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Miami Dolphins at San Diego Chargers - Week 4
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

WAS
STL		 17
 10
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MIN
KC		 17
 22
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PIT
HOU		 10
 17
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SF
PHI		 24
 23
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DET
DAL		 34
 30
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TEN
CLE		 31
 13
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CAR
CHI		 29
 34
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BUF
CIN		 20
 23
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NO
JAC		 23
 10
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NYG
ARI		 31
 27
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ATL
SEA		 30
 28
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MIA
SD		 16
 26
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DEN
GB		 23
 49
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NE
OAK		 31
 19
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NYJ
BAL		 17
 34
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IND
TB		 17
 24
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Chargers 31, Dolphins 20

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Miami Dolphins
Rank  Player Projections
QB 13 Chad Henne Pass: 260, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
 RB 19 Reggie Bush Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
WR 9 Brandon Marshall Rec: 7-90, 1 TD
WR 39 Davone Bess Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
WR 80 Brian Hartline Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 29 Anthony Fasano Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 14 Dan Carpenter FG: 2/2 XP: 2/2
DEF 29 Defense / ST  
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San Diego Chargers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 4 Philip Rivers Pass: 310, 3 TD Rush: 0, 0
 RB 5 Ryan Mathews Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 5-40, 1
RB 35 Mike Tolbert Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
WR 1 Vincent Jackson Rec: 9-130, 1 TD
WR 54 Malcom Floyd Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 64 Patrick Crayton Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 19 Randy McMichael Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 15 Nick Novak FG: 1/1 XP: 4/4
DEF 12 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Dolphins Club has won 4 of past 5 at San Diego... QB Chad Henne has 90+ passer rating in 2 of 3 games this season. Ranks 2nd among QBs in '11 with 100 rush yards (MICHAEL VICK, 153)... Since '06, RB Reggie Bush (305) leads all NFL RBs in receptions. Rookie RB Daniel Thomas (2nd round, No. 62) is averaging 101 rush yards per game & leads NFL rookies with 202 rush yards. Registered 1st career TD last week on 10-yard rec... WR Brandon Marshall had 18 catches for 166 rec. yards with 1 TD vs. Chargers on 9/14/08 (w/ Broncos). WR Brian Hartline averages 17 yards per catch this season (10 rec., 170 yards). LB Cameron Wake has 17 sacks in past 19 games... LB Jason Taylor has 3 sacks in 5 career games vs. Chargers. LB Kevin Burnett spent 2 seasons (2009-10) with Chargers... Rookie CB Jimmy Wilson (7th round, No. 235) registered 1st career INT last week... S Yeremiah Bell leads team with 24 tackles.

Chargers Club aims for 5th straight win at home... Since '10, QB Philip Rivers leads NFL with 5,689 passing yards. Rivers has 34-8 (.810) record as home starter with 66 TDs vs. 30 INTs & 98.2 rating. Rivers averages 326.3 passing yards per game this season (979 total)... RB Ryan Mathews has 3 rush TDs in past 2 games. Mathews (885) needs 115 rush yards to reach 1,000 career... RB Mike Tolbert leads AFC RBs with 20 catches this season... TE Antonio Gates had 13 catches for 123 yards (9.5 avg.) with 1 TD vs. Dolphins on 12/11/05. Gates (537) needs 5 rec. to surpass Pro Football HOFer KELLEN WINSLOW (541) for 2nd-most rec. in team history (CHARLIE JOINER, 586). Gates (69) needs TD rec. to join TONY GONZALEZ (90) as 2nd TE in NFL history w/ 70 TD catches. TE Randy McMichael spent 5 seasons in Mia. (2002-06)... WR Vincent Jackson had 5 catches for 120 yards (24 avg.) in last game vs. Mia. Jackson (3,914) needs 86 receiving yards to reach 4,000 career. WR Malcom Floyd averages 18.9 yards per catch in '11... LB Takeo Spikes leads team with 24 tackles. LB Antwan Barnes has 2 sacks in past 3... S Eric Weddle registered 1st INT of season last week.


Results and Schedule
Miami Dolphins
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2011-09-12 NE H L 24-38 -14
2 2011-09-18 HOU H L 13-23 -10
3 2011-09-25 CLE A L 16-17 -1
4 2011-10-02 SD A L 16-26 -10
5   Bye      
6 2011-10-17 NYJ A    
7 2011-10-23 DEN H    
8 2011-10-30 NYG A    
9 2011-11-06 KC A    
10 2011-11-13 WAS H    
11 2011-11-20 BUF H    
12 2011-11-24 DAL A    
13 2011-12-04 OAK H    
14 2011-12-11 PHI H    
15 2011-12-18 BUF A    
16 2011-12-24 NE A    
17 2012-01-01 NYJ H    
   
San Diego Chargers
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2011-09-11 MIN H W 24-17 +7
2 2011-09-18 NE A L 21-35 -14
3 2011-09-25 KC H W 20-17 +3
4 2011-10-02 MIA H W 26-16 +10
5 2011-10-09 DEN A    
6   Bye      
7 2011-10-23 NYJ A    
8 2011-10-31 KC A    
9 2011-11-06 GB H    
10 2011-11-10 OAK H    
11 2011-11-20 CHI A    
12 2011-11-27 DEN H    
13 2011-12-05 JAC A    
14 2011-12-11 BUF H    
15 2011-12-18 BAL H    
16 2011-12-24 DET A    
17 2012-01-01 OAK A    

Injury Report
Miami Dolphins
Out  DE Tony McDaniel (Hand)
Questionable  CB Vontae Davis (Hamstring)
 OLB Koa Misi (Neck)
 RB Daniel Thomas (Hamstring)
Probable  CB Will Allen (Hamstring)
   
San Diego Chargers
Out  DE Luis Castillo (Tibia)
 DE Jacques Cesaire (Knee)
Doubtful  TE Antonio Gates (Foot)
 CB Quentin Jammer (Hamstring)
Questionable  WR Malcom Floyd (Groin)
 WR Vincent Jackson (Abdomen)
Probable  OLB Na'il Diggs (Groin)
 DE Corey Liuget (Ankle)
 RB Ryan Mathews (Foot)
IR  K Nate Kaeding (Left Knee ACL)
 ILB Jonas Mouton (Shoulder)
 SS Bob Sanders (Knee)

Offense Stats Comparison
  MIA
 Offense 		 SD
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 17.7 21.7 22.5 SD
Rushing yards 129.7 97.3 103.9 MIA
Rushing yards per attempt 4.52 3.60 4.01 MIA
Completion % 56.5% 68.3% 61.8% SD
Passing yards 258.0 320.0 245.4 SD
Passing yards per completion 12.69 11.16 11.33 MIA
Passing yards per attempt 7.17 7.62 7.00 SD
Interceptions 1.0 2.0 1.0 MIA
Fumbles lost 0.7 0.7 0.7 -
Sacks allowed 3.7 2.0 2.4 SD
3rd down conversions 25.6% 61.5% 38.1% SD
4th down conversions 62.5% 0.0% 47.4% MIA
Time of possession 31:46 34:19 30:01 SD
  Defense Stats Comparison
  MIA
 Defense 		 SD
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 26.0 23.0 22.5 SD
Rushing yards 104.7 111.3 103.9 MIA
Rushing yards per attempt 4.08 4.28 4.01 MIA
Completion % 62.1% 69.6% 61.8% MIA
Passing yards 311.0 203.0 245.4 SD
Passing yards per completion 12.96 11.07 11.33 SD
Passing yards per attempt 8.04 7.71 7.00 SD
INT return 0.7 0.7 1.0 -
Fumble recoveries 0.0 0.0 0.7 -
Sacks 1.3 1.7 2.4 SD
3rd down conversions 41.0% 47.1% 38.1% MIA
4th down conversions 100.0% 50.0% 47.4% SD
Time of possession 28:14 25:41 30:01 SD

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   MIA   SD  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 9.9 5.6 10.7 MIA
Yards per kick return 22.2 21.9 24.7 MIA
Yards allowed per punt return 12.6 18.0 10.7 MIA
Yards allowed per kick return 28.3 31.7 24.7 MIA
  Misc Stats Comparison
   MIA   SD  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 7.0 4.7 6.5 SD
Penalty yards 57.7 36.7 54.4 SD

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 3 of the 2011 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Miami Dolphins vs. San Diego Chargers
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 11 2000-11-12 MIA SD 17-7 MIA
2002 12 2002-11-24 SD MIA 3-30 MIA
2003 8 2003-10-27 MIA SD 26-10 MIA
2005 14 2005-12-11 MIA SD 23-21 MIA
2008 5 2008-10-05 SD MIA 10-17 MIA
2009 3 2009-09-27 MIA SD 13-23 SD

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.