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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
CARDINALS 13-4 · 31.0 PPG 23 – 17 CHARGERS 10-7 · 30.0 PPG
THE READ
Cardinals beat Chargers, 23-17
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cardinals +10.3 +1.8 +8.5 +19
Chargers +5.1 +1.6 +3.5 +5
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.
Chargers — in the hunt · 10-7 Cardinals — NFC #3 · division · 13-4 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#2 Jeremiyah Love HB · Cardinals · 6.6% of the field
The whole board →
Justin Herbert
Chargers
18/23, 250 yards, 2 TD
Jeremiyah Love
Cardinals
14 carries, 106 yards, 1 TD
Oronde Gadsden
Chargers
5 catches, 72 yards
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Chargers 250, Cardinals 165 Chargers
On the ground Cardinals 129, Chargers 49 Cardinals
Total yards Chargers 299, Cardinals 294 Chargers
Pressure Chargers 0 sacks, Cardinals 1 Cardinals
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 1 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
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
Balanced Pass 50% · Rush 50% · 31.4 scored, 22.9 allowed
9.0 yds/att 60.1% completions 7.3 yds/carry 354.1 yds/game 0.9 giveaways/game 6.3% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Trey McBride TE — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 70 · Efficient Balance 100 Ball security 76 Back usage 42% QB runs 3.2/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 73 WR 81 TE 99 RB 85 OL 84 DL 82 LB 76 DB 81
Best: Trey McBride TE 99 Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 SPD 7 at star dev or better
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
Wavvy
Chargers · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run62% / 38% Points for / against31.0 — 26.8 Margin+4.2 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken7.9% of dropbacks Lead backOmarion Hampton · 12.8/g Top targetLadd McConkey · 34% QB carries2.2 a game
Jonathan
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run54% / 46% Points for / against28.8 — 21.6 Margin+7.1 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken8.5% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 14.6/g Top targetTrey McBride · 30% QB carries4.4 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 Jonathan against Wavvy — the men, not the teams
Jonathan leads it 1-0. Jonathan won the last one.
1 meeting avg 23.0 — 17.0 biggest: 6 pts to Jonathan
S1 · week 1 Jonathan 23 — 17 Wavvy JONATHAN
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
Cardinals receivers vs Chargers secondary 81 v 84 CHARGERS
Chargers receivers vs Cardinals secondary 83 v 81 EVEN
Cardinals line vs Chargers front 84 v 78 CARDINALS
Chargers line vs Cardinals front 82 v 82 EVEN
Cardinals backs vs Chargers run defence 85 v 78 CARDINALS
Chargers backs vs Cardinals run defence 81 v 79 EVEN
Cardinals passer vs Chargers secondary 73 v 84 CHARGERS
Chargers passer vs Cardinals secondary 91 v 81 CHARGERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Justin Herbert QB Chargers 250 pass yds
Jacoby Brissett QB Cardinals 165 pass yds
Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 106 rush yds
Oronde Gadsden TE Chargers 72 rec yds
Ladd McConkey WR Chargers 60 rec yds
KJ Hamler WR Cardinals 58 rec yds
Brenen Thompson WR Chargers 54 rec yds
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jacoby Brissett QB 13/221650002782.5
CHARGERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Justin Herbert QB 18/2325020139140.9
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Cardinals Chargers
294 TOTAL YARDS 299
165 PASSING YARDS 250
129 RUSHING YARDS 49
0 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 0
0 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 TAKEAWAYS 0

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
1 CARDINALS — 0 CHARGERS
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