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San Diego Chargers at Cleveland Browns - Week 8
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

TB
MIN		 36
 17
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ATL
PHI		 30
 17
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SEA
DET		 24
 28
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SD
CLE		 6
 7
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WAS
PIT		 12
 27
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NE
STL		 45
 7
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MIA
NYJ		 30
 9
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JAC
GB		 15
 24
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IND
TEN		 19
 13
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CAR
CHI		 22
 23
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OAK
KC		 26
 16
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NYG
DAL		 29
 24
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NO
DEN		 14
 34
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SF
ARI		 24
 3
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Chargers 24, Browns 20

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
San Diego Chargers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 14 Philip Rivers Pass: 260, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 4 Ryan Mathews Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 43 Ronnie Brown Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
WR 25 Malcom Floyd Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
WR 55 Robert Meachem Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
WR 70 Eddie Royal Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 2 Antonio Gates Rec: 6-70, 1 TD
K 19 Nick Novak FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 8 Defense / ST  
View all Week 8 Rankings or Projections
  
Cleveland Browns
Rank  Player Projections
QB 20 Brandon Weeden Pass: 240, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 24 Trent Richardson Rush: 70, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 31 Montario Hardesty Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 30 Josh Gordon Rec: 5-70, 1 TD
WR 59 Greg Little Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 27 Jordan Cameron Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
TE 28 Ben Watson Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 16 Phil Dawson FG: 2/2 XP: 2/2
DEF 18 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Chargers Seek 5th straight win vs. Browns... In career vs. Browns, QB Philip Rivers is 2-0 & has completed 37 of 53 passes (69.8 pct.) for 584 yards with 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 118.8 rating. Is 40-8 (.833) as starter when posting 100+ rating. Since '06, Rivers ranks 2nd in NFL with 25,629 passing yards (DREW BREES, 30,491).... RB Ryan Mathews is averaging 5.4 yards per carry on road in '12 (26 att., 141 yards)... TE Antonio Gates posted 2 TD rec. last game & Chargers are 13-2 (.867) in such games in his career. Gates (78) trails only HOFer LANCE ALWORTH (81) for most rec. TD in team history. Gates had career-high 167 rec. yards at Cle. on 12/6/09. Registered career-long 72-yard TD catch at Cle. on 12/19/04... WR Malcom Floyd has 2 games with 100+ rec. yards (109, 108) in '12. WR Robert Meachem averages 23.2 yards per catch on road in '12. Against Cle. on 11/6/08 (w/ Den.), WR Eddie Royal had career-high 164 rec. yards, incl. career-long 93-yard TD catch... LB Shaun Phillips has 2 sacks in 2 games vs. Cle. Phillips (64.5) 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.

Browns Rookie QB Brandon Weeden leads NFL rookies with 9 TD passes. In past 2, Weeden has passed for 495 yards with 4 TDs vs. 1 INT & 94.6 passer rating. Aims for 4th straight game 2 TD passes... Rookie RB Trent Richardson leads AFC rookies with 348 rush yards. Richardson has 4 rush TDs in past 6 games. RB Montario Hardesty had rush TD in last home game... WR Josh Gordon is 1st Browns rookie with TD catch in 3 straight games since 2002 (ANDRE' DAVIS). In past 3, Gordon has 7 catches for 240 yards (34.3 avg.) with 4 TDs. Leads NFL rookies in receiving yards (333). Averages 23.8 yards per catch (14 rec., 333 yards). WR Greg Little tied career-high with 6 rec. last week... Browns have AFC-best 10 INTs this season... LB D'QWELL JACKSON has team-high 46 tackles in '12... Since entering NFL in '10, CB Joe Haden leads team with 8 INTs... CB Sheldon Brown had team-high 10 tackles, sack, FF & FR last week... PR-WR Josh Cribbs is 3rd in NFL with 14.3 PR avg. in '12.


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 L 24-35 -11
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 CLE A L 6-7 -1
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    
   
Cleveland Browns
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PHI H L 16-17 -1
2 2012-09-16 CIN A L 27-34 -7
3 2012-09-23 BUF H L 14-24 -10
4 2012-09-27 BAL A L 16-23 -7
5 2012-10-07 NYG A L 27-41 -14
6 2012-10-14 CIN H W 34-24 +10
7 2012-10-21 IND A L 13-17 -4
8 2012-10-28 SD H W 7-6 +1
9 2012-11-04 BAL H    
10   Bye      
11 2012-11-18 DAL A    
12 2012-11-25 PIT H    
13 2012-12-02 OAK A    
14 2012-12-09 KC H    
15 2012-12-16 WAS H    
16 2012-12-23 DEN A    
17 2012-12-30 PIT A    

Injury Report
San Diego Chargers
Questionable  ILB Jonas Mouton (hip)
 WR Eddie Royal (hamstring)
Probable  DE Vaughn Martin (neck)
 CB Shareece Wright (ankle)
IR  WR Vincent Brown (ankle, 9/4)
 K Nate Kaeding (groin, 10/22)
   
Cleveland Browns
Out  WR Jordan Norwood (foot)
 CB Dimitri Patterson (ankle)
 DT Ahtyba Rubin (calf)
Questionable  WR Mohamed Massaquoi (hamstring)
 RB Trent Richardson (ribs)
Probable  WR Travis Benjamin (hamstring)
 SLB Tank Carder (foot)
 RB Montario Hardesty (knee)
 DT John Hughes (knee)
 RB Chris Ogbonnaya (other-excused)
 DE Juqua Parker (shoulder)
 DE Frostee Rucker (shoulder)
 CB Buster Skrine (hand)
 SS Ray Ventrone (calf)
 SS T.J. Ward (shoulder)
 FS Usama Young (hamstring)
IR  SLB Emmanuel Acho (undisclosed, 8/27)
 SLB Scott Fujita (neck, 10/24)
 OLB Chris Gocong (achilles-tendon, 8/27)
PUP  DT Phil Taylor (chest)

Offense Stats Comparison
  SD
 Offense 		 CLE
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 28.3 21.0 22.8 SD
Rushing yards 112.3 73.0 116.0 SD
Rushing yards per attempt 4.26 3.70 4.27 SD
Completion % 65.3% 59.9% 61.8% SD
Passing yards 225.0 270.5 239.9 CLE
Passing yards per completion 9.99 11.29 10.96 CLE
Passing yards per attempt 6.53 6.76 6.78 CLE
Interceptions 1.3 1.0 1.0 CLE
Fumbles lost 1.0 0.5 0.7 CLE
Sacks allowed 3.7 1.3 2.3 CLE
3rd down conversions 41.8% 34.9% 38.9% SD
4th down conversions 50.0% 50.0% 57.1% -
Time of possession 32:49 26:35 30:17 SD
  Defense Stats Comparison
  SD
 Defense 		 CLE
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 26.0 26.3 22.8 SD
Rushing yards 76.3 116.8 116.0 SD
Rushing yards per attempt 3.82 4.44 4.27 SD
Completion % 65.2% 65.2% 61.8% -
Passing yards 269.3 274.3 239.9 SD
Passing yards per completion 10.93 11.18 10.96 SD
Passing yards per attempt 7.13 7.29 6.78 SD
INT return 1.0 0.8 1.0 SD
Fumble recoveries 0.7 0.8 0.7 CLE
Sacks 1.3 2.5 2.3 CLE
3rd down conversions 42.9% 37.0% 38.9% CLE
4th down conversions 0.0% 66.7% 57.1% SD
Time of possession 27:11 33:25 30:17 SD

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   SD   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 4.2 17.3 8.8 CLE
Yards per kick return 27.4 30.3 25.0 CLE
Yards allowed per punt return 9.8 18.1 8.8 SD
Yards allowed per kick return 23.7 20.9 25.0 CLE
  Misc Stats Comparison
   SD   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 6.0 8.0 6.5 SD
Penalty yards 53.7 72.3 56.3 SD

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 2 to 7 of the 2012 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, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 2 to 7 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
San Diego Chargers vs. Cleveland Browns
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2001 4 2001-10-07 SD CLE 16-20 CLE
2003 7 2003-10-19 SD CLE 26-20 SD
2004 15 2004-12-18 SD CLE 21-0 SD
2006 9 2006-11-05 CLE SD 25-32 SD
2009 13 2009-12-06 SD CLE 30-23 SD

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.