WEEK 4 · FINAL
THE READ
Sierra Vaughn
Analyst
80 points between Chargers and Seahawks
Nobody wanted to play defence. Chargers won the shootout 49-31. Derrick Henry did the work on the ground for Chargers — 24 carries, 303 yards, 5 TD. Sam Darnold threw for Seahawks — 23/31, 344 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Make it 3 consecutive games past 100 for Derrick Henry. Through the air: Seahawks 344, Chargers 104.
Sierra Vaughn
Analyst
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chargers | +10.5 | +1.2 | +9.3 | +2 |
| Seahawks | +12.3 | +0.6 | +11.7 | +12 |
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 MVP race
#3
Derrick Henry
HB · Chargers · 13.6% of the field
#8
Sam Darnold
QB · Seahawks · 1.3% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Jordan Hayes
The armchair coach
Seattle got out-schemed on its own field. The Chargers went heavy to the run—Derrick Henry with 303 yards and 5 touchdowns—while the Seahawks kept passing 69% of the time, and that's the gap between 49 and 31 right there.
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
· replying
Sam Darnold threw for 344 yards and 2 touchdowns on 23 completions—efficient work that got swallowed whole by a defense that couldn't generate pressure and a run game that couldn't establish itself. When your quarterback has to win the game alone, you've already lost it.
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.
Derrick Henry
Chargers
24 carries, 303 yards, 5 TD
Sam Darnold
Seahawks
23/31, 344 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Jalen Milroe
Seahawks
3 carries, 83 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Seahawks 344, Chargers 104
Seahawks
On the ground
Chargers 303, Seahawks 160
Chargers
Total yards
Seahawks 504, Chargers 407
Seahawks
Pressure
Seahawks 0 sacks, Chargers 3
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 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
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 66% · Rush 34% · 36.1 scored, 24.4 allowed
11.2 yds/att
71.0% completions
6.7 yds/carry
418.1 yds/game
0.7 giveaways/game
6.2% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 85 · Efficient
Balance 84
Ball security 81
Back usage 32%
QB runs 0.9/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90
WR 87
TE 75
RB 88
OL 78
DL 86
LB 82
DB 84
Best: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 99
Fastest: De'Von Achane HB 96 SPD
8 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
InDaGenes_8
Seahawks · his last 8 games
Throws it
Protects it
One back
Pass / run65% / 35%
Points for / against34.2 — 22.2
Margin+12.0
Giveaways a game0.8
Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks
Lead backDe'Von Achane · 12.4/g
Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 26%
QB carries1.0 a game
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
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
TheDJ against InDaGenes_8 — the men, not the teams
TheDJ leads it 1-0.
TheDJ won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 49.0 — 31.0
biggest: 18 pts to TheDJ
S1 · week 4
TheDJ 49 — 31 InDaGenes_8
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
Chargers receivers vs Seahawks secondary
77 v 84
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks receivers vs Chargers secondary
87 v 82
SEAHAWKS
Chargers line vs Seahawks front
85 v 86
EVEN
Seahawks line vs Chargers front
78 v 84
CHARGERS
Chargers backs vs Seahawks run defence
88 v 85
CHARGERS
Seahawks backs vs Chargers run defence
88 v 81
SEAHAWKS
Chargers passer vs Seahawks secondary
95 v 84
CHARGERS
Seahawks passer vs Chargers secondary
90 v 82
SEAHAWKS
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BOX SCORE
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CHARGERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Herbert QB | 5/8 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 145.8 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Darnold QB | 23/31 | 344 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 118.2 |
CHARGERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Henry HB | 24 | 303 | 12.6 | 5 | 10 | 117 | 80 | 0 |
| George Kittle TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Milroe QB | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0 |
| De'Von Achane HB | 11 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 0 |
CHARGERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenen Thompson WR | 1 | 62 | 62 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 62 |
| Sincere Brown WR | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| George Kittle TE | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Von Achane HB | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 36 |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 6 | 90 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 46 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
| Tory Horton WR | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 35 |
| Evan Svoboda TE | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Emmanuel Henderson Jr. WR | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
CHARGERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VJ Payne SS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Moore CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Ransaw FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akheem Mesidor LEDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Cine SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuli Tuipulotu DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Hart CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylen Everette CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Genesis Smith SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hines-Allen DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Del'Shawn Phillips SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Witherspoon CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Clark FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Igbinoghene CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevon Diggs CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernest Jones IV MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Love SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Lawrence DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrice Knight WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CHARGERS
nothing recorded
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Myers K | 1/1 | 4/4 | 36 |
RECENT FORM
Chargers
L
37–54 vs Bills
WK 3
W
35–28 vs Raiders
WK 2
W
31–6 vs Cardinals
WK 1
Seahawks
W
31–28 vs Commanders
WK 3
W
55–0 vs Cardinals
WK 2
W
51–42 vs Patriots
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Chargers | Seahawks | |
|---|---|---|
| 407 | TOTAL YARDS | 504 |
| 104 | PASSING YARDS | 344 |
| 303 | RUSHING YARDS | 160 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | TAKEAWAYS | 0 |
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
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0
SEAHAWKS