TD
Justin Herbert
Chargers
17/30, 211 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT
Evan Engram
Broncos
2 catches, 66 yards
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Broncos 154, Chargers 18 Broncos
Total yards Broncos 321, Chargers 229 Broncos
Through the air Chargers 211, Broncos 167 Chargers
Giveaways Broncos 1, Chargers 5 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 80% · Rush 20% · 30.0 scored, 33.2 allowed
8.5 yds/att 60.4% completions 5.8 yds/carry 357.8 yds/game 3.0 giveaways/game 2.7% sack rate last 4: 2-2
Primary weapon: Oronde Gadsden TE — 31% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 64 · Aggressive Balance 65 Ball security 16 Back usage 16% QB runs 1.5/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 3.0 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 92 WR 83 TE 79 RB 82 OL 84 DL 81 LB 78 DB 86
Best: Rashawn Slater LT 93 Fastest: Brenen Thompson WR 97 SPD 12 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
jj
Broncos · his last 5 games
Balanced
Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against23.8 — 27.0 Margin-3.2 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken5.0% of dropbacks Lead backRJ Harvey · 15.0/g Top targetCourtland Sutton · 26% QB carries2.6 a game
chef_apollo425
Chargers · his last 4 games
Throws it Gives it away
Pass / run80% / 20% Points for / against30.0 — 33.2 Margin-3.2 Giveaways a game3.0 Sacks taken2.7% of dropbacks Lead backOmarion Hampton · 4.8/g Top targetOronde Gadsden · 31% QB carries1.5 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 chef_apollo425 against jj — the men, not the teams
All square at 1-1. chef_apollo425 won the last one.
2 meetings avg 22.0 — 26.0 biggest: 10 pts to jj
S2 · week 3 chef_apollo425 16 — 14 jj CHEF_APOLLO425
S2 · week 1 chef_apollo425 28 — 38 jj JJ
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 88 v 86 EVEN
Chargers line vs Broncos front 84 v 87 BRONCOS
Broncos line vs Chargers front 87 v 81 BRONCOS
Chargers backs vs Broncos run defence 82 v 83 EVEN
Broncos backs vs Chargers run defence 82 v 80 EVEN
Chargers passer vs Broncos secondary 92 v 88 CHARGERS
Broncos passer vs Chargers secondary 87 v 86 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Justin Herbert QB Chargers 211 pass yds
Bo Nix QB Broncos 167 pass yds
RJ Harvey HB Broncos 153 rush yds
Evan Engram TE Broncos 66 rec yds
Ladd McConkey WR Chargers 54 rec yds
Justin Strnad WILL Broncos 1 INTs
Riley Moss CB Broncos 1 INTs
Brandon Jones MIKE Broncos 2 INTs
Daiyan Henley WILL Chargers 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
CHARGERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Justin Herbert QB 17/302112402961.2
BRONCOS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bo Nix QB 8/131671105299
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Chargers Broncos
229 TOTAL YARDS 321
211 PASSING YARDS 167
18 RUSHING YARDS 154
0 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 0
5 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 TAKEAWAYS 5

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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