The biggest swing of the game · Q4 2:48 · 4th and 1
Austin Ekeler
Chargers
(2:48) 30-A.Ekeler up the middle to PHI 37 for 2 yards (58-G.Avery).
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2021 Week 9 · Sun, Nov 7, 2021 · Lincoln Financial Field
FinalThe verdict · 2021 Week 9
It turned at Q4 2:48, 4th and 1, on Austin Ekeler — 19.8 win-probability points to the Chargers on one snap, the largest move of the game.
The snaps that bent it
The biggest swing of the game · Q4 2:48 · 4th and 1
Austin Ekeler
Chargers
(2:48) 30-A.Ekeler up the middle to PHI 37 for 2 yards (58-G.Avery).
Los Angeles Chargers 27–24 — decided on the final possessions. Biggest swing: Q4 2:48, Chargers +19.8% win probability on one snap.
19.8
win-probability points on one snap
The largest move of the game. The two below are drawn against it.
What separated them
Explosive plays
Eagles owned this one and still lost it — 9 chunk plays, against Chargers at 6 chunk plays.
Eaglesthe gap went the other way from the scoreboard
Third down
Eagles owned this one and still lost it — 8 of 12 on third down, against Chargers at 5 of 10 on third down.
Eaglesthe gap went the other way from the scoreboard
Running the ball
Eagles owned this one and still lost it — +0.06 expected points per carry, against Chargers at -0.17 expected points per carry.
Eaglesthe gap went the other way from the scoreboard
Throwing the ball
Chargers won this one — +0.56 expected points per dropback, against Eagles at +0.45 expected points per dropback.
Chargersthe gap went the way the scoreboard did
Who won it for them
What it says about next week
Note
The model against the market, the momentum underneath, every drive — scrub to replay it
The model and the market were 8.4 win-probability points apart on the average play, and 14 apart at the widest — with the model the more convinced about Eagles.
(2:48) 30-A.Ekeler up the middle to PHI 37 for 2 yards (58-G.Avery).
The modelled figures are the league play-by-play model's, not ours.
How the points landed
Dustin Hopkins's 29-yard field goal with 0:05 left in the 4th put Los Angeles Chargers ahead for good. It was the last score of the day.
9 scores · bar length is the lead after each one
Down-to-down truth
Chargers ahead 6–2 on categories, including the biggest gap of the duel — sacks taken.
Expected points added, per play
The centre line is an average play. A bar to the right of it is a side that gained more than the situation was worth; a bar to the left is a side that lost ground. All six bars share one scale, ±0.56 points.
Every snapexpected points added per play, all downs
Dropping backexpected points added per dropback
Running itexpected points added per rush
Neither side “wins” volume or play-calling mix, so neither is drawn as a duel: Chargers ran 65 snaps at a 63% dropback rate against Eagles’s 57 at 42%. Red-zone trips: Chargers 6, Eagles 4.
Chargers won the down-to-down efficiency fight: 0.29 expected points added per play vs 0.22.
Derived from the play-by-play, no model
7 of 8 readings cleared their snap floor and were tested against four comparisons: this week's whole slate, the team's own season, the week before, and the team's own ordinary spread. Every bar below is set in that team's own week-to-week swing, never in league points — one team's swing runs 1.6 to 3.1 times the entire league's spread.
PHI's sack or hit rate, 0.0%, was the lowest of the 28 team-games charted in week 9 — 6.3 points clear of the next team along.
41 dropbacks this game, floor 12 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 7.4 points.
LAC's fourth-and-short go rate, 100.0%, is past their previous high of 75.0% in week 6 — the highest of their 5 charted games through week 9.
4 fourth-and-short calls this game, floor 3 — 10 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 29.6 points.
PHI's pass rate over expected, −19.1 pts, is past their previous low of −16.3 pts in week 8 — the lowest of their 9 charted games through week 9.
57 snaps this game, floor 20 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 10.8 points.
The season-grain rooms, pointed at this one game
7 of 8 readings cleared their snap floor. Every deviation below is measured in that team's own game-to-game swing, not in league points — because one game's swing runs from 1.6 to 3.1 times the whole league's spread.
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale -34 pts to 22 pts
Over Expected room →inside their normal wobble · +3.8 vs their 3.9 pts, and they swing ±6.2 week to week (+0.61× that swing) · 64 snaps
leaned — ran more than the situation asked · −12.9 vs their -6.2 pts, and they swing ±10.8 week to week (−1.19× that swing) · 57 snaps
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale 8% to 92%
Tendencies room →right on their number · +0.5 vs their 61.5%, and they swing ±10.2 week to week (+0.05× that swing) · 50 early downs
leaned — ran early · −16.6 vs their 50.0%, and they swing ±16.4 week to week (−1.02× that swing) · 45 early downs
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale -31% to 131%
Fourth Down room →leaned — went for it · +45.7 vs their 54.3%, and they swing ±29.6 week to week (+1.54× that swing) · 4 fourth-and-short calls
Only 1 fourth-and-short call tonight — too few to read a tendency. Their season number is 36.9%.
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale -6% to 31%
Tendencies room →inside their normal wobble · −5.6 vs their 13.9%, and they swing ±6.5 week to week (−0.86× that swing) · 24 dropbacks
leaned — stayed blocked · −12.5 vs their 12.5%, and they swing ±7.4 week to week (−1.69× that swing) · 41 dropbacks
Play-action rate
Charted from 2022. The columns exist for 2021 and are entirely empty, which is not a season of data.
Blitz rate sent
Charted from 2022. The columns exist for 2021 and are entirely empty, which is not a season of data.
PHI's sack or hit rate was the night's one real departure: 0.0%, 12.5 points below their season mean of 12.5% and 1.7 times their own 7.4-point weekly swing.
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Game-day list and snap counts from the weekly roster and snap feeds. Practice-squad and injured-reserve players are not shown — they were never on the game-day list.
Los Angeles Chargers
48 dressed · 7 inactive · 1 never used
Inactive · 7
Dressed, never took a snap · 1
Philadelphia Eagles
48 dressed · 7 inactive · 2 never used
Inactive · 7
Dressed, never took a snap · 2
Who moved the needle
Passing · LAC
32/38, 356 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT
22.9 expected points added · +16.8% completion over expected
Passing · PHI
11/17, 162 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
5.6 expected points added · +9.6% completion over expected
What each man’s workload was worth, against what he actually banked. Final. Usage and expected points land with the weekly sync, not live.
DeVonta Smith banked 9.3 more points than his own workload asked for.
| Player | Full PPR | Vs expected | Snap share | Routes | Targets | Air yards | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31.6 | +2.9 | 100% | — | 0% | — | 32/38, 356 yd, 2 TD · 5 car, 14 yd, 1 TD | |
| 22.6 | +9.3 | 77% | 71% | 38% | 51% | 5/6, 116 yd, 1 TD | |
| 22.4 | −1.1 | 90% | 83% | 35% | 39% | 12/13, 104 yd | |
| 16.7 | −0.3 | 100% | — | 0% | — | 11/17, 162 yd, 1 TD · 10 car, 62 yd | |
| 13.9 | +5.1 | 45% | 31% | 11% | 0% | 4/4, 39 yd, 1 TD | |
| 13.1 | +2.4 | 40% | 21% | 0% | — | 17 car, 71 yd, 1 TD | |
| 12.9 | +6.3 | 41% | 36% | 8% | 9% | 3/3, 39 yd, 1 TD | |
| 11.2 | −5.9 | 67% | 55% | 8% | 0% | 17 car, 59 yd · 3/3, 23 yd | |
| 10.8 | +3.7 | 42% | 50% | 11% | 6% | 4/4, 48 yd | |
| 7.8 | −8.2 | 83% | 83% | 14% | 30% | 2/5, 58 yd | |
| 7.3 | −2.2 | 93% | 67% | 38% | 33% | 3/6, 43 yd | |
| 6.3 | +0.8 | 19% | 25% | 0% | — | 2 car, 3 yd, 1 TD | |
| 4.2 | +0.8 | 30% | 31% | 5% | 10% | 2/2, 22 yd | |
| 4.0 | −1.8 | 44% | 33% | 0% | — | 10 car, 40 yd | |
| 2.9 | 0.0 | 36% | 40% | 5% | 8% | 1/2, 19 yd | |
| 2.9 | −1.7 | 96% | 71% | 19% | 17% | 2/3, 9 yd | |
| 2.0 | −0.9 | 25% | 26% | 3% | 2% | 3 car, 6 yd · 1/1, 4 yd | |
| 0.9 | +0.2 | — | — | — | — | 2 snaps — too few to rate. | |
| 0.4 | −1.0 | 51% | 50% | 6% | 0% | 1/1, -6 yd | |
| 0.1 | −0.6 | — | — | — | — | 6 snaps — too few to rate. | |
| 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 snap — too few to rate. | |
| 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 snaps — too few to rate. |
4 players played under 8 snaps, so their shares read as a dash rather than a number. 2 lines have no expected-points read and sit off the plane.
Expected points are modelled in full PPR, so the “vs expected” column stays in that unit whichever format the pills are set to. Switching the pills changes the points column, not the plane.
The whole game as one hundred yards. The Eagles attack right, the Chargers attack left, so a change of possession is a reversal you can see. Reading down is the order the snaps were played — not the clock, so a two-minute drill gets the same room as any other fourteen snaps. This game is final.
(6:16) (Shotgun) 1-J.Hurts pass deep right to 6-D.Smith for 28 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Q4 6:16 · Eagles · 1st & 10 at LAC 28 · gained 28 · +3.04 EP · +22.0% win probability
152 snaps placed · 15 without a recorded yard line, left off the map · 4 marked moments — the largest win-probability swings, one per drive.
Post-game film: 167 plays across 16 drives, personnel groupings on 167 snaps. Everything here paints once the weekly sync ingests the game — there is no live play-level feed in this product, so nothing on this page updates while a game is being played.
9 of 16 drives ended in points. The longest march was LAC moving 98 yards from the LAC 1 for a turnover on downs. Each bar is the ground a drive actually covered; PHI attacks right, LAC attacks left. Hatching marks a trip inside the twenty.
Offensive grouping on every pass and run. A group needs five snaps in this game before it gets a number — under that the sample is a coin flip and the cell reads a dash instead. The names of the eleven on the field are only recorded from 2023 onward, so this game gives the grouping without the roster.
167 plays · ranked by the win probability each one moved
167 plays
Win probability is the league play-by-play model, 98.5% of plays · a dash means none was published
Just the plays, on their own page: Chargers at Eagles, every play.
Full stat lines
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Herbert | 32/38 | 356 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +22.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Ekeler | 17 | 59 | 3.5 | 0 | −1.8 |
| Justin Herbert | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 1 | +1.9 |
| Andre Roberts | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | +0.7 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keenan Allen | 12 | 13 | 104 | 0 | 35% | +3.0 |
| Mike Williams | 2 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 14% | +1.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drue Tranquill | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linval Joseph | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyzir White | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasir Adderley |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Hurts | 11/17 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +5.6 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Howard |
Every number on them comes from the same read as this page, and each one says in words where it came from.
How the win probability moved, the three snaps that bent it, and every drive in order.

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The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Chargers closed -1 and covered, winning by 3.
Total closed 49.5; the game landed 51 — over by 1.5.
Conditions and crew
| Joshua Kelley | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | −4.1 |
| Larry Rountree | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Jared Cook | 4 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 11% | +5.4 |
| Stephen Anderson | 4 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 11% | +4.3 |
| Donald Parham | 3 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 8% | +5.0 |
| Austin Ekeler | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 8% | +0.5 |
| Josh Palmer | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 5% | +1.1 |
| Jalen Guyton | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 5% | +1.8 |
| Joshua Kelley | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | −0.2 |
| 6 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Derwin James | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Tillery | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Covington | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Harris | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Bosa | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Smith | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |
| 71 |
| 4.2 |
| 1 |
| +1.1 |
| Jalen Hurts | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 0 | +6.8 |
| Boston Scott | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 0 | −1.6 |
| Kenneth Gainwell | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | +0.8 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeVonta Smith | 5 | 6 | 116 | 1 | 38% | +10.0 |
| Dallas Goedert | 3 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 38% | +0.8 |
| Quez Watkins | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 19% | −0.8 |
| Jalen Reagor | 1 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 6% | −1.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.J. Edwards | 5 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney McLeod | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davion Taylor | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Singleton | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Chachere | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zech McPhearson | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Nelson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javon Hargrave | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Genard Avery | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Epps | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |