WEEK 2 · FINAL
THE READ
Raiders beat Chargers, 30-14
Raiders did what they needed to, 30-14. Fernando Mendoza threw for Raiders — 16/24, 335 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT. Justin Herbert did the damage for Chargers — 15/24, 290 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Through the air: Raiders 335, Chargers 290.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chargers | +0.8 | +4.1 | -3.2 | -2 |
| Raiders | +17.7 | -0.5 | +18.2 | +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.
IN THE BOOTH
Riley Parker
The chaos merchant
The wildest thing here is that both teams combined for 44 points while throwing it 89% of the time—that's not efficiency, that's desperation masquerading as offense. Mendoza's 335 yards and 3 touchdowns buried Los Angeles because the Chargers couldn't generate a single sack, and when Herbert matched him yard-for-yard but only 2 of those yards came on the ground, you're watching two teams that refuse to establish anything resembling a run game get exposed in different ways: one team won anyway, the other one fell 16.
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.
Fernando Mendoza
Raiders
16/24, 335 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Justin Herbert
Chargers
15/24, 290 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Tyreek Hill
Raiders
6 catches, 127 yards, 2 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Raiders 335, Chargers 290
Raiders
Total yards
Raiders 346, Chargers 302
Raiders
Pressure
Raiders 2 sacks, Chargers 0
Raiders
On the ground
Chargers 12, Raiders 11
Chargers
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
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
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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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 70% · Rush 30% · 35.2 scored, 17.0 allowed
13.5 yds/att
66.3% completions
5.8 yds/carry
379.5 yds/game
1.8 giveaways/game
0.0% sack rate
last 4: 4-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 76 · Aggressive
Balance 80
Ball security 51
Back usage 26%
QB runs 1.2/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.8 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89
WR 91
TE 94
RB 81
OL 85
DL 83
LB 76
DB 83
Best: Mike Evans WR 99
Fastest: Tyreek Hill WR 96 SPD
13 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
Donkey Kong
Raiders · his last 4 games
Throws it
One back
Pass / run70% / 30%
Points for / against35.2 — 17.0
Margin+18.2
Giveaways a game1.8
Sacks taken0.0% of dropbacks
Lead backMike Washington Jr. · 7.5/g
Top targetMike Evans · 25%
QB carries1.2 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 Donkey Kong — the men, not the teams
Donkey Kong leads it 1-0.
Donkey Kong won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 14.0 — 30.0
biggest: 16 pts to Donkey Kong
S2 · week 2
chef_apollo425 14 — 30 Donkey Kong
DONKEY KONG
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 Raiders secondary
83 v 83
EVEN
Raiders receivers vs Chargers secondary
91 v 86
RAIDERS
Chargers line vs Raiders front
84 v 83
EVEN
Raiders line vs Chargers front
85 v 81
RAIDERS
Chargers backs vs Raiders run defence
82 v 81
EVEN
Raiders backs vs Chargers run defence
81 v 80
EVEN
Chargers passer vs Raiders secondary
92 v 83
CHARGERS
Raiders passer vs Chargers secondary
89 v 86
RAIDERS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Herbert QB | 15/24 | 290 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 114.9 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Mendoza QB | 16/24 | 335 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 131.9 |
CHARGERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keaton Mitchell HB | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| KeAndre Lambert-Smith WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oronde Gadsden TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Mendoza QB | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Washington Jr. HB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
CHARGERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oronde Gadsden TE | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 26 |
| Keaton Mitchell HB | 2 | 70 | 35 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 59 |
| Brenen Thompson WR | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| Ladd McConkey WR | 1 | 58 | 58 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 58 |
| Omarion Hampton HB | 1 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyreek Hill WR | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 43 |
| Mike Washington Jr. HB | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 64 |
| Dorian Fleming TE | 2 | 54 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 45 |
| Mike Evans WR | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Charlie Becker WR | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
CHARGERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobie Durant CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Genesis Smith SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donte Jackson CB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarheeb Still CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clev Lubin REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ameer Speed CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daiyan Henley WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derwin James Jr SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channing Tindall MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Atkins WILL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Treydan Stukes FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermod McCoy CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teitum Tuioti LEDG | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Stokes CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Chinn SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxx Crosby LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Johnson SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quay Walker WILL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CHARGERS
nothing recorded
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tate Sandell K | 1/1 | 3/3 | 43 |
RECENT FORM
Chargers
L
28–38 vs Broncos
WK 1
Raiders
W
31–14 vs Steelers
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Chargers | Raiders | |
|---|---|---|
| 302 | TOTAL YARDS | 346 |
| 290 | PASSING YARDS | 335 |
| 12 | RUSHING YARDS | 11 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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
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1
RAIDERS