Raiders @ Broncos · Week 8

WEEK 8 · FINAL

THE READ

Raiders run away with it, 51-13

A long afternoon for Broncos. Raiders by 38. Fernando Mendoza was steady for Raiders — 12/20, 361 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT. Ryan Coleman-William did the catching for Raiders — 3 catches, 109 yards, 1 TD. Fernando Mendoza has not had a better afternoon this season. Total yards: Raiders 461, Broncos 233.

Devon Walker Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Raiders	+13.3	-0.7	+14.0	+21
Broncos	-5.7	+3.0	-8.6	-11

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

Denver's turnover problem is real—4 giveaways against a team that forced none, and Bo Nix threw 4 interceptions in an afternoon that ended his time as a starting quarterback. Las Vegas simply had its way: Mendoza threw 5 touchdown passes on 12 completions, and the Broncos never had a chance to breathe.

Talia Morgan Beat reporter · replying

Denver's season in one game: turnover-dependent collapse against a team built to punish it. The Broncos are minus-8 in point differential on the year and minus-8 in turnover margin; Las Vegas sits at plus-15 in both. This wasn't an upset. This was Las Vegas doing exactly what it does to teams that beat themselves.

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.

Fernando Mendoza

Raiders

12/20, 361 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT

Ryan Coleman-William

Raiders

3 catches, 109 yards, 1 TD

Mike Washington Jr.

Raiders

18 carries, 100 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Fernando Mendoza has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 RJ Harvey is still searching for it: 49 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 70.

📉 Courtland Sutton is still searching for it: 44 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 83.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Raiders 461, Broncos 233 Raiders

Through the air Raiders 361, Broncos 167 Raiders

On the ground Raiders 100, Broncos 66 Raiders

Giveaways Broncos 4, Raiders 1 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

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

Lions 🦁

Broncos · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away One back One target

Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against20.4 — 31.6 Margin-11.2 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken5.7% of dropbacks Lead backRJ Harvey · 13.8/g Top targetJaylen Waddle · 39% QB carries1.9 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 Broncos secondary 84 v 89 BRONCOS

Broncos receivers vs Raiders secondary 87 v 85 EVEN

Raiders line vs Broncos front 86 v 89 BRONCOS

Broncos line vs Raiders front 87 v 86 EVEN

Raiders backs vs Broncos run defence 92 v 86 RAIDERS

Broncos backs vs Raiders run defence 84 v 84 EVEN

Raiders passer vs Broncos secondary 97 v 89 RAIDERS

Broncos passer vs Raiders secondary 89 v 85 BRONCOS

TOP PERFORMERS

Fernando Mendoza QB Raiders 361 pass yds

Bo Nix QB Broncos 167 pass yds

Ryan Coleman-William WR Raiders 109 rec yds

Sincere Brown WR Raiders 104 rec yds

Mike Washington Jr. HB Raiders 100 rush yds

Brock Bowers TE Raiders 71 rec yds

RJ Harvey HB Broncos 66 rush yds

Courtland Sutton WR Broncos 65 rec yds

Jaylen Waddle WR Broncos 61 rec yds

Mike Washington Jr. HB Raiders 55 rec yds

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BOX SCORE

RAIDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Fernando Mendoza QB	12/20	361	5	1	0	66	122.9

BRONCOS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Bo Nix QB	8/29	167	1	4	2	56	22.9

RAIDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Mike Washington Jr. HB	18	100	5.6	1	4	27	17	0
Ryan Coleman-William WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
RJ Harvey HB	14	66	4.7	0	2	24	8	0

RAIDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Ryan Coleman-William WR	3	109	36.3	1	48	66
Sincere Brown WR	3	104	34.7	2	18	46
Brock Bowers TE	2	71	35.5	2	41	64
Mike Washington Jr. HB	3	55	18.3	0	35	42
Dont'e Thornton Jr WR	1	22	22	0	0	22

BRONCOS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Courtland Sutton WR	3	65	21.7	0	8	40
Jaylen Waddle WR	2	61	30.5	1	21	56
Troy Franklin WR	2	38	19	0	6	29
RJ Harvey HB	1	3	3	0	2	3

RAIDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Will Echoles DT	4	1	0	0	0
Eric Stokes CB	3	0	0	1	0
Keyron Crawford REDG	3	0	0	0	0
Tre Hawkins III SS	3	0	2	1	1
Antonio Watts SAM	2	0	0	0	0
Treydan Stukes CB	2	0	1	1	0
Dalton Johnson SS	2	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Chinn SS	2	0	0	1	0
Malcolm Rodriguez MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Maxx Crosby LEDG	1	1	0	0	0
Jermod McCoy FS	0	0	0	2	0
Darien Porter CB	0	0	1	1	0
Quay Walker WILL	0	0	0	2	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	TKL	INT	PD	TD
Patrick Surtain II CB	4	0	0	0
Red Murdock WILL	3	0	0	0
Zach Allen DT	2	0	0	0
Miles Scott FS	1	0	0	0
Devin White WILL	1	0	0	0
Jonathon Cooper LEDG	1	0	0	0
Alex Singleton MIKE	1	1	0	1
Kris Abrams-Draine CB	1	0	0	0
Ja'Quan McMillian CB	1	0	0	0
Jordan Colbert SS	0	0	1	0
Jahdae Barron CB	0	0	1	0
Talanoa Hufanga SS	0	0	1	0

RECENT FORM

Raiders

W 30–0 vs Bengals WK 7

L 12–37 vs Browns WK 6

W 24–7 vs Chargers WK 5

Broncos

L 22–25 vs Steelers WK 7

L 25–37 vs Colts WK 6

L 42–48 vs Vikings WK 5

TEAM STATS

Raiders		Broncos
461	TOTAL YARDS	233
361	PASSING YARDS	167
100	RUSHING YARDS	66
0	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	0
1	GIVEAWAYS	4
4	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

1 RAIDERS — 0 BRONCOS

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