WEEK 9 · SUN NOV 8FINAL

Shaded = the better side of each row. Rows with no clear “better” (plays, drives, attempts, penalties, possession) aren’t shaded. Efficiency, What it cost them and Early vs late downs use the nflfastR/rbsdm play filter, so a team’s EPA/play here can differ from its season figure on the team pages; Team stats follows the official box-score conventions instead.

DENEfficiencyCAR

+0.16(74)EPA / play(plays)+0.13(66)
+0.36(46)↳ Passing+0.20(46)
−0.17(28)↳ Rushing−0.04(20)
49%Success rate48%
57%↳ Passing54%
36%↳ Rushing35%
36%1st down rate41%
50%↳ Passing48%
14%↳ Rushing25%
3(4%)Explosive plays(rate)8(12%)
2(4%)↳ Passing(20+ yd completion)4(9%)
1(4%)↳ Rushing(10+ yd run)4(20%)
−4(TO +1, expl −5)Toxic differential(turnovers + explosives)+4(TO −1, expl +5)

DENTeam statsCAR

271st downs28
17↳ Passing 1st downs18
4↳ Rushing 1st downs5
6↳ 1st downs from penalties5
6-10↳ 3rd down efficiency3-10
0-0↳ 4th down efficiency3-3
65Total plays62
312Total yards353
10Total drives10
4.8Yards per play5.7
230Passing257
25/37↳ Comp/Att28/39
6.1↳ Yards per pass6.1
1↳ Interceptions thrown1
1-7↳ Sacks-yards lost3-19
82Rushing96
27↳ Rushing attempts20
3.0↳ Yards per rush4.8
2-4Red zone(made-att)3-4
8-50Penalties13-119
1Turnovers2
0↳ Fumbles lost1
1↳ Interceptions thrown1
0Defensive / special teams TDs0
31:55Possession28:05

Why the play counts differ. Efficiency counts every run and dropback the way nflfastR and rbsdm.com do, including sacks, scrambles, plays wiped out by penalties and 2-point tries, so DEN has 74 plays there and 65 in the official total above. Rushing attempts count kneel-downs and QB scrambles, while rush plays are the designed runs in that efficiency set, which is why DEN shows 27 attempts and 28 rush plays.

DENWhat it cost themCAR

−4.4EPA lost to turnovers−10.3
−1.8EPA lost to sacks−7.0
−9.7EPA lost to penalties−13.1

A strip-sack counts in both the sack row and the turnover row.

DENEarly vs late downsCAR

+0.05(61)Early downs(1st–2nd) EPA / play−0.01(53)
46%↳ Success rate47%
+0.82(12)Late downs(3rd–4th) EPA / play+0.69(13)
67%↳ Success rate54%

Passing

PlayerC/ATTYDSTDINTSCKRTGEPA/DBCPOESUCC%aDOT
DEN
Bo Nix25/3723721191.8+0.22+9.250%6.8
CAR
Bryce Young28/39276313106.4+0.18+11.151%7.7

Rushing

PlayerCARYDSTDYPCEPA/CARSUCC%
DEN
Jonah ColemanRB175713.4−0.1335%
J.K. DobbinsRB41804.5−0.0625%
Bo NixQB4300.8−0.5225%
CAR
Chuba HubbardRB167904.9+0.1044%
Bryce YoungQB113013.0+1.30100%
Trevor EtienneRB2703.5−0.250%

Receiving

PlayerTGTRECYDSTDTGT%YACEPA/TGTCATCH%aDOTY/TGT
DEN · 34 team targets
Pat BryantWR5456114.7%15+1.1080%8.811.2
Courtland SuttonWR9545126.5%1−0.1056%11.75.0
Evan EngramTE5433014.7%27+0.2280%4.26.6
Jonah ColemanRB4431011.8%38+0.37100%−1.87.8
Troy FranklinWR4331011.8%14+0.8675%11.37.8
Jaylen WaddleWR112202.9%3+1.46100%19.022.0
Adam TrautmanTE321508.8%6+0.3867%5.05.0
J.K. DobbinsRB11402.9%1−0.11100%3.04.0
Marvin Mims Jr.WR21005.9%3−0.4950%7.50.0
CAR · 37 team targets
Darren WallerTE10890127.0%26+0.4680%10.39.0
Tetairoa McMillanWR6456116.2%11+0.7267%14.89.3
John Metchie IIIWR224005.4%3+3.56100%18.520.0
Jalen CokerWR5429013.5%7+0.1280%8.05.8
Tommy TrembleTE6424116.2%13−0.6167%2.04.0
Mitchell EvansTE222005.4%11+0.69100%4.510.0
Chuba HubbardRB5417013.5%19+0.1080%−1.03.4
Brycen TremayneWR10002.7%0−0.690%23.00.0

Player lines won’t always add up to team totals. TGT% is a share of the team targets above — the throws charged to a receiver — not of the pass attempts in Team stats, so the two counts can differ. Yards gained after a lateral belong to no receiver, and runs by receivers and kneel-downs don’t appear in the rushing table.