AFC West · 2018

Los Angeles Chargers

Record

12-4

Seed

Net EPA

+0.093est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

Percentile against the teams that played this season, computed from play-by-play.

Offence

Higher is better.

EPA / play+0.126
Success rate47.0%
EPA / dropback+0.211
EPA / rush+0.001
Explosive rate12.5%
CPOE+3.54
Third-down rate39.7%
Red-zone TD rate70.7%
Points / drive2.31
Turnover rate1.8%

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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

EPA / play allowed-0.014
Success rate allowed44.6%
EPA / dropback allowed+0.030
EPA / rush allowed-0.090
Explosive rate allowed8.5%
Pressure rate (proxy)17.9%
Sack rate5.9%
Points / drive allowed1.75

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Offensive EPA / play — league shape+0.126 · 89th %ile

Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)-0.014 · 31th %ile

Form

The shape of the season

Rolling four-week EPA per play. The aggregate hides collapses and surges; this shows them.

4-week rolling EPA/play — up is good for both lines.

Offense
Defense (prevented)

Betting profile

Against the number

Settled against closing lines. Descriptive, not predictive.

ATS

9-7

+1.4 vs line

Home

2-6

Away

7-1

As favorite

5-6

As dog

4-1

O/U

8-8

-0.2 vs total

Roster

98 players

53 active. Skill players link through to their fantasy page.

Quarterbacks4

Quarterbacks
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
3	Geno Smith	QB	29	6'3" 221	5	West Virginia	ACT
7	Cardale Jones	QB	27	6'5" 250	2	Ohio State	DEV
9	Nic Shimonek	QB	—	6'3" 225	R	Texas Tech	CUT
17	Philip Rivers	QB	38	6'5" 228	14	North Carolina State	ACT

Backs & receivers29

Backs & receivers
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
1	Justice Liggins	WR	25	6'1" 209	1	Stephen F. Austin St.	DEV
2	Marcus Peterson	WR	—	5'10" 195	R	Seton Hill	CUT
5	Nelson Spruce	WR	—	6'1" 210	2	Colorado	CUT
10	Artavis Scott	WR	25	5'11" 195	1	Clemson	RES
11	Geremy Davis	WR	26	6'3" 217	3	Connecticut	ACT
12	Travis Benjamin	WR	30	5'10" 175	6	Miami	ACT
13	Keenan Allen	WR	26	6'2" 211	5	California	ACT
15	Andre Patton	WR	24	6'2" 200	1	Rutgers	DEV
16	Tyrell Williams	WR	26	6'4" 205	3	Western Oregon	ACT
28	Melvin Gordon	RB	25	6'1" 215	3	Wisconsin	ACT
30	Austin Ekeler	RB	23	5'10" 195	1	Western State, Colo.	ACT
32	Justin Jackson	RB	22	6'0" 200	R	Northwestern	ACT
34	Derek Watt	RB	27	6'2" 234	2	Wisconsin	ACT
35	Troymaine Pope	RB	26	5'9" 205	2	Jacksonville State	CUT
38	Detrez Newsome	RB	24	5'10" 210	R	Western Carolina	ACT
40	Anthony Manzo-Lewis	RB	—	6'0" 257	R	Albany	CUT
42	Terrell Watson	RB	—	6'1" 240	3	Azusa Pacific	CUT
42	Austin Roberts	TE	24	6'2" 230	R	UCLA	RES
80	Sean Culkin	TE	25	6'5" 255	1	Missouri	ACT
81	Mike Williams	WR	25	6'4" 218	1	Clemson	ACT
82	Cole Hunt	TE	—	6'7" 255	R	Texas Christian	CUT
83	Braedon Bowman	TE	—	6'3" 240	2	South Alabama	CUT
83	Thomas Duarte	TE	23	6'2" 241	2	UCLA	CUT
84	Dylan Cantrell	WR	24	6'3" 220	R	Texas Tech	ACT
85	Antonio Gates	TE	38	6'4" 255	15	Kent State	ACT
86	Hunter Henry	TE	25	6'5" 250	2	Arkansas	ACT
87	Ben Johnson	TE	—	6'5" 245	R	Kansas	CUT
88	Virgil Green	TE	30	6'5" 255	7	Nevada	ACT
88	Vince Mayle	WR	27	6'2" 247	3	Washington State	DEV

Offensive line13

Offensive line
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
53	Mike Pouncey	OL	29	6'5" 298	7	Florida	ACT
60	Zachary Crabtree	OL	25	6'7" 310	R	Oklahoma State	RES
61	Scott Quessenberry	OL	23	6'4" 310	R	UCLA	ACT
64	Cole Toner	OL	24	6'5" 300	2	Harvard	ACT
66	Spencer Drango	OL	27	6'6" 315	2	Baylor	DEV
66	Dan Feeney	OL	24	6'4" 305	1	Indiana	ACT
67	Brett Boyko	OL	—	6'6" 301	3	Nevada-Las Vegas	CUT
68	Trent Scott	OL	24	6'5" 320	R	Grambling	ACT
69	Sam Tevi	OL	25	6'5" 311	1	Utah	ACT
74	Erick Wren	OL	—	6'1" 301	R	Oklahoma	CUT
75	Michael Schofield	OL	29	6'6" 301	4	Michigan	ACT
76	Russell Okung	OL	31	6'5" 310	8	Oklahoma State	ACT
77	Forrest Lamp	OL	24	6'4" 309	1	Western Kentucky	ACT

Defensive front26

Defensive front
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
42	Uchenna Nwosu	LB	23	6'2" 240	R	Southern California	ACT
44	Kyzir White	LB	22	6'2" 218	R	West Virginia	RES
48	Nick Dzubnar	LB	27	6'1" 240	3	Cal Poly	ACT
50	Hayes Pullard	LB	26	6'0" 240	3	USC	ACT
51	Kyle Emanuel	LB	27	6'3" 250	3	North Dakota State	ACT
52	Denzel Perryman	LB	27	5'11" 240	3	Miami	RES
54	Melvin Ingram	DL	29	6'2" 247	6	South Carolina	ACT
54	Tyrone Holmes	DL	26	6'2" 253	2	Montana	DEV
56	Kyle Wilson	LB	24	6'0" 231	R	Arkansas State	ACT
57	Jatavis Brown	LB	24	5'11" 221	2	Akron	RES
58	Tre'Von Johnson	LB	23	6'0" 232	1	Weber State	DEV
70	Steven Richardson	DL	22	6'0" 292	R	Minnesota	CUT
71	Damion Square	DL	29	6'2" 293	5	Alabama	ACT
78	Marcus Hardison	DL	—	6'3" 315	3	Arizona State	CUT
90	Anthony Lanier	DL	25	6'6" 286	2	Alabama A&M	ACT
90	Whitney Richardson	DL	—	6'4" 251	1	Lane	CUT
91	Justin Jones	DL	22	6'3" 312	R	North Carolina State	ACT
92	Brandon Mebane	DL	33	6'1" 311	11	California	ACT
93	Darius Philon	DL	24	6'1" 300	3	Arkansas	ACT
94	Corey Liuget	DL	28	6'2" 300	7	Illinois	RES
95	T.Y. McGill	DL	27	6'0" 299	3	North Carolina State	ACT
95	Bijhon Jackson	DL	—	6'1" 339	R	Arkansas	CUT
96	Kyle Coleman	LB	—	6'0" 231	2	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	CUT
97	Pat Afriyie	DL	22	6'2" 240	R	Colgate	DEV
98	Isaac Rochell	DL	23	6'4" 280	1	Notre Dame	ACT
99	Joey Bosa	DL	23	6'5" 280	2	Ohio State	ACT

Secondary19

Secondary
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
14	Dexter McCoil	DB	28	6'4" 220	2	Tulsa	DEV
20	Desmond King	DB	25	5'10" 201	1	Iowa	ACT
22	Jason Verrett	DB	27	5'10" 188	4	Texas Christian	RES
23	Rayshawn Jenkins	DB	24	6'2" 214	1	Miami	ACT
24	Trevor Williams	DB	26	5'11" 191	2	Penn State	RES
26	Casey Hayward	DB	30	5'11" 192	6	Vanderbilt	ACT
27	Jaylen Watkins	DB	28	5'11" 194	4	Florida	RES
29	Jeff Richards	DB	27	6'2" 200	5	Emporia State	ACT
31	Adrian Phillips	DB	26	5'11" 210	4	Texas	ACT
33	Derwin James	DB	22	6'2" 215	R	Florida State	ACT
35	Micah Hannemann	DB	—	6'0" 195	R	Brigham Young	CUT
36	Brandon Facyson	DB	25	6'2" 197	R	Virginia Tech	ACT
37	Jahleel Addae	DB	28	5'10" 195	5	Central Michigan	ACT
37	Fish Smithson	DB	24	5'11" 196	1	Kansas	DEV
38	Arrion Springs	DB	24	5'10" 208	R	Oregon	DEV
38	B.J. Clay	DB	—	6'0" 190	R	Georgia State	CUT
41	Marcus Edmond	DB	—	6'0" 180	R	Clemson	CUT
42	Channing Stribling	DB	25	6'1" 188	1	Michigan	CUT
43	Michael Davis	DB	23	6'2" 196	1	Brigham Young	ACT

Specialists7

Specialists
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
2	Shane Tripucka	P	—	6'3" 210	R	Texas A&M	CUT
4	Roberto Aguayo	K	—	6'1" 207	2	Florida State	CUT
4	Mike Badgley	K	23	5'10" 178	R	Miami	ACT
5	Donnie Jones	P	38	6'2" 221	14	LSU	ACT
6	Caleb Sturgis	K	29	5'9" 192	5	Florida	CUT
6	Nick Rose	K	24	6'2" 194	2	Texas	ACT
47	Mike Windt	LS	32	6'1" 237	8	Cincinnati	ACT

Schedule

18 games

Los Angeles Chargers schedule
Wk	Opponent	Result	Spread	EPA/play
1	vs Chiefs	L 28-38	-3.5	+0.234
2	@ Bills	W 31-20	-7.5	+0.269
3	@ Rams	L 23-35	+7.5	+0.130
4	vs 49ers	W 29-27	-10	-0.020
5	vs Raiders	W 26-10	-5.5	+0.260
6	@ Browns	W 38-14	+1	+0.245
7	vs Titans	W 20-19	-6.5	+0.315
9	@ Seahawks	W 25-17	+1	+0.220
10	@ Raiders	W 20-6	-10.5	+0.095
11	vs Broncos	L 22-23	-7.5	+0.078
12	vs Cardinals	W 45-10	-14	+0.304
13	@ Steelers	W 33-30	+3.5	+0.219
14	vs Bengals	W 26-21	-17	+0.079
15	@ Chiefs	W 29-28	+3.5	+0.235
16	vs Ravens	L 10-22	-4	-0.422
17	@ Broncos	W 23-9	-7	-0.184
WC	@ Ravens	W 23-17	+3	-0.159
DIV	@ Patriots	L 28-41	+4	+0.165