Chargers vs Cowboys Match Player Stats | Week 16 Sunday 2025

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Todays Matchup Details

Week 16 Los Angeles Chargers at Dallas Cowboys
Todays Game is on Sunday, December 21st
21/12/25 13:00:00 PM EST Kickoff

Positives for the Los Angeles Chargers Game Today

The model projects the Los Angeles Chargers as the 9th-most pass-centric team among all teams this week with a 59.9% pass rate, based on their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.

The 5th-largest volume of plays in football have been run by the Los Angeles Chargers this year (a massive 60.5 per game on average).

This game will be played in a dome—meaning no wind, higher pass volume, higher TD potential, and better passing effectiveness.

The Cowboys defense has been a prominent pass funnel this year, allowing opposing quarterbacks to attempt the 7th-most passes in the league (36.9 per game) this year.

This year, the poor Cowboys pass defense has yielded a massive 69.3% Adjusted Completion Rate vs. opposing wideouts: the 3rd-highest rate in the NFL.

The predictive model expects the Dallas Cowboys as the 8th-most pass-centric team on the slate this week with a 60.7% pass rate, accounting for their underlying play style and matchup dynamics.

The Dallas Cowboys have run the 7th-most plays in the NFL this year, averaging a whopping 60.3 plays per game.

The passing attacks of both teams (in terms of both volume and effectiveness) figure to benefit from the calm “weather” conditions (as in no wind) inside this dome, while run volume may fall-off.

In this contest, George Pickens is predicted by the model to slot into the 94th percentile among wideouts with 9.2 targets.

George Pickens has posted a colossal 99.0 air yards per game this year: 93rd percentile when it comes to wide receivers.

The Cowboys pass defense has been gouged for the 7th-highest Adjusted Completion% in the league (78.7%) to TEs this year (78.7%).

This year, the imposing Dallas Cowboys run defense has given up a feeble 4.99 adjusted yards-per-carry to opposing rushing attacks: the 27th-smallest rate in the NFL.

As it relates to the linebackers’ role in stopping the run, Dallas’s group of LBs has been terrible this year, projecting as the worst in the league. in the league.

In this game, Dak Prescott is expected by our trusted projection set to total the 10th-most pass attempts among all QBs with 36.3.,Dak Prescott has thrown for substantially more adjusted yards per game (273.0) this season than he did last season (244.0).

Jake Ferguson’s 77.5% Route Participation Rate this season indicates an impressive growth in his air attack workload over last season’s 67.0% rate.

This week, Jake Ferguson is forecasted by the projections to land in the 92nd percentile when it comes to tight ends with 6.0 targets.

In tallying a staggering 31.3 pass attempts per game this year, Justin Herbert rates among the top QBs in football (82nd percentile) for this stat.

Negatives with the Dallas Cowboys Game Today

Based on their underlying traits and game dynamics, the Chargers are forecasted by the model to call only 63.6 offensive plays in this game: the 8th-lowest number on the slate this week.

The Los Angeles offensive line profiles as the 4th-worst in the league this year in protecting the passer, which has a harmful influence on all air attack stats across the board.

Our trusted projections expect the Cowboys to call the 10th-fewest total plays on the slate this week with 63.8 plays, given their underlying play style and game dynamics.

Opposing QBs have averaged 31.2 pass attempts per game against the Chargers defense this year: 8th-fewest in the NFL.

George Pickens’s 57.2 WOPR (Weighted Opportunity Rating—an advanced stat that measures high-value offensive volume) has been quite a bit lower this year than it was last year at 71.0.

As it relates to pass protection (and the influence it has on all passing game metrics), the O-line of the Cowboys ranks as the 2nd-worst in the NFL this year.

George Pickens’s 0.00 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) this year illustrates a noteworthy reduction in his efficiency in space over last year’s 3.0% mark.

The leading projections forecast the Los Angeles Chargers to be the 9th-least run-focused offense on the slate this week with a 40.1% run rate, accounting for their underlying tendencies and matchup dynamics.

Opposing QBs have completed passes at the 3rd-lowest clip in the league versus the Los Angeles Chargers defense this year (65.0% Adjusted Completion%).

This year, the tough Los Angeles Chargers defense has yielded the 3rd-least adjusted yards-per-target in football to the opposing side: a measly 6.9 yards.

Jake Ferguson has been one of the least effective pass-catchers in football among TEs, averaging a mere 6.22 adjusted yards-per-target this year while checking in at the 14th percentile.

Jake Ferguson’s talent in generating extra yardage have worsened this year, notching a measly 0.00 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) compared to a 5.24 figure last year.

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