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THE WIRE
THE WIRE someone: The booth on Titans run away with it, 45-17 THE WIRE someone: Titans run away with it, 45-17 THE WIRE someone: The booth on 62 points between Falcons and Panthers IN THE BOOTH Caleb Brooks: Herbert was operating on another level—4 touchdown passes and 368 yards against a Seattle defense that couldn't generate pressure, while the Seahawks… IN THE BOOTH Sierra Vaughn: Atlanta's path to the playoffs just got a lot clearer—they're 8-9 in a weak division with a turnover margin of -7, meaning they're winning games… IN THE BOOTH Daniel Keller: Atlanta's ground game did the talking here—Robinson went 149 yards and 2 touchdowns on 17 carries while Washington managed 43 rushing yards total,… PASS YDS #1 B.Nix — 5903 passing yards PASS YDS #2 P.Mahomes — 5840 passing yards
WEEK 1 · FINAL
BUCCANEERS 4-13 · 24.0 PPG 21 – 35 BENGALS 7-10 · 29.0 PPG
THE READ
Bengals win the turnover battle and the game
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Buccaneers -8.6 -1.1 -7.5 -25
Bengals -4.0 +0.5 -4.5 -3
SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.
Bengals — in the hunt · 7-10 Playoff picture →
Joe Burrow
Bengals
15/21, 272 yards, 3 TD
Baker Mayfield
Buccaneers
18/27, 287 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT
Bucky Irving
Buccaneers
10 carries, 129 yards, 2 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Buccaneers 416, Bengals 323 Buccaneers
On the ground Buccaneers 129, Bengals 51 Buccaneers
Through the air Buccaneers 287, Bengals 272 Buccaneers
Giveaways Bengals 0, Buccaneers 3 Bengals
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
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THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy Pass 65% · Rush 35% · 24.8 scored, 32.2 allowed
8.2 yds/att 54.6% completions 5.0 yds/carry 375.8 yds/game 2.5 giveaways/game 6.3% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Ted Hurst III WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive Balance 85 Ball security 29 Back usage 32% QB runs 1.6/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.5 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 82 WR 82 TE 76 RB 84 OL 82 DL 84 LB 78 DB 84
Best: Tristan Wirfs LT 95 Fastest: Ted Hurst III WR 92 SPD 9 at star dev or better
Out: Demonte Capehart DT 72 · 6wk · JJ Roberts SS 65 · 4wk
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
zach_13.
Bengals · his last 8 games
Balanced One back
Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against33.9 — 34.0 Margin-0.1 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken6.4% of dropbacks Lead backChase Brown · 14.5/g Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 35% QB carries2.1 a game
Bigdaddyray
Buccaneers · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away
Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against21.1 — 31.6 Margin-10.5 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken8.2% of dropbacks Lead backBucky Irving · 13.0/g Top targetEmeka Egbuka · 35% QB carries1.6 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
THE SERIES Bigdaddyray against zach_13. — the men, not the teams
zach_13. leads it 1-0. zach_13. won the last one.
1 meeting avg 21.0 — 35.0 biggest: 14 pts to zach_13.
S1 · week 1 Bigdaddyray 21 — 35 zach_13. ZACH_13.
Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Buccaneers receivers vs Bengals secondary 82 v 81 EVEN
Bengals receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 88 v 84 BENGALS
Buccaneers line vs Bengals front 82 v 86 BENGALS
Bengals line vs Buccaneers front 75 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers backs vs Bengals run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Bengals backs vs Buccaneers run defence 79 v 82 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers passer vs Bengals secondary 82 v 81 EVEN
Bengals passer vs Buccaneers secondary 99 v 84 BENGALS
TOP PERFORMERS
Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 287 pass yds
Joe Burrow QB Bengals 272 pass yds
Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 129 rush yds
Mike Gesicki TE Bengals 91 rec yds
Ja'Marr Chase WR Bengals 84 rec yds
Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 73 rec yds
Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 69 rec yds
Andrei Iosivas WR Bengals 56 rec yds
Dax Hill CB Bengals 1 INTs
Jordan Battle SS Bengals 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
BUCCANEERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Baker Mayfield QB 18/272871313874.6
BENGALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Joe Burrow QB 15/2127230255153.2
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Buccaneers Bengals
416 TOTAL YARDS 323
287 PASSING YARDS 272
129 RUSHING YARDS 51
1 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 1
3 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 TAKEAWAYS 3

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
0 BUCCANEERS — 1 BENGALS
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