2025 Week 5 · Final
Washington Commanders at Los Angeles Chargers, final 27–10
Pregame first read
LAC pass defense has the stronger league profile.
WAS passing attack #22/32 · LAC pass defense #2/32 · 183 offense / 177 defense EPA plays.
Principal uncertainty · The model’s 80% range includes either team winning.
- Model spread
- LAC -3
- Model total
- 50
- 80% range (LAC margin)
- -10.1 to +23.9
League profiles describe different prior opponents. They do not measure this game’s head-to-head outcome. The model is a historical scoring estimate, not a betting line, and it does not know injuries or availability.
Recorded leaders
- PassingJayden DanielsWAS231 pass yds
- RushingJacory Croskey-MerrittWAS111 rush yds
- ReceivingDeebo Samuel Sr.WAS96 rec yds
Unit matchups
Rank among qualified teams by EPA per play, from each team's last five games before kickoff.
- LAC passing attack#26/32WAS pass defense#30/32
- LAC run game#20/32WAS run defense#14/32
- WAS passing attack#22/32LAC pass defense#2/32
- WAS run game#3/32LAC run defense#17/32
Players to watch
Per-game averages from 2025 games before kickoff, minimum two games. Availability is not verified.
WASWashington Commanders
- Jayden DanielsQB · 2 games217pass yds/g
- Chris Rodriguez Jr.RB · 2 games49rush yds/g
- Deebo Samuel Sr.WR · 4 games51rec yds/g
- Terry McLaurinWR · 3 games49.7rec yds/g
LACLos Angeles Chargers
- Justin HerbertQB · 4 games266pass yds/g
- Omarion HamptonRB · 4 games67.5rush yds/g
- Quentin JohnstonWR · 4 games84.3rec yds/g
- Keenan AllenWR · 4 games57.8rec yds/g