Game Preview - Week 16: Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers

Denver: After being eliminated from the playoffs last week, the Broncos are likely to come out flat in this game, playing catch-up from the first quarter on. A nice scenario for the only real fantasy star on the team, WR Brandon Marshall, who has 21 catches in the last two games. Marshall will no doubt be a high wide receiver in fantasy drafts next season. He has back-to-back 100-yd games and 29 targets the last two weeks. The rushing duties were split last week between Henry (10 carries) and Young (8 carries) neither were effective rushing for 61 yards combined.

Start: WR Brandon Marshall
Consider: TE Tony Scheffler, K Jason Elam, QB Jay Cutler
Sit: RB Travis Henry, WR Brandon Stokley, WR Javon Walker, TE Daniel Graham

San Diego: Despite weak play from the quarterback position, the Chargers have clinched the AFC West and need another victory to move into the #3 playoff seed. San Diego is on a four-game winning streak thanks in part to LaDainian Tomlinson who seems to be regaining his form as the top fantasy back in the league. Tomlinson's rushed for at least 116 yards the last three weeks reaching the endzone 6 times. He did sit out the second half last week after tweaking his hamstring but is expected to play. The Chargers dominated the Broncos 41-3 back in Week 3 and while I don't expect a repeat blowout this game could get out of control in the fourth quarter.

Start: RB LaDainian Tomlinson, TE Antonio Gates
Consider: QB Philip Rivers
Sit: WR Vincent Jackson WR Craig Davis, Chargers D/ST

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Denver Broncos
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 12	Jay Cutler	Pass: 240, 2 Rush: 10, 0
RB 27	Selvin Young	Rush: 65, 0 Rec: 0-15, 0
RB 47	Travis Henry	Rush: 30, 0 Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 7	Brandon Marshall	Rec: 8-95, 1
WR 60	Javon Walker	Rec: 3-35, 0
WR 72	Glenn Martinez	Rec: 3-30, 0
TE 8	Tony Scheffler	Rec: 4-40, 1

San Diego Chargers
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 23	Philip Rivers	Pass: 215, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 1	LaDainian Tomlinson	Rush: 120, 2 Rec: 5-35, 0
RB 42	Darren Sproles	Rush: 30, 0 Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 54	Chris Chambers	Rec: 3-40, 0
WR 79	Vincent Jackson	Rec: 2-30, 0
TE 4	Antonio Gates	Rec: 5-55, 1

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Denver Broncos
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	BUF	A	W 15-14	+1
2	2007-09-16	OAK	H	W 23-20	+3
3	2007-09-23	JAC	H	L 14-23	-9
4	2007-09-30	IND	A	L 20-38	-18
5	2007-10-07	SD	H	L 3-41	-38
6		Bye
7	2007-10-21	PIT	H	W 31-28	+3
8	2007-10-29	GB	H	L 13-19	-6
9	2007-11-04	DET	A	L 7-44	-37
10	2007-11-11	KC	A	W 27-11	+16
11	2007-11-19	TEN	H	W 34-20	+14
12	2007-11-25	CHI	A	L 34-37	-3
13	2007-12-02	OAK	A	L 20-34	-14
14	2007-12-09	KC	H	W 41-7	+34
15	2007-12-13	HOU	A	L 13-31	-18
16	2007-12-24	SD	A	L 3-23	-20
17	2007-12-30	MIN	H

San Diego Chargers
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	CHI	H	W 14-3	+11
2	2007-09-16	NE	A	L 14-38	-24
3	2007-09-23	GB	A	L 24-31	-7
4	2007-09-30	KC	H	L 16-30	-14
5	2007-10-07	DEN	A	W 41-3	+38
6	2007-10-14	OAK	H	W 28-14	+14
7		Bye
8	2007-10-28	HOU	H	W 35-10	+25
9	2007-11-04	MIN	A	L 17-35	-18
10	2007-11-11	IND	H	W 23-21	+2
11	2007-11-18	JAC	A	L 17-24	-7
12	2007-11-25	BAL	H	W 32-14	+18
13	2007-12-02	KC	A	W 24-10	+14
14	2007-12-09	TEN	A	W 23-17	+6
15	2007-12-16	DET	H	W 51-14	+37
16	2007-12-24	DEN	H	W 23-3	+20
17	2007-12-30	OAK	A

Offense Stats Comparison

	DEN Offense	SD Offense	NFL Average
Points for	28.8	25.5	21.6
Rushing yards	132.8	128.3	107.0
Rushing yards per attempt	4.67	4.58	3.97
Completion %	62.4%	57.1%	60.7%
Passing yards	218.3	180.8	214.3
Passing yards per completion	11.96	10.65	10.38
Passing yards per attempt	7.46	6.08	6.30
Interceptions	0.5	1.3	1.1
Fumbles lost	0.5	0.0	0.8
Sacked	1.3	1.3	2.2

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 10 to 15 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 10 to 15 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	DEN Defense	SD Defense	NFL Average
Points against	24.0	16.5	21.6
Rushing yards	120.0	85.3	107.0
Rushing yards per attempt	3.90	3.23	3.97
Completion %	56.6%	58.5%	60.7%
Passing yards	196.3	206.3	214.3
Passing yards per completion	10.33	9.50	10.38
Passing yards per attempt	5.85	5.56	6.30
INT return	1.3	2.5	1.1
Fumble recoveries	1.3	0.5	0.8
Sacks	2.0	2.0	2.2

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Team vs. Team History

Denver Broncos vs. San Diego Chargers
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	6	2000-10-08	DEN	SD	21-7	DEN
2000	12	2000-11-19	SD	DEN	37-38	DEN
2001	6	2001-10-21	DEN	SD	10-27	SD
2001	9	2001-11-11	SD	DEN	16-26	DEN
2002	5	2002-10-06	SD	DEN	9-26	DEN
2002	13	2002-12-01	DEN	SD	27-30	SD
2003	2	2003-09-14	DEN	SD	37-13	DEN
2003	11	2003-11-16	SD	DEN	8-37	DEN
2004	3	2004-09-26	SD	DEN	13-23	DEN
2004	13	2004-12-05	DEN	SD	17-20	SD
2005	2	2005-09-18	SD	DEN	17-20	DEN
2005	17	2005-12-31	DEN	SD	23-7	DEN
2006	11	2006-11-19	SD	DEN	35-27	SD
2006	14	2006-12-10	DEN	SD	20-48	SD
2007	5	2007-10-07	SD	DEN	41-3	SD

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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