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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 4 · FINAL
CHARGERS 2-2 · 30.0 PPG 62 – 51 COWBOYS 0-4 · 31.0 PPG
THE READ
113 points between Chargers and Cowboys

The Chargers beat Dallas 62-51 in a shootout where Justin Herbert's arm and Los Angeles' pass-happy offense simply overwhelmed a Dallas secondary that couldn't match the pace. Herbert went 32 of 45 for 484 yards and 6 touchdowns while Oronde Gadsden caught 14 passes for 196 yards and 2 scores, and the Chargers rolled up 556 total yards to the Cowboys' 388. Dak Prescott threw 4 interceptions on 21 of 43 passing to go with 329 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Dallas' 4 giveaways to Los Angeles' 3 decided a game that never felt competitive once the Bolts got rolling.

Devon Walker Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Chargers +0.8 +4.1 -3.2 -2
Cowboys -7.5 -0.1 -7.5 -6
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
Sierra Vaughn Analyst
Dallas threw 4 interceptions and could not stop Los Angeles from moving the ball at will—Herbert and Gadsden put up 484 and 196 yards respectively, and that gap in execution separated an 11-point game from a rout.
Riley Parker The chaos merchant · replying
Dak Prescott threw 51 points' worth of passes and still couldn't keep Dallas alive—the moment a quarterback decides he can air it out 43 times and live with 4 picks, that's not a shootout, that's surrender.
Zoe Bell The contrarian · replying
Dallas scored 51 and still lost by 11—that's not a shootout where one team got hot, that's a team that cannot execute when it matters, and Prescott's 4 interceptions didn't happen in a vacuum, they happened because Los Angeles was moving the ball at will while Dallas was scrambling to keep up.
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.
Justin Herbert
Chargers
32/45, 484 yards, 6 TD, 3 INT
Dak Prescott
Cowboys
21/43, 329 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT
Oronde Gadsden
Chargers
14 catches, 196 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Chargers 556, Cowboys 388 Chargers
Through the air Chargers 484, Cowboys 329 Chargers
On the ground Chargers 72, Cowboys 59 Chargers
Giveaways Cowboys 4, Chargers 3 Chargers
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 4 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 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
STUDE
Cowboys · his last 4 games
Throws it Gives it away
Pass / run70% / 30% Points for / against31.0 — 38.5 Margin-7.5 Giveaways a game2.8 Sacks taken3.8% of dropbacks Lead backJaydon Blue · 10.0/g Top targetCeeDee Lamb · 34% QB carries2.0 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 STUDE — the men, not the teams
chef_apollo425 leads it 1-0. chef_apollo425 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 62.0 — 51.0 biggest: 11 pts to chef_apollo425
S2 · week 4 chef_apollo425 62 — 51 STUDE CHEF_APOLLO425
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 Cowboys secondary 83 v 84 EVEN
Cowboys receivers vs Chargers secondary 89 v 86 COWBOYS
Chargers line vs Cowboys front 84 v 86 EVEN
Cowboys line vs Chargers front 82 v 81 EVEN
Chargers backs vs Cowboys run defence 82 v 84 EVEN
Cowboys backs vs Chargers run defence 84 v 80 COWBOYS
Chargers passer vs Cowboys secondary 92 v 84 CHARGERS
Cowboys passer vs Chargers secondary 96 v 86 COWBOYS
TOP PERFORMERS
Justin Herbert QB Chargers 484 pass yds
Dak Prescott QB Cowboys 329 pass yds
Oronde Gadsden TE Chargers 196 rec yds
Keaton Mitchell HB Chargers 119 rec yds
Quentin Johnston WR Chargers 113 rec yds
George Pickens WR Cowboys 111 rec yds
CeeDee Lamb WR Cowboys 85 rec yds
Justin Herbert QB Chargers 68 rush yds
Kamari Moulton HB Cowboys 58 rec yds
Daiyan Henley WILL Chargers 2 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 32/4548463171117.9
COWBOYS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Dak Prescott QB 21/433292424051.4
RECENT FORM
Chargers
W 16–14 vs Broncos WK 3
L 14–30 vs Raiders WK 2
L 28–38 vs Broncos WK 1
Cowboys
L 24–30 vs Eagles WK 3
L 35–45 vs Bills WK 2
L 14–17 vs Giants WK 1
TEAM STATS
Chargers Cowboys
556 TOTAL YARDS 388
484 PASSING YARDS 329
72 RUSHING YARDS 59
1 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 1
3 GIVEAWAYS 4
4 TAKEAWAYS 3

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 — 0 COWBOYS
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