Jaguars @ Chargers · Week 6

WEEK 6 · FINAL

THE READ

Jaguars run away with it, 42-10

Jacksonville demolished Los Angeles 42-10, with Dante Moore completing 14 of 20 passes for 355 yards and 6 touchdowns while Brian Thomas Jr caught 5 for 191 yards and 4 of those scores. The Jaguars controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides, outgaining the Chargers 415 to 204 total yards and committing zero turnovers against two, leaving Los Angeles at 1-5 and Jacksonville unbeaten at 6-0. Akheem Mesidor's 2 sacks were the only meaningful noise Los Angeles generated on a Sunday that belonged entirely to Moore's efficiency and Thomas's separation.

Daniel Keller The numbers guy

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Jaguars	+2.7	-4.0	+6.7	+7
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.

Jaguars — AFC #2 · division · 12-2 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#11 Brian Thomas Jr WR · Jaguars · 0.4% of the field

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IN THE BOOTH

Jeff Epstein The showman

Jacksonville's receivers were uncovered all afternoon—Brian Thomas Jr. caught 4 touchdowns on 191 yards because the Chargers' secondary simply was not there, and when your pass defense disappears against a 6-0 team, the rout writes itself.

Zoe Bell The contrarian · replying

Jacksonville just answered every question about whether a 6-0 start means anything: Dante Moore threw 6 touchdown passes in one afternoon, and the Chargers' inability to generate anything on the ground—16 yards total—left them with no identity and no way to slow down what's coming at them.

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.

Dante Moore

Jaguars

14/20, 355 yards, 6 TD

Brian Thomas Jr

Jaguars

5 catches, 191 yards, 4 TD

Akheem Mesidor

Chargers

2 sacks

THE STORY SO FAR

📉 Justin Herbert is still searching for it: 8 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 13.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Jaguars 415, Chargers 204 Jaguars

Through the air Jaguars 355, Chargers 188 Jaguars

On the ground Jaguars 60, Chargers 16 Jaguars

Giveaways Chargers 2, Jaguars 0 Jaguars

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 59% · Rush 41% · 30.0 scored, 23.3 allowed

8.8 yds/att 54.3% completions 5.1 yds/carry 349.7 yds/game 1.4 giveaways/game 9.0% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Brian Thomas Jr WR — 38% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 58 · Aggressive Balance 91 Ball security 62 Back usage 33% QB runs 4.0/game

Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.0% of dropbacks

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 88 WR 84 TE 83 RB 87 OL 80 DL 88 LB 83 DB 89

Best: Travis Hunter CB 94 Fastest: Brian Thomas Jr WR 97 SPD 5 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

Tone

Jaguars · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against23.0 — 22.5 Margin+0.5 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken8.7% of dropbacks Lead backBhayshul Tuten · 11.6/g Top targetBrian Thomas Jr · 31% QB carries4.6 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 Tone against SD — the men, not the teams

Tone leads it 1-0. Tone won the last one.

1 meeting avg 42.0 — 10.0 biggest: 32 pts to Tone

S2 · week 6 Tone 42 — 10 SD TONE

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

Jaguars receivers vs Chargers secondary 84 v 86 EVEN

Chargers receivers vs Jaguars secondary 88 v 89 EVEN

Jaguars line vs Chargers front 80 v 84 CHARGERS

Chargers line vs Jaguars front 86 v 88 EVEN

Jaguars backs vs Chargers run defence 87 v 83 JAGUARS

Chargers backs vs Jaguars run defence 85 v 86 EVEN

Jaguars passer vs Chargers secondary 88 v 86 EVEN

Chargers passer vs Jaguars secondary 92 v 89 CHARGERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Dante Moore QB Jaguars 355 pass yds

Brian Thomas Jr WR Jaguars 191 rec yds

Justin Herbert QB Chargers 188 pass yds

Quentin Johnston WR Chargers 105 rec yds

Mack Hollins TE Chargers 74 rec yds

Bhayshul Tuten HB Jaguars 63 rec yds

Akheem Mesidor REDG Chargers 2 sacks

Caleb Ransaw FS Jaguars 1 INTs

Travis Hunter CB Jaguars 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

JAGUARS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Dante Moore QB	14/20	355	6	0	3	73	152

CHARGERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Justin Herbert QB	10/22	188	1	2	3	63	52.8

JAGUARS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Bhayshul Tuten HB	5	46	9.2	1	8	18
Dante Moore QB	1	14	14	0	0	14
Brian Thomas Jr WR	0	0	0	1	0	0

CHARGERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Justin Herbert QB	1	7	7	0	0	7
Keaton Mitchell HB	5	6	1.2	0	4	5
Kimani Vidal HB	1	3	3	0	1	3
Mack Hollins TE	0	0	0	2	0	0

JAGUARS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Brian Thomas Jr WR	5	191	38.2	4	88	73
Bhayshul Tuten HB	3	63	21	0	25	29
Eric Singleton Jr WR	2	49	24.5	1	2	25
Brenton Strange TE	1	9	9	1	0	9
Nate Boerkircher TE	1	-4	-4	0	0	0

CHARGERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Quentin Johnston WR	4	105	26.2	1	23	63
Mack Hollins TE	3	74	24.7	0	30	41
Brenen Thompson WR	2	7	3.5	0	14	11
Keaton Mitchell HB	1	2	2	0	0	2

JAGUARS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Antonio Johnson SS	3	0	0	0
Albert Regis DT	2	0	0	0
Caleb Ransaw FS	2	0	1	0
Foyesade Oluokun MIKE	2	1	0	1
Jourdan Lewis CB	1	0	0	2
Travon Walker LEDG	1	1	0	0
Jack Kiser MIKE	1	0	0	0
Jarrian Jones CB	1	0	0	0
Rayuan Lane III FS	1	0	0	0
Travis Hunter CB	1	1	1	2
Josh Hines-Allen REDG	0	0	0	1

CHARGERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Cam Hart FS	3	0	0
Akheem Mesidor REDG	2	2	0
Christian Gray CB	1	0	0
Junior Colson WILL	1	1	0
Jack Jones CB	1	0	1
Derwin James Jr SS	1	0	1
Tarheeb Still CB	1	0	0
Decamerion Richardson CB	0	0	2
Daiyan Henley MIKE	0	0	1

JAGUARS

nothing recorded

CHARGERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Cameron Dicker K	1/1	1/1	57

RECENT FORM

Jaguars

W 34–14 vs Falcons WK 5

W 31–23 vs Titans WK 4

W 41–34 vs Texans WK 3

Chargers

L 7–24 vs Raiders WK 5

L 33–41 vs Cowboys WK 4

L 35–56 vs Lions WK 3

TEAM STATS

Jaguars		Chargers
415	TOTAL YARDS	204
355	PASSING YARDS	188
60	RUSHING YARDS	16
3	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	3
0	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	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 JAGUARS — 0 CHARGERS

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