The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 5 Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Chargers Sunday afternoon game.
| Cleveland | Rank | @ | LA Chargers | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spread | -1 | ||
| 24.3 | Implied Total | 25.3 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Points/Gm | 23.8 | 14 |
| 16.8 | 4 | Points All./Gm | 18.5 | 7 |
| 66.2 | 10 | Plays/Gm | 69 | 4 |
| 56 | 3 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 60.2 | 9 |
| 5.9 | 12 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.7 | 15 |
| 4.5 | 2 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.5 | 14 |
| 52.83% | 2 | Rush% | 37.68% | 23 |
| 47.17% | 31 | Pass% | 62.32% | 10 |
| 38.84% | 9 | Opp. Rush % | 43.98% | 21 |
| 61.16% | 24 | Opp. Pass % | 56.02% | 12 |
- In all four games against the Chargers, their opponent has scored their fewest amount of points on the season.
- The Browns are averaging 110.5 more rushing yards per game than their opponent, the largest differential in the league.
- Cleveland is averaging 2.0 more yards per carry than their opponent, the most in the league.
- 42% of the yardage allowed by the Chargers this season has come via rushing, 31st in the league.
- The Browns have run the ball on 75% of their plays inside of the red zone, the highest rate in the league. League average is 48.7%.
- Baker Mayfield leads the league in the rate of throws over 15 yards downfield (27.4%) but ranks 21st in completion rate (41.9%) on those passes, connecting on 13-of-31 attempts.
Quarterback
Justin Herbert: We sure did not have to wait long on the touchdown regression for Herbert. After throwing two touchdown passes on 88 passes over the opening two weeks of the season (2.3%), Herbert has come back with seven passing scores the past two weeks on 76 passes (9.2%). Herbert ran ultra-hot in that department on Monday night as he threw for a season low 5.8 yards per pass attempt and 222 yards.
The Browns opened the year up against Patrick Mahomes and then ran pure against a half of Davis Mills and Justin Fields the next two weeks, but last week showed a glimpse that they can be legit by just erasing a Vikings passing game that was averaging 7.7 yards per pass attempt entering the game to just 5.3 Y/A.
The Browns are fourth in the league in pressure rate (30.1%) while blitzing just 21.8% of the time (21st). Herbert has only been pressured on 27.3% of his dropbacks (31st) to open the year, but he has been impacted by pressure when it has gotten home unlike how hot he ran a year ago. Under pressure, Herbert is completing 55.3% of his passes for 5.1 yards per attempt as opposed to a 73% completion rate and 7.8 Y/A when kept clean.
This game has the potential to swing into a slugfest, giving pause on Herbert turning in a ceiling performance and more of a fringe-QB1 option.
