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San Diego Chargers at New Orleans Saints - Week 5
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

ARI
STL		 3
 17
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PHI
PIT		 14
 16
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MIA
CIN		 17
 13
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GB
IND		 27
 30
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CLE
NYG		 27
 41
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BAL
KC		 9
 6
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ATL
WAS		 24
 17
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TEN
MIN		 7
 30
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CHI
JAC		 41
 3
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SEA
CAR		 16
 12
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DEN
NE		 21
 31
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BUF
SF		 3
 45
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SD
NO		 24
 31
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HOU
NYJ		 23
 17
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Saints 30, Chargers 24

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
San Diego Chargers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 16 Philip Rivers Pass: 260, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 10 Ryan Mathews Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
 RB 30 Jackie Battle Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 17 Malcom Floyd Rec: 6-90, 1 TD
WR 47 Robert Meachem Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
WR 60 Eddie Royal Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 6 Antonio Gates Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
K 22 Nick Novak FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 24 Defense / ST  
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New Orleans Saints
Rank  Player Projections
QB 3 Drew Brees Pass: 320, 3 TD Rush: 0, 0
 RB 16 Darren Sproles Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 9-70, 1
RB 36 Pierre Thomas Rush: 30, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 50 Mark Ingram Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
 WR 21 Marques Colston Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
 WR 50 Devery Henderson Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 1 Jimmy Graham Rec: 7-80, 1 TD
K 7 Garrett Hartley FG: 3/3 XP: 3/3
DEF 22 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Last meeting between teams was at London's Wembley Stadium


Chargers Seek 3-0 start on road... QB Philip Rivers (25,182) reached 25,000 passing yards in 104th game last wk; only 6 players reached milestone in fewer games. Is 40-8 (.833) as starter when posting 100+ rating. Passed for 341 yds w/ 3 TDs vs. 1 INT & 104.3 rating in only start vs. NO... RB Ryan Mathews has 3 career 100-yard rush games on road (120, 125, 112)... TE Antonio Gates (7,907) needs 74 rec. yards to surpass HOFers JACKIE SMITH (7,918) & OZZIE NEWSOME (7,980) for 4th-most career rec. yds by TE. Gates (76) trails only HOFer LANCE ALWORTH (81) for most rec. TD in team history... WR Malcom Floyd (192) needs 8 rec. to reach 200... LB Shaun Phillips (63.5) has 3rd-most sacks by Charger (LESLIE O'NEAL, 105.5; LEE WILLIAMS, 65.5)... Since '11, S Eric Weddle leads NFL with 9 INTs... CB Antoine Cason aims for 3rd in row with INT.

Saints QB Drew Brees faces former team (2001-05) for 2nd time. In last mtg, passed for 339 yards with 3 TDs for 121.9 rating. Has TD pass in 47 consec. games, tied for longest streak in NFL history (HOFer JOHNNY UNITAS, 47). Had 446 yards, 3 TDs & 109 rating last wk... RB-PR-KR Darren Sproles faces former team (2005-10) for 1st time. Was 4th round pick (130 overall) by SD in 2005 & had 6,469 KR, 1,400 rec., 1,154 rush & 935 PR yards as Charger. Since 2011, leads NFL RBs w/ 109 rec... TE Jimmy Graham has TD in 6 of past 7. WR Marques Colston has 9 TDs in past 10 vs. AFC, incl. 4 TDs in past 3. Had 153 rec yds. & TD last wk. WR Lance Moore had 6 catches for 90 yards & TD in last meeting. Has 7 rec. TDs in past 9. WR Joseph Morgan had 80-yard TD catch last week, 1st TD of career... Since 2006, S Roman Harper has 17 sacks, most by DB. CB Patrick Robinson had INT last wk.


Results and Schedule
San Diego Chargers
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-10 OAK A W 22-14 +8
2 2012-09-16 TEN H W 38-10 +28
3 2012-09-23 ATL H L 3-27 -24
4 2012-09-30 KC A W 37-20 +17
5 2012-10-07 NO A L 24-31 -7
6 2012-10-15 DEN H    
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 CLE A    
9 2012-11-01 KC H    
10 2012-11-11 TB A    
11 2012-11-18 DEN A    
12 2012-11-25 BAL H    
13 2012-12-02 CIN H    
14 2012-12-09 PIT A    
15 2012-12-16 CAR H    
16 2012-12-23 NYJ A    
17 2012-12-30 OAK H    
   
New Orleans Saints
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 WAS H L 32-40 -8
2 2012-09-16 CAR A L 27-35 -8
3 2012-09-23 KC H L 24-27 -3
4 2012-09-30 GB A L 27-28 -1
5 2012-10-07 SD H W 31-24 +7
6   Bye      
7 2012-10-21 TB A    
8 2012-10-28 DEN A    
9 2012-11-05 PHI H    
10 2012-11-11 ATL H    
11 2012-11-18 OAK A    
12 2012-11-25 SF H    
13 2012-11-29 ATL A    
14 2012-12-09 NYG A    
15 2012-12-16 TB H    
16 2012-12-23 DAL A    
17 2012-12-30 CAR H    

Injury Report
San Diego Chargers
Out  K Nate Kaeding (groin)
 CB Shareece Wright (ankle)
IR  WR Vincent Brown (ankle, 9/4)
   
New Orleans Saints
Out  WLB David Hawthorne (hamstring)
 DE Turk McBride (ankle)
 WR Lance Moore (hamstring)
Questionable  DT Brodrick Bunkley (other-illness)
 WLB Jonathan Casillas (neck)
 SS Roman Harper (hip)
 WR Joseph Morgan (knee)
IR  SLB Chris Chamberlain (knee, 8/19)
 WR Nick Toon (foot, 9/1)
PUP  MLB Jonathan Vilma (knee)

Offense Stats Comparison
  SD
 Offense 		 NO
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 25.0 27.5 23.7 NO
Rushing yards 100.0 80.8 109.9 SD
Rushing yards per attempt 3.64 4.31 4.09 NO
Completion % 69.0% 57.6% 62.2% SD
Passing yards 211.8 320.8 243.5 NO
Passing yards per completion 9.74 11.66 11.06 NO
Passing yards per attempt 6.72 6.72 6.88 -
Interceptions 1.0 1.3 0.9 SD
Fumbles lost 0.5 0.3 0.7 NO
Sacks allowed 2.3 2.3 2.3 -
3rd down conversions 43.4% 42.6% 37.9% SD
4th down conversions 100.0% 75.0% 60.9% SD
Time of possession 32:58 26:56 30:18 SD
  Defense Stats Comparison
  SD
 Defense 		 NO
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 17.8 32.5 23.7 SD
Rushing yards 80.3 186.8 109.9 SD
Rushing yards per attempt 4.12 4.82 4.09 SD
Completion % 63.9% 68.7% 62.2% SD
Passing yards 237.3 277.8 243.5 SD
Passing yards per completion 9.40 12.34 11.06 SD
Passing yards per attempt 6.01 8.48 6.88 SD
INT return 1.3 0.5 0.9 SD
Fumble recoveries 1.0 1.0 0.7 -
Sacks 1.8 1.3 2.3 SD
3rd down conversions 38.3% 39.6% 37.9% SD
4th down conversions 0.0% 80.0% 60.9% SD
Time of possession 27:02 35:13 30:18 SD

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   SD   NO  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 5.0 8.3 10.6 NO
Yards per kick return 26.0 25.4 24.7 SD
Yards allowed per punt return 13.1 11.0 10.6 NO
Yards allowed per kick return 24.3 23.4 24.7 NO
  Misc Stats Comparison
   SD   NO  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 6.0 7.0 6.5 SD
Penalty yards 52.8 61.8 57.5 SD

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 4 of the 2012 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Weather
Dome Stadium

Team vs. Team History
San Diego Chargers vs. New Orleans Saints
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 2 2000-09-10 NO SD 28-27 NO
2004 9 2004-11-07 NO SD 17-43 SD
2008 8 2008-10-26 SD NO 32-37 NO

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.