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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
Cleveland Browns
5-1 186.92
205.67
 
VS
proj
Los Angeles Chargers
161.86 3-3
173.32

Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Chargers for fifth straight win, 186.92-161.86

Cleveland Browns extended their win streak to five games with a hard-fought victory over Los Angeles Chargers, coming out on top with a 186.92-161.86 win. Cleveland Browns leapt out to a 53.30-point lead on Thursday behind outstanding efforts from Roquan Smith (25 points) and Darnell Mooney (7 Rec, 68 Rec Yds) and never looked back. Austin Ekeler (24.3 points) and Drue Tranquill (22) did their part for Los Angeles Chargers in the loss. Cleveland Browns (5-1) will look to maintain their winning ways against Miami Dolphins, while Los Angeles Chargers (3-3) face Indianapolis Colts in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Cleveland Browns   Los Angeles Chargers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Herbert scored 10.5 points against the Commanders in Week 6 to more-than-double his 4.81-point projection. He ran for 75 yards to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Cleveland Browns this week. Herbert will square off against the Patriots in Week 7.
Khalil Herbert

Top Player Comparison

Cleveland Browns
Points
% of total points 186.92
1
Roquan Smith
LB
25
17.46
13.4%
2
Christian McCaffrey
RB
23.8
18.11
12.7%
3
Myles Garrett
DE
18
7.34
9.6%
4
Amari Cooper
WR
16.4
13.99
8.8%
Los Angeles Chargers
Points
% of total points 161.86
1
Austin Ekeler
RB
24.3
19.55
15%
2
Drue Tranquill
LB
22
14.92
13.6%
3
Derwin James Jr.
S
20
14.04
12.4%
4
Joshua Palmer
WR
18.7
9.75
11.6%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Khalil Herbert had a 64-yard run for Cleveland Browns, helping to stake the team to a 60.30-7.00 lead.
Sunday Late
Christian McCaffrey had a 49-yard catch for Cleveland Browns, helping the team to a 185.92-33.10 lead.

Points By Position

  Cleveland Browns   Los Angeles Chargers

StatSmack

This wasn't even their best effort. Cleveland Browns scored less in this one (186.92) than their season average of 222.06.
Cleveland Browns are on fire, winning five in a row.
As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" Cleveland Browns (5-1) have a better record than Los Angeles Chargers (3-3).
Cleveland Browns don't falter at the last minute, with fewer close losses than Los Angeles Chargers (0 vs 1).
Cleveland Browns should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Los Angeles Chargers (4 vs 1).
By position, Cleveland Browns have outscored Los Angeles Chargers at RB, K, and IDP this season.
Cleveland Browns has a higher average scoring margin (25) than Los Angeles Chargers this season (1).
The starters for Cleveland Browns had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for Los Angeles Chargers (0).
Cleveland Browns came out victorious despite having more players on a bye this week (6) than Los Angeles Chargers (1).
Don't worry Los Angeles Chargers, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Coach Talk

Cleveland Browns
You know Cleveland Browns, I'm a "glass half full" kind of coach. While some may harp on the fact that our scoring output has decreased a bit recently, I'll choose to spin this in a positive direction. Averaging 229.08 points through Week 5, our crew has shown it's certainly capable of outperforming the 186.92 we needed for this past week's win!
Los Angeles Chargers
Fortunately, Los Angeles Chargers, this week's problem was pretty easy to identify. Going with quite a few zero-point players in a fantasy matchup where your opposition put up almost 187 points... let's try to play with a full deck of cards next time.