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Los Angeles Chargers

Chargers head to Atlanta with injury-riddled receiving corps

Mike Williams isn’t playing. I don’t think Keenan Allen is playing either. And I am very interested in Josh Palmer and DeAndre Carter this week. They look like lesser players who could come through nicely, given their matchup.

The Chargers have been a huge disappointment, of course. They’ve had some injuries, (most notably Allen and tackle Rashawn Slater). And there are design or structural problems with their offense. They don’t have a dynamic speed receiver, making for a stodgy attack.

But they’ve got Atlanta on Sunday, so I think we can put a lot of those issues on hold for a week. The Falcons have been dreadful against the pass – especially against wide receiver. Atlanta ranks last in pass defense, and it’s been wide receivers who’ve tended to do the damage.

The chart below shows every wide receiver who’s caught a pass against Atlanta. They’re in chronological order. Every receiver who’s caught a touchdown, I put a black dot in front of his name. Every receiver who’s gone over 70 yards, I’ve given a dot. And the same for each with at least 5 catches.

After eight games, I see 12 wide receivers with at least two black dots – 1-2 per game.

With Williams (ankle) and Allen (hamstring) shelved, the Chargers will be going with Palmer and Carter as their two main wide receivers. I’m expecting they’ll be generating some black dots.

WIDE RECEIVERS AGAINST ATLANTA
PlayerTmTgtRecYdsTDPPR
•• Michael ThomasN.O.8557222.7
•• Jarvis LandryN.O.97114018.4
Chris OlaveN.O.334107.1
••• Cooper KuppLAR1411108233.8
• Allen RobinsonLAR5453115.3
Ben SkowronekLAR321603.6
Brandon PowellLAR1160-1.0
•• DK MetcalfSea.12564117.4
•• Tyler LockettSea.11976016.6
Marquise GoodwinSea.523105.1
Penny HartSea.111502.5
•• D. Peoples-JonesCle.9571012.1
David BellCle.323505.5
Amari CooperCle.41901.9
• Chris GodwinT.B.6661012.3
• Mike EvansT.B.8481012.1
Scott MillerT.B.743507.5
Russell GageT.B.622004.0
••• Brandon AiyukS.F.11883228.3
•• Deebo SamuelS.F.10779016.0
Jauan JenningsS.F.321803.8
••• JaMarr ChaseCin.118130233.0
••• Tyler BoydCin.98155129.5
•• Tee HigginsCin.7593014.3
••• DJ MooreCar.116152127.5
• Terrace MarshallCar.9487012.7
• Laviska ShenaultCar.652607.6

—Ian Allan

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