WEEK 2 · FINAL
THE READ
63 points between Raiders and Chargers
35-28, and neither defence wants to watch it back. Ashton Jeanty carried the load for Raiders — 31 carries, 236 yards, 2 TD — in a losing effort. Justin Herbert threw for Chargers — 9/12, 227 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. On the ground: Raiders 238, Chargers 139.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raiders | -4.2 | +4.5 | -8.7 | +0 |
| Chargers | +10.5 | +1.2 | +9.3 | +2 |
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 —
AFC #3 · division
· 6-2
Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#3
Derrick Henry
HB · Chargers · 13.6% of the field
#6
Ashton Jeanty
HB · Raiders · 3.0% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Ava Collins
Beat reporter
Chargers outlasted the Raiders 35-28 in a ground game that favored Las Vegas until it didn't—Derrick Henry's 3 rushing touchdowns were the difference when it mattered most, overcoming Ashton Jeanty's 236 yards on the ground.
Kayla James
The showman
· replying
The Raiders got everything they needed from Jeanty—236 yards of pure conviction—and still came up 7 short, which tells you where Las Vegas stands right now: they can build a masterpiece on the ground and it won't matter until the rest finds its footing.
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.
Ashton Jeanty
Raiders
31 carries, 236 yards, 2 TD
Justin Herbert
Chargers
9/12, 227 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Derrick Henry
Chargers
13 carries, 133 yards, 3 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Raiders 238, Chargers 139
Raiders
Through the air
Chargers 227, Raiders 173
Chargers
Total yards
Raiders 411, Chargers 366
Raiders
Pressure
Chargers 2 sacks, Raiders 1
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
Run-heavy
Pass 37% · Rush 63% · 31.7 scored, 40.3 allowed
8.4 yds/att
47.0% completions
7.8 yds/carry
392.8 yds/game
1.6 giveaways/game
3.0% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 50 · Aggressive
Balance 71
Ball security 56
Back usage 61%
QB runs 0.8/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Dont'e Thornton Jr takes 45% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81
WR 77
TE 74
RB 88
OL 89
DL 82
LB 86
DB 82
Best: Fred Warner SAM 99
Fastest: Dont'e Thornton Jr WR 96 SPD
9 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Run-heavy
Pass 38% · Rush 62% · 40.4 scored, 31.1 allowed
10.6 yds/att
60.0% completions
10.9 yds/carry
386.3 yds/game
1.6 giveaways/game
8.7% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 63 · Aggressive
Balance 72
Ball security 56
Back usage 60%
QB runs 0.7/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.7% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 95
WR 77
TE 99
RB 88
OL 85
DL 84
LB 76
DB 82
Best: Derrick Henry HB 99
Fastest: Brenen Thompson WR 97 SPD
9 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
TheDJ
Chargers · his last 7 games
Runs it
One back
One target
Pass / run38% / 62%
Points for / against40.4 — 31.1
Margin+9.3
Giveaways a game1.6
Sacks taken8.7% of dropbacks
Lead backDerrick Henry · 21.6/g
Top targetSincere Brown · 42%
QB carries0.3 a game
El Lano
Raiders · his last 8 games
Runs it
One back
One target
Pass / run37% / 63%
Points for / against35.6 — 41.1
Margin-5.5
Giveaways a game1.4
Sacks taken2.7% of dropbacks
Lead backAshton Jeanty · 29.2/g
Top targetDont'e Thornton Jr · 47%
QB carries0.6 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
El Lano against TheDJ — the men, not the teams
TheDJ leads it 1-0.
TheDJ won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 28.0 — 35.0
biggest: 7 pts to TheDJ
S1 · week 2
El Lano 28 — 35 TheDJ
THEDJ
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
Raiders receivers vs Chargers secondary
77 v 82
CHARGERS
Chargers receivers vs Raiders secondary
77 v 82
RAIDERS
Raiders line vs Chargers front
89 v 84
RAIDERS
Chargers line vs Raiders front
85 v 82
CHARGERS
Raiders backs vs Chargers run defence
88 v 81
RAIDERS
Chargers backs vs Raiders run defence
88 v 83
CHARGERS
Raiders passer vs Chargers secondary
81 v 82
EVEN
Chargers passer vs Raiders secondary
95 v 82
CHARGERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Mendoza QB | 10/22 | 173 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 84 |
CHARGERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Herbert QB | 9/12 | 227 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 121.5 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 31 | 236 | 7.6 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 65 | 0 |
| Fernando Mendoza QB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dont'e Thornton Jr WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CHARGERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Henry HB | 13 | 133 | 10.2 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 45 | 0 |
| Sincere Brown WR | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 |
| Dont'e Thornton Jr WR | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
CHARGERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sincere Brown WR | 6 | 163 | 27.2 | 2 | 133 | 0 | 56 |
| George Kittle TE | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 22 |
| Brenen Thompson WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Chinn SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Eichenberg WILL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quay Walker WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nakobe Dean MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Koonce LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermod McCoy CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decamerion Richardson CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Laulu DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chop Robinson LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Pola-Mao FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyron Crawford REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Johnson SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Stokes CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darien Porter CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CHARGERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Ransaw FS | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylen Everette CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Moore CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Genesis Smith SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Colson MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LT Overton DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damone Clark WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuli Tuipulotu DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hines-Allen DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akheem Mesidor LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Murphy REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Cine SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Hart CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Raiders
L
0–34 vs Dolphins
WK 1
Chargers
W
31–6 vs Cardinals
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Raiders | Chargers | |
|---|---|---|
| 411 | TOTAL YARDS | 366 |
| 173 | PASSING YARDS | 227 |
| 238 | RUSHING YARDS | 139 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | 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
0
RAIDERS
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1
CHARGERS