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Week 12 Game Recap: Baltimore Ravens 14, San Diego Chargers 32
What you need to know
| Baltimore Ravens |
Baltimore visited San Diego and came out on the short end of the stick, losing 14 to 32. They had a poor offensive performance, and gave up several big passing plays to Philip Rivers and the Chargers offense. Kyle Boller threw the ball accurately, but failed to hit on many big plays. His lone touchdown pass came on a dump off to full back LeRon McClain. His favorite target by far was Derrick Mason, who had 14 looks and led the team in all receiving categories. Willis McGahee had a hard time running the ball, but still managed a one yard score in the second quarter.
The Ravens defense played LaDainian Tomlinson and the Chargers running game very well, but gave up three scores and nearly 250 yards to Philip Rivers. They had a hard time covering Antonio Gates. Each of the three touchdowns were thrown to wide open receivers, as the Ravens secondary was either beaten or out of position.
| San Diego Chargers |
San Diego got a big game out of Philip Rivers, Antonio Gates, and their defense to earn a 32 to 14 victory over the visiting Baltimore Ravens. Rivers had his best game of the season, throwing for nearly 250 yards and three touchdowns. Two of those scores went to Gates, who led the team with 105 receiving yards. Chris Chambers caught the other touchdown. The Chargers defense was especially stout, holding the Ravens to 210 total yards, sacking Kyle Boller four times, and only allowing 14 points.
LaDainian Tomlinson had a hard time against the Ravens defense, but did manage to eclipse 10,000 career rushing yards during the game. He averaged just over three yards per rush over his 17 carries, with a long of 36.
What you ought to know
| QB Kyle Boller, Pass: 21 - 33 - 191 - 1 TD / 0 INT |
Boller had a highly accurate game, but his throws went for minimal gains. He completed 63.6% of his passes, and averaged 5.8 yards per attempt. Boller's favorite target was Derrick Mason, whose 15 looks were nine more than the second most thrown to Ravens player. His lone touchdown pass went to fullback LeRon McClain. Boller threw no interceptions, lost one fumble, and was sacked four times.
| RB Willis McGahee, Rush: 17 - 59 - 1, Rec: 2 - 2 - 0 (3 targets) |
McGahee had a tough time getting anything going against a strong San Diego rush defense. His longest run was 13 yards, and he only averaged 3.5 yards on his 17 attempts. He had a one yard touchdown run in the second quarter. McGahee's opportunities were limited both by his ineffectiveness and the game situation, which found the Ravens behind by multiple scores for a significant portion of the game. The Ravens only ran on 38% of their plays.
| RB Musa Smith, Rush: 3 - -3 - 0, Rec: 4 - 28 - 0 (4 targets) |
Smith was ineffective as a runner, but caught all four of his targets as a receiver. Surprisingly, he finished second on the team in catches and receiving yards.
| RB LeRon McClain, Rec: 1 - 13 - 1 (2 targets) |
McClain had two dump off targets, the latter of which he ran in for a 13 yard score.
| RB Mike Anderson, Rec: 1 - 9 - 0 (1 targets) |
Anderson had one look in the passing game. Notably, he also lost a fumble on a muffed kickoff return. He wasn't lined up as a kickoff returner, but he attempted to field a short kick that he dropped.
| WR Derrick Mason, Rec: 7 - 99 - 0 (14 targets) |
Mason was Boller's security blanket. He had nine more targets than any other Ravens player. Most of his catches went for medium gains, as he finished with a 14.1 yards per catch average. Mason finished just one yard shy of a 100 yard receiving game. It was Mason's best yardage total of the season.
| WR Devard Darling, Rec: 2 - 24 - 0 (5 targets) |
Darling was Boller's preferred deep target, but his only catches were for medium gains.
| WR Mark Clayton, Rec: 2 - 15 - 0 (4 targets) |
Clayton was mostly an afterthought in the passing game. He caught two of his four passes for medium gains.
| TE Quinn Sypniewski, Rec: 1 - 2 - 0 (2 targets) |
Sypniewski got the starting nod at tight end with Todd Heap out again, but only caught one ball for a short gain.
| TE Lee Vickers, Rec: 1 - -1 - 0 (1 targets) |
Vickers caught his only target for a one yard loss.
| PK Matt Stover 0 - 0 FG, 2 - 2 XP, 2 points |
Stover made both his PATs, but didn't attempt a field goal. He also had a kickoff go out of bounds for a costly penalty.
| BAL Rush Defense |
Baltimore's rush defense allowed 83 total yards on 30 carries for a 2.8 average. They did a great job containing LaDainian Tomlinson, with the exception of one 13 yard touchdown run. They were clearly committed to stopping the run, and they succeeded.
| BAL Pass Defense |
Baltimore's pass defense gave up 249 yards on 25 of 35 passing for an average of 7.11 yards per attempt. They allowed three touchdowns---two to tight end Antonio Gates and one to Chris Chambers. Each score was allowed to a wide open receiver. They forced no turnovers and had no sacks.
| QB Philip Rivers, Pass: 25 - 35 - 249 - 3 TD / 0 INT, Rush: 2 - 3 - 0 |
Rivers had his best game of the year. He was accurate with his throws, completing 71.4% of his passes for 7.11 yards per attempt. His starting targets saw the most balls, with Gates leading the way with eight, while Tomlinson, Chambers, and Jackson all had at least six. Rivers hit Gates for two touchdowns and Chambers for one. On all three of the scores the receiver was wide open. Rivers also had a couple of scrambles for minimal gains.
| RB LaDainian Tomlinson, Rush: 24 - 77 - 0, Rec: 6 - 45 - 0 (7 targets) |
Tomlinson had a hard time getting into a groove against a focused Ravens rush defense. He finished with just over a 3 yard per rush average. His long run of the game was 36 yards. Tomlinson finished third on the team in receiving yards, and tied with Antonio Gates to lead the team in receptions. Despite being contained by the Ravens, he still produced a good fantasy game.
| RB Darren Sproles, Rush: 2 - 1 - 0 (2 targets) |
Sproles got a few carries at the end of the game, but was predominantly used as a returner.
| RB Michael Turner, Rush: 2 - 2 - 0 |
Turner had a couple of carries to spell Tomlinson, but didn't do much with them.
| WR Chris Chambers, Rec: 5 - 22 - 1 (7 targets) |
Most of Chambers' receptions went for short gains. He had a touchdown catch when Rivers found him wide open in the end zone. He tied for second place in targets with Tomlinson.
| WR Vincent Jackson, Rec: 5 - 65 - 0 (6 targets) |
Jackson finished second on the team in receiving yards. He had a long catch of 31 yards.
| WR Craig Davis, Rec: 1 - 4 - 0 (1 targets) |
Davis' only catch was a big one that converted a first down to keep a late game clock eating drive alive.
| WR Legedu Naanee, Rec: 1 - 8 - 0 (1 targets) |
Naanee's sole catch came early in the game.
| TE Antonio Gates, Rec: 6 - 105 - 2 (8 targets) |
Gates had a great game. He led the team in all receiving stats, and caught two wide open passes that he ran in for touchdowns. It was his best fantasy performance of the season.
| TE Brandon Manumaleuna, Rec: 1 - 0 - 0 (4 targets) |
Manumaleuna had one catch for no gain.
| PK Nate Kaeding 4 - 4 FG, 2 - 2 XP, 14 points |
Kaeding made both his PATs and all four of his field goals (from 27, 46, 41, and 41 yards). He would have had another PAT, but the holder mishandled the snap.
| SD Rush Defense |
San Diego's rush defense gave up 56 total yards on 20 carries for a 2.8 average. They allowed one touchdown to Willis McGahee, but otherwise shut down the Baltimore rushing attack.
| SD Pass Defense |
San Diego's pass defense gave up 191 yards on 21 of 33 passing for 5.8 yards per attempt. They allowed one touchdown to full back LeRon McClain. Five different Chargers combined to sack Kyle Boller four times. They forced a fumble on one of the Boller sacks.
