Raiders @ Chargers · Week 10

WEEK 10 · FINAL

THE READ

Raiders edge Chargers by 1

Raiders 35, Chargers 34—a point separated two teams that looked nearly identical on tape. Justin Herbert threw for 312 yards and 3 touchdowns while Fernando Mendoza matched him with 311 yards and kept Las Vegas ahead, but it was Quentin Johnston's 229 receiving yards on 12 catches that nearly carried Los Angeles back; the Chargers couldn't find their pass rush, registering 0 sacks to the Raiders' 3, and the difference came down to ground game—109 yards for Vegas against 105 for the Bolts. At 7-2, the Raiders showed why people thought they'd sustain this run, and at 1-8, the Chargers showed why they haven't.

Elise Carter The insider

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Raiders	+13.3	-0.7	+14.0	+21
Chargers	-5.0	+2.7	-7.7	-10

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.

Raiders — AFC #3 · division · 11-3 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#7 Mike Washington Jr. HB · Raiders · 0.5% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Daniel Keller The numbers guy

Johnston's 229 yards looked like a one-man show, but the Raiders' pass rush—3 sacks to 0—is what actually decided a 1-point game where both offenses moved the ball equally well.

Zoe Bell The contrarian · replying

The Chargers threw on 67% of their plays and still nearly won—they should've been in this game way more than once, and the fact that they weren't says everything about execution, not scheme.

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

22/36, 312 yards, 3 TD

Fernando Mendoza

Raiders

31/39, 311 yards, 1 TD

Quentin Johnston

Chargers

12 catches, 229 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Keaton Mitchell has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Quentin Johnston has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Dont'e Thornton Jr has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

On the ground Raiders 109, Chargers 105 Raiders

Total yards Raiders 420, Chargers 417 Raiders

Pressure Chargers 0 sacks, Raiders 3 Raiders

Through the air Chargers 312, Raiders 311 Chargers

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

Balanced Pass 56% · Rush 44% · 33.9 scored, 19.9 allowed

8.4 yds/att 63.2% completions 6.7 yds/carry 331.1 yds/game 0.9 giveaways/game 3.4% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Ryan Coleman-William WR — 24% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 75 · Efficient Balance 94 Ball security 76 Back usage 41% QB runs 1.6/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 97 WR 84 TE 99 RB 92 OL 86 DL 86 LB 81 DB 85

Best: Brock Bowers TE 99 Fastest: Dont'e Thornton Jr WR 96 SPD 3 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

Chargers · his last 8 games

Throws it One target

Pass / run67% / 33% Points for / against29.5 — 34.6 Margin-5.1 Giveaways a game1.4 Sacks taken5.0% of dropbacks Lead backKeaton Mitchell · 11.5/g Top targetQuentin Johnston · 41% QB carries2.5 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.

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Raiders receivers vs Chargers secondary 84 v 86 EVEN

Chargers receivers vs Raiders secondary 88 v 85 CHARGERS

Raiders line vs Chargers front 86 v 84 EVEN

Chargers line vs Raiders front 86 v 86 EVEN

Raiders backs vs Chargers run defence 92 v 83 RAIDERS

Chargers backs vs Raiders run defence 85 v 84 EVEN

Raiders passer vs Chargers secondary 97 v 86 RAIDERS

Chargers passer vs Raiders secondary 92 v 85 CHARGERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Justin Herbert QB Chargers 312 pass yds

Fernando Mendoza QB Raiders 311 pass yds

Quentin Johnston WR Chargers 229 rec yds

Dont'e Thornton Jr WR Raiders 112 rec yds

Ryan Coleman-William WR Raiders 71 rec yds

Keaton Mitchell HB Chargers 59 rush yds

Brock Bowers TE Raiders 59 rec yds

Mike Washington Jr. HB Raiders 53 rush yds

Ashton Jeanty HB Raiders 52 rush yds

🎬 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

RAIDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Fernando Mendoza QB	31/39	311	1	0	0	30	108.4

CHARGERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Justin Herbert QB	22/36	312	3	0	3	88	116.8

RAIDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Mike Washington Jr. HB	14	53	3.8	2	2	2	11	1
Ashton Jeanty HB	9	52	5.8	2	2	11	19	0
Fernando Mendoza QB	5	7	1.4	0	0	0	4	0
Ryan Coleman-William WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dont'e Thornton Jr WR	1	-3	-3	0	0	0	0	0

CHARGERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Keaton Mitchell HB	8	59	7.4	0	3	32	33	1
Kimani Vidal HB	9	40	4.4	1	1	3	9	0
Justin Herbert QB	1	6	6	0	0	0	6	0
Mack Hollins TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Quentin Johnston WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Ladd McConkey WR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0

RAIDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Dont'e Thornton Jr WR	8	112	14	0	12	30
Ryan Coleman-William WR	7	71	10.1	0	13	21
Brock Bowers TE	4	59	14.8	1	11	22
Mike Washington Jr. HB	5	33	6.6	0	16	13
T.J. Hockenson TE	2	12	6	0	6	6
DeSean Bishop HB	2	9	4.5	0	6	7
Ashton Jeanty HB	2	9	4.5	0	4	5
Sincere Brown WR	1	6	6	0	4	6

CHARGERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Quentin Johnston WR	12	229	19.1	2	148	88
Brandon Aiyuk WR	2	29	14.5	0	1	24
Ladd McConkey WR	3	26	8.7	0	13	13
Mack Hollins TE	1	19	19	0	7	19
Darnell Washington TE	2	6	3	0	3	5
Kimani Vidal HB	1	2	2	1	0	2
Keaton Mitchell HB	1	1	1	0	3	1

RAIDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	FF	CMP ALW
Jeremy Chinn SS	6	0.5	0	3
Eric Stokes CB	5	0	0	8
Tre Hawkins III SS	4	0.5	0	1
Jermod McCoy FS	4	0	0	3
Keyron Crawford REDG	3	0	0	1
Darien Porter CB	3	0	0	1
Brandon Jones FS	3	0	0	2
Nakobe Dean MIKE	3	0	1	3
Treydan Stukes CB	2	0	0	0
Quay Walker WILL	1	0	0	0
Malcolm Koonce LEDG	1	1	0	0
Tye Niekamp WILL	1	0	0	0
Will Echoles DT	1	0.5	0	0
Maxx Crosby LEDG	0	0.5	0	0

CHARGERS

PLAYER	TKL	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Daiyan Henley MIKE	9	0	0	6
Decamerion Richardson CB	8	0	0	7
Akheem Mesidor REDG	7	0	1	2
Jack Jones CB	5	1	0	5
Cam Hart FS	5	0	0	5
Derwin James Jr SS	4	0	0	3
Tarheeb Still CB	4	0	0	2
Nick Barrett DT	2	0	0	0
Colin Simmons LEDG	2	0	0	0
Tuli Tuipulotu DT	1	0	0	0
Del'Shawn Phillips SAM	1	0	0	0
Junior Colson WILL	1	0	0	1
Drayk Bowen MIKE	1	0	0	0
Nadame Tucker LEDG	1	0	0	0
VJ Payne FS	1	0	0	0

RAIDERS

nothing recorded

CHARGERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Cameron Dicker K	1/1	3/3	24

RECENT FORM

Raiders

W 51–13 vs Broncos WK 8

W 30–0 vs Bengals WK 7

L 12–37 vs Browns WK 6

Chargers

L 17–31 vs Ravens WK 9

L 49–55 vs Bears WK 8

L 10–42 vs Jaguars WK 6

TEAM STATS

Raiders		Chargers
420	TOTAL YARDS	417
311	PASSING YARDS	312
109	RUSHING YARDS	105
0	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	0
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

2 RAIDERS — 0 CHARGERS

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