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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
SAINTS 8-9 · 28.0 PPG 28 – 35 LIONS 14-3 · 30.0 PPG
THE READ
63 points between Saints and Lions
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Saints -5.2 -1.1 -4.1 +11
Lions +4.8 -3.7 +8.5 +4
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.
Lions — NFC #2 · division · 14-3 Saints — in the hunt · 8-9 Playoff picture →
Jared Goff
Lions
16/26, 306 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
Tyler Shough
Saints
19/35, 222 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Amon-Ra St. Brown
Lions
5 catches, 124 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Lions 422, Saints 246 Lions
On the ground Lions 116, Saints 24 Lions
Through the air Lions 306, Saints 222 Lions
Giveaways Lions 3, Saints 1 Saints
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
Pass-heavy Pass 85% · Rush 15% · 28.9 scored, 33.0 allowed
8.6 yds/att 60.7% completions 7.5 yds/carry 268.4 yds/game 1.4 giveaways/game 11.9% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Chris Olave WR — 28% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 60 · Efficient Balance 65 Ball security 62 Back usage 1% QB runs 4.4/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 11.9% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81 WR 81 TE 79 RB 75 OL 81 DL 79 LB 77 DB 80
Best: Chris Olave WR 88 Fastest: Trey Palmer WR 95 SPD 2 at star dev or better
Out: Chase Young LEDG 82 · 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
MurdaCW
Lions · his last 8 games
Runs it One back Takes sacks
Pass / run50% / 50% Points for / against33.0 — 26.8 Margin+6.2 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken9.0% of dropbacks Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 13.2/g Top targetJameson Williams · 28% QB carries0.4 a game
AL-Saints
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it Runs the quarterback Takes sacks
Pass / run82% / 18% Points for / against32.2 — 29.0 Margin+3.2 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken11.9% of dropbacks Lead backAlvin Kamara · 0.5/g Top targetChris Olave · 35% QB carries4.8 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 AL-Saints against MurdaCW — the men, not the teams
MurdaCW leads it 1-0. MurdaCW won the last one.
1 meeting avg 28.0 — 35.0 biggest: 7 pts to MurdaCW
S1 · week 1 AL-Saints 28 — 35 MurdaCW MURDACW
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
Saints receivers vs Lions secondary 81 v 87 LIONS
Lions receivers vs Saints secondary 87 v 80 LIONS
Saints line vs Lions front 81 v 85 LIONS
Lions line vs Saints front 81 v 79 EVEN
Saints backs vs Lions run defence 75 v 83 LIONS
Lions backs vs Saints run defence 87 v 79 LIONS
Saints passer vs Lions secondary 81 v 87 LIONS
Lions passer vs Saints secondary 87 v 80 LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
Jared Goff QB Lions 306 pass yds
Tyler Shough QB Saints 222 pass yds
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR Lions 124 rec yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 112 rush yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 59 rec yds
Isaac TeSlaa WR Lions 53 rec yds
Juwan Johnson TE Saints 53 rec yds
Oscar Delp TE Saints 52 rec yds
Kool-Aid McKinstry CB Saints 2 INTs
Julian Blackmon SS Saints 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
SAINTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Tyler Shough QB 19/352222113780.8
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jared Goff QB 16/263062337588.4
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Saints Lions
246 TOTAL YARDS 422
222 PASSING YARDS 306
24 RUSHING YARDS 116
1 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 1
1 GIVEAWAYS 3
3 TAKEAWAYS 1

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 SAINTS — 1 LIONS
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