Player Rankings and Projections
San Diego Chargers Rank  Player Projections QB 2 Philip Rivers Pass: 280, 3 TD Rush: 5, 0 RB 16 Branden Oliver Rush: 80, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 0  WR 20 Keenan Allen Rec: 6-75, 1 TD WR 30 Eddie Royal Rec: 5-60, 1 TD WR 58 Malcom Floyd Rec: 3-40, 0 TD TE 4 Antonio Gates Rec: 6-60, 1 TD TE 40 Ladarius Green Rec: 1-10, 0 TD K 4 Nick Novak FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3 DEF 1 Defense / ST		Oakland Raiders Rank  Player Projections QB 30 Derek Carr Pass: 210, 0 TD Rush: 5, 0 RB 29 Darren McFadden Rush: 55, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 RB 52 Maurice Jones-Drew Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-5, 0 WR 43 James Jones Rec: 3-50, 0 TD WR 54 Andre Holmes Rec: 4-50, 0 TD TE 23 Mychal Rivera Rec: 2-30, 0 TD K 29 Sebastian Janikowski FG: 2/2 XP: 1/1 DEF 29 Defense / ST

Chargers Since 2006, QB Philip Rivers has 33,664 pass yards, 2nd most in NFL (DREW BREES, 40,307). In past 4, has completed 95 of 129 passes (73.6 pct.) for 1,205 yards with 11 TDs vs. 1 INT for 127.6 rating. Aims for 5th in row with 120+ rating. Chargers are 34-3 (.919) when Rivers starts & has 120+ rating, including last week vs. NYJ (288 yards, 3 TDs, 125.3 rating)... In Week 5, undrafted rookie RB Branden Oliver had career-high 114 yards on 19 att. & TD... Last week, TE Antonio Gates (92) had 2 TDs (4 rec, 60 yards), surpassing ISAAC BRUCE (91) for No. 10 all-time in career rec. TDs. WR Eddie Royal has 4 TDs in past 3. Has 296 catches & needs 4 to reach 300 career. In 2 career meetings, WR Keenan Allen has 141 receiving yards & 2 TDs... DE Dwight Freeney had sack in last meeting (12/26/10 with Ind.). DT Sean Lissemore had 1st sack of season last week. CB Brandon Flowers aims for 3rd in row with INT. S Eric Weddle has 13 INTs since 2011, most in AFC, including INT in last meeting. LB Donald Butler leads team with 27 tackles.

Raiders QB Derek Carr (Round 2, No. 36 overall) leads NFL rookies in pass yards (734) & TDs (4). Aims for 5th game in row with 60+ comp. pct. Completed 16 of 25 passes (64 pct.) for 146 yards vs. Dolphins. Has rushed for 66 yards on 7 att. (9.4 avg.)... In past 2 vs. SD, RB Maurice Jones-Drew has 244 scrimmage yards (134 rush, 110 receiving) & TD catch. Has 68 career rush TDs, 2nd-most among active players. RB Darren McFadden had 72 scrimmage yards in Wk. 4 (40 rush, 32 rec.). Had rush TD in last meeting. Has 29 career TDs (24 rush, 5 rec.) & needs 1 to become 8th RB in club history with 30... WR James Jones led team with 6 catches & 83 rec. yards vs. Dolphins. WR Andre Holmes made 1st start of season in Wk. 4 & had 5 catches for 74 yards & TD... Rookie CB T.J. Carrie (Round 7, 219 overall) had 1st career INT vs. Mia. CB Charles Woodson (57) needs INT to tie HOFer EMMITT THOMAS (58) for No. 11 on all-time list. In last home meeting, had INT & FR.