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Game Book Fun: Chargers at Raiders, Week 1

You can't keep Antonio Gates off the field.
You can't keep Antonio Gates off the field.

Each week, the NFL releases something called the "game book" after the conclusion of each game. This week, I decided to go digging through the game book for the San Diego Chargers victory over the Oakland Raiders in search of some awesome statistical nuggets of information.

  • Both the Chargers and the Raiders only had 3 plays on offense that went for 20+ yards. The only play that went 30+ yards was the 46 yard pass to WR Robert Meachem.
  • 7 of the 8 longest offensive plays by the Raiders came out of the shotgun. Only 3 of the 8 longest offensive plays by the Chargers were out of the shotgun.
  • Although the Raiders, at one point, had a 3 point lead, their offense never had the ball while the team was leading. The Chargers had 7 drives with the lead, adding up to 16:34 time on the field for the offense with a lead.
  • OLB Jarret Johnson was on the field for 43 snaps (57% of the total defensive snaps). OLB Melvin Ingram was on the field for 25 snaps (33% of the total defensive snaps).
  • Defensive Line snaps broke down like this: Corey Liuget (49), Vaughn Martin (47), Aubrayo Franklin (46), Kendall Reyes (32) and Cam Thomas (25). There's your rotation.
  • Takeo Spikes was on the field for 57% of the defensive snaps, with Demorrio Williams seeing 35% of the snaps. Seems like the team knows Spikes should be off the field on 3rd down.
  • Darren McFadden was on the field for 93% of the Raiders offensive snaps. So much for handling him with kid gloves.
  • Derek Hagan had a good game for someone that had been on the roster for 5 days and was on the field for 35% of the offensive snaps.
  • Despite injuring his ribs, Antonio Gates was on the field for 92% of the offensive snaps. Wow.
  • Curtis Brinkley played more snaps (31) than Ronnie Brown (27) or Le'Ron McClain (27). Good thing we didn't cut him, I guess.