The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 6 Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers Monday Night Football game.
| Denver | Rank | @ | LA Chargers | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | Spread | -5.5 | ||
| 19.75 | Implied Total | 25.25 | ||
| 15 | 31 | Points/Gm | 24.4 | 9 |
| 16 | 4 | Points All./Gm | 27.2 | 30 |
| 63.6 | 16 | Plays/Gm | 66.6 | 8 |
| 61.4 | 9 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 60.6 | 7 |
| 5.4 | 18 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.9 | 8 |
| 4.7 | 6 | Def. Yards/Play | 6.1 | 28 |
| 41.51% | 15 | Rush% | 38.44% | 20 |
| 58.49% | 18 | Pass% | 61.56% | 13 |
| 39.09% | 12 | Opp. Rush % | 36.96% | 4 |
| 60.91% | 21 | Opp. Pass % | 63.04% | 29 |
- Games involving the Broncos are averaging 31.0 combined points, the fewest in the league.
- 26.9% of the Denver passing plays have resulted in a first down or touchdown, ahead of only the Texans (25.3%), Bears (24.5%), and Panthers (21.0%).
- 37.2% of the passing plays against the Chargers have resulted in a first down or touchdown, ahead of only the Lions (38.4%) and Seahawks (39.6%).
- 35.3% of the Denver scoring plays have been touchdowns, 31st in the league.
- 27.8% of the scoring plays against the Broncos have been touchdowns, the second-lowest rate in the league.
- Denver has scored on 6.7% of the red zone plays, the worst rate in the league.
- The Broncos have allowed opponents to score on 9.7% of their red zone plays, the best rate in the league.
Quarterback
Justin Herbert: Herbert is coming off a season-low 228 passing yards and a QB17 (14.4 points) scoring week, his second week over three weeks outside of QB1 territory. The Chargers ran the ball effectively while stalling out in the red zone and settling for field goals multiple times or things could have been better here. Through five weeks, Herbert still has scored over 20 fantasy points three times.
He does run into a tougher matchup here as Denver is allowing 0.28 passing points per attempt (third) and 9.4 passing points per game (third). Denver has not faced a strong slate of quarterbacks, so apply necessary grains of salt here, but they also were fifth in passing points allowed per game in 2021 (12.8).
Herbert did not smash in these spots a year ago, but still was more than fine. He logged weeks as the QB8 (19.7 points) and the QB11 (17.7 points), so you can temper expectations for a ceiling week, but keep Herbert in play as a QB1.
