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2026 Week 5 · Oct 11, 2026 · Hard

Broncos at Chargers final drive: call the plays

LAC17
1:024th
23DEN
1st & 10Ball on own 31
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The situation

Los Angeles Chargers down 6 (17–23), 1:02 left in the fourth quarter, 1st & 10 on the own 31. You are the play-caller for this Broncos at Chargers final drive.

Score
Chargers 17, Broncos 23
Clock
1:02, Q4
Ball
1st & 10, own 31
Timeouts
0 left (defense 1)
Difficulty
Hard
Typical win rate
7%

The difficulty comes from how often a typical NFL play-caller wins from this spot in our simulation. The real head coach was Jim Harbaugh; the defense was coached by Sean Payton.

What really happened on this drive

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The Chargers ran out of time. Final score: Chargers 17, Broncos 23, a loss for Chargers.

  1. 1st & 10 at the own 31, 1:02 · Quick out (close)
    10-J.Herbert pass short right to 34-K.Mitchell to LAC 34 for 3 yards (40-J.Strnad).
  2. 2nd & 7 at the own 34, 0:45 · Quick out (close)
    10-J.Herbert pass incomplete short right to 88-C.Kolar (40-J.Strnad).
  3. 1st & 10 at the own 39, 0:33 · Short middle (close)
    10-J.Herbert pass short middle to 13-M.Valdes-Scantling to LAC 48 for 9 yards (26-D.Key).
  4. 2nd & 1 at the own 48, 0:15 · Short middle (close)
    10-J.Herbert pass short middle to 13-M.Valdes-Scantling to DEN 39 for 13 yards (31-K.Abrams-Draine).
  5. 1st & 10 at the opp 39, 0:04 · Spike
    10-J.Herbert spiked the ball to stop the clock.
  6. 2nd & 10 at the opp 39, 0:03 · Deep sideline (best call)
    10-J.Herbert sacked at DEN 46 for -7 yards (29-J.McMillian).

By our grades, Jim Harbaugh made the best or a near-best call (green) on 1 of 5 graded snaps and gave up 2.5 win-probability points per call on average. Plays with penalties are not graded.

How this final drive is graded

Every call you make is compared with every other call available on that snap. We play out the rest of the drive hundreds of times from your exact down, distance, field position, clock and timeouts, with results drawn from real NFL plays and a typical NFL play-caller making the later calls. The difference in win probability between your call and the best call is your grade for that snap. The final drive result, touchdown or not, does not change the grades. Read the full method.

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