Last Updated: November 18, 2023, 03:30 IST
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4-5) at GREEN BAY (3-6)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox
OPENING LINE: Chargers by 3, in keeping with FanDuel Sportsbook.
AGAINST THE SPREAD: Chargers 4-5; Packers 4-5
SERIES RECORD: Packers lead 10-2
LAST MEETING: Chargers beat Packers 26-11 in Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 2019.
LAST WEEK: Chargers misplaced 41-38 at residence to Detroit Lions; Packers misplaced 23-19 at Pittsburgh.
CHARGERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (11), RUSH (22), PASS (8), SCORING (7)
CHARGERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (31), RUSH (12), PASS (32), SCORING (24)
PACKERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (21), RUSH (21), PASS (19), SCORING (21)
PACKERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (11), RUSH (27), PASS (7), SCORING (11-T)
TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Chargers plus-8; Packers minus-4
CHARGERS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Justin Herbert handed for 323 yards and 4 touchdowns final week in a loss. He has at the very least three TD passes and a passer ranking of 110 in two of his previous three video games.
PACKERS PLAYER TO WATCH: WR Jayden Reed, a rookie second-spherical choose from Michigan State, is creating into some of the intriguing playmakers within the Packers’ younger offense. Reed caught 5 passes for 84 yards and a landing towards the Steelers, the second time in three video games he has had at the very least 83 yards receiving. Reed has seven receptions of at the very least 30 yards this season. Only Miami’s Tyreek Hill has extra.
KEY MATCHUP: Herbert vs. Packers secondary: Green Bay has been coping with a number of accidents in its secondary, however has allowed simply 119 yards passing in every of its previous two video games. The opposing quarterbacks in these video games had been Brett Rypien and Kenny Pickett. Herbert clearly presents a considerably harder problem.
KEY INJURIES: Chargers TE Gerald Everett gained’t play because of a chest harm. … Chargers WR Keenan Allen (shoulder), WR Jalen Guyton (groin) and RB Isaiah Spiller (sickness) are questionable. … Packers CB Eric Stokes (hamstring) and S Darnell Savage (calf) are on injured reserve and should miss at the very least another recreation. … Packers S Rudy Ford (biceps) is uncertain. Packers LB Quay Walker (groin), OLB Rashan Gary (shoulder) and CB Jaire Alexander (shoulder) are questionable. Walker has missed two straight video games. Alexander missed the Packers’ loss to Pittsburgh.
SERIES NOTES: The Chargers snapped a seven-recreation shedding streak within the sequence with their 26-11 victory in 2019. … The Chargers haven’t gained at Lambeau Field since 1984 however have solely performed there thrice since. This represents the Chargers’ first go to to Lambeau Field since a 27-20 loss to the Packers in 2015. The Packers allowed 503 yards passing to Philip Rivers that day, however gained by making a fourth-and-objective cease from the three with 15 seconds remaining. … This marks the primary head-to-head teaching matchup between Los Angeles’ Brandon Staley and Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur.
STATS AND STUFF: The Chargers are 2-1 towards the NFC North this season. … The Chargers offense completed final week’s recreation towards Detroit by scoring a landing on every of its final 5 drives. It was the primary time since 2018 they’d scored TDs on 5 straight possessions. … The Chargers offense is also second within the league in pink zone landing fee (72.4%). … Chargers RB Austin Ekeler is averaging 102.7 scrimmage yards and has scored 4 touchdowns up to now three video games. … Chargers WR Keenan Allen is tied for the league lead with 73 receptions and has at the very least eight catches in three straight video games. … Chargers WR Quentin Johnston, the Chargers’ first-spherical choose, caught his first NFL landing final week. … Chargers LB Khalil Mack is tied for fifth within the league with 9 sacks. … Chargers LB Tuli Tuipulotu leads NFL rookies in tackles for loss (seven) and is second with 4 sacks. … Chargers S Derwin James had a season-excessive 13 tackles final week. … Ok Cameron Dicker has made 35 of 37 area objectives since becoming a member of the Chargers final season. … The Chargers’ Darius Davis leads the league with a 16.6-yard punt return common. … The Packers have scored touchdowns on simply two of their 9 pink zone possessions over the previous two video games. … Sunday’s loss at Pittsburgh marked the primary time in franchise historical past that the Packers had three rookies (Reed, Luke Musgrave and Dontayvion Wicks) with at the very least 50 yards receiving in the identical recreation, in keeping with the Elias Sports Bureau. … Packers CB/KR Keisean Nixon averages an NFL-main 26.4 yards per kickoff return. … The Packers are scoring 14.4 second-half factors per recreation to rank behind solely the Miami Dolphins. The Packers are averaging 5.4 first-half factors per recreation to rank second to final within the league, forward of solely the New York Giants. … Packers OLB Preston Smith has 5 sacks over his previous 5 video games.
FANTASY TIP: This might be recreation for each beginning quarterbacks. We’re assuming most fantasy homeowners who’ve Herbert on their roster already are beginning him each week. But this additionally is likely to be week to choose Packers QB Jordan Love up off the waiver wire or to start out him if he’s already in your roster. After a tough stretch, Love has performed higher the previous couple of weeks, although he did throw two late interceptions in Pittsburgh. The Packers most likely might want to put up loads of factors to maintain up with the Chargers’ excessive-powered offense. That might imply Love produces some massive numbers towards a Chargers protection that enables probably the most yards passing per recreation within the league.
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