Raiders @ Commanders · Week 3

WEEK 3 · FINAL

THE READ

Raiders run away with it, 42-14

28 points separated these two, and Raiders had all of them. Mike Washington Jr. carried the load for Raiders — 4 carries, 140 yards, 2 TD. Sincere Brown moved the ball for Raiders — 4 catches, 99 yards, 2 TD. Mike Washington Jr. has now cleared 100 rushing yards in 3 in a row. Total yards: Raiders 337, Commanders 224.

Talia Morgan Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Raiders	+13.3	-0.7	+14.0	+21
Commanders	-11.0	-1.4	-9.6	-7

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

Jayden Daniels threw 3 interceptions and 0 touchdowns against a Raiders pass rush that collected 3 sacks; when your quarterback hands the other team the game before the defense even needs to show up, 28 points is what you get.

Elise Carter The insider · replying

The gap between these teams is real—Raiders are a division winner headed to the playoffs; Commanders are 3-10 and sinking. Daniels's 3 interceptions didn't create this hole so much as confirm it was already there.

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.

Mike Washington Jr.

Raiders

4 carries, 140 yards, 2 TD

Sincere Brown

Raiders

4 catches, 99 yards, 2 TD

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

Commanders

7 carries, 86 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Mike Washington Jr. has now cleared 100 rushing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Jacory Croskey-Merritt has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Sincere Brown has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Raiders 337, Commanders 224 Raiders

Through the air Raiders 197, Commanders 126 Raiders

On the ground Raiders 140, Commanders 98 Raiders

Giveaways Commanders 3, Raiders 0 Raiders

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

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

Raiders receivers vs Commanders secondary 84 v 85 EVEN

Commanders receivers vs Raiders secondary 87 v 85 EVEN

Raiders line vs Commanders front 86 v 85 EVEN

Commanders line vs Raiders front 83 v 86 RAIDERS

Raiders backs vs Commanders run defence 92 v 86 RAIDERS

Commanders backs vs Raiders run defence 82 v 84 EVEN

Raiders passer vs Commanders secondary 97 v 85 RAIDERS

Commanders passer vs Raiders secondary 88 v 85 COMMANDERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Fernando Mendoza QB Raiders 197 pass yds

Mike Washington Jr. HB Raiders 140 rush yds

Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 126 pass yds

Sincere Brown WR Raiders 99 rec yds

Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB Commanders 86 rush yds

Ryan Coleman-William WR Raiders 65 rec yds

Darien Porter CB Raiders 1 INTs

Treydan Stukes CB Raiders 1 INTs

Tre Hawkins III SS Raiders 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

RAIDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Fernando Mendoza QB	9/19	197	3	0	0	58	124.3

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jayden Daniels QB	8/22	126	0	3	3	32	16.6

RAIDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Mike Washington Jr. HB	4	140	35	2	1	4	65	0
Sincere Brown WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	7	86	12.3	2	1	17	33	0
Jayden Daniels QB	3	12	4	0	0	1	8	0

RAIDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Sincere Brown WR	4	99	24.8	2	24	1	58
Ryan Coleman-William WR	2	65	32.5	0	7	0	34
Mike Washington Jr. HB	2	21	10.5	1	21	0	11
Dont'e Thornton Jr WR	1	12	12	0	4	1	12

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	LNG
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	2	32	16	13	32
Jauan Jennings WR	1	31	31	5	31
Jaylin Lane WR	1	24	24	0	24
Antonio Williams WR	2	23	11.5	16	12
Terry McLaurin WR	2	16	8	2	16

RAIDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Jermod McCoy FS	3	0	0	0	0
Keyron Crawford REDG	2	1	0	0	0
Jeremy Chinn SS	1	0	0	0	0
Treydan Stukes CB	1	0	1	1	0
Maxx Crosby LEDG	1	1	0	0	0
Quay Walker WILL	1	1	0	0	0
Darien Porter CB	0	0	1	0	1
Tre Hawkins III SS	0	0	1	1	0
Eric Stokes CB	0	0	0	1	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	TKL	PD
Ellis Robinson IV CB	2	0
Sonny Styles MIKE	1	0
Mike Sainristil CB	1	0
Jaquan Brisker SS	1	1
Trey Amos CB	1	1
Jer'Zhan Newton DT	0	1
Grover Stewart DT	0	1

RECENT FORM

Raiders

W 35–14 vs Vikings WK 2

L 18–28 vs Ravens WK 1

Commanders

L 17–42 vs Giants WK 2

W 52–28 vs Vikings WK 1

TEAM STATS

Raiders		Commanders
337	TOTAL YARDS	224
197	PASSING YARDS	126
140	RUSHING YARDS	98
0	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	0
0	GIVEAWAYS	3
3	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 RAIDERS — 0 COMMANDERS

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