Steelers @ Bengals · Week 10

WEEK 10 · FINAL

THE READ

Steelers beat Bengals, 30-18

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Steelers	+10.7	-1.9	+12.6	+24
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.

Steelers — AFC #2 · division · 14-3 Bengals — in the hunt · 7-10 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#7 Eli Heidenreich HB · Steelers · 2.1% of the field

The whole board →

Eli Heidenreich

Steelers

22 carries, 193 yards, 3 TD

Roman Wilson

Steelers

2 catches, 91 yards, 1 TD

Tee Higgins

Bengals

6 catches, 62 yards

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Eli Heidenreich has now cleared 100 rushing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Roman Wilson has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 Chase Brown is still searching for it: 48 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 67.

📉 Drew Allar is still searching for it: 134 passing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 215.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Steelers 390, Bengals 222 Steelers

On the ground Steelers 202, Bengals 52 Steelers

Through the air Steelers 188, Bengals 170 Steelers

Giveaways Bengals 4, Steelers 2 Steelers

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

Balanced Pass 51% · Rush 49% · 33.1 scored, 20.5 allowed

9.3 yds/att 63.4% completions 6.3 yds/carry 373.7 yds/game 1.2 giveaways/game 5.7% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Germie Bernard WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 73 · Aggressive Balance 99 Ball security 66 Back usage 44% QB runs 2.8/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 81 WR 84 TE 80 RB 84 OL 79 DL 86 LB 78 DB 86

Best: T.J. Watt LEDG 92 Fastest: DK Metcalf WR 94 SPD 9 at star dev or better

Out: Gennings Dunker LG 75 · 4wk · Broderick Jones LT 73 · 4wk

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

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

Bigytulips

Steelers · his last 8 games

Runs it

Pass / run48% / 52% Points for / against34.4 — 16.9 Margin+17.5 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken4.5% of dropbacks Lead backEli Heidenreich · 15.2/g Top targetGermie Bernard · 37% QB carries2.9 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 Bigytulips against zach_13. — the men, not the teams

Bigytulips leads it 2-0. Bigytulips has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 39.5 — 23.0 biggest: 21 pts to Bigytulips

S1 · week 10 Bigytulips 30 — 18 zach_13. BIGYTULIPS

S1 · week 3 Bigytulips 49 — 28 zach_13. BIGYTULIPS

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

Steelers receivers vs Bengals secondary 84 v 81 STEELERS

Bengals receivers vs Steelers secondary 88 v 86 EVEN

Steelers line vs Bengals front 79 v 86 BENGALS

Bengals line vs Steelers front 75 v 86 STEELERS

Steelers backs vs Bengals run defence 84 v 83 EVEN

Bengals backs vs Steelers run defence 79 v 83 STEELERS

Steelers passer vs Bengals secondary 81 v 81 EVEN

Bengals passer vs Steelers secondary 99 v 86 BENGALS

TOP PERFORMERS

Eli Heidenreich HB Steelers 193 rush yds

Drew Allar QB Steelers 188 pass yds

Joe Burrow QB Bengals 170 pass yds

Roman Wilson WR Steelers 91 rec yds

Tee Higgins WR Bengals 62 rec yds

Ja'Marr Chase WR Bengals 61 rec yds

Chase Brown HB Bengals 52 rush yds

Jamel Dean CB Steelers 1 INTs

Sonny Styles MIKE Bengals 1 INTs

DJ Turner II CB Bengals 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

STEELERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Drew Allar QB	8/17	188	1	2	1	60	67.4

BENGALS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Joe Burrow QB	14/29	170	0	3	1	23	27.1

STEELERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Eli Heidenreich HB	22	193	8.8	3	3	23	48	0
Jaylen Warren HB	2	9	4.5	0	1	4	9	0

BENGALS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Chase Brown HB	15	52	3.5	1	15	20	1
Mike Gesicki TE	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Tee Higgins WR	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ja'Marr Chase WR	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

STEELERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Roman Wilson WR	2	91	45.5	1	52	0	60
Germie Bernard WR	2	36	18	0	14	0	25
Darnell Washington TE	2	27	13.5	0	22	1	22
Pat Freiermuth TE	1	21	21	0	9	0	21
DK Metcalf WR	1	13	13	0	8	0	13

BENGALS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	LNG
Tee Higgins WR	6	62	10.3	21	22
Ja'Marr Chase WR	4	61	15.2	5	19
Mike Gesicki TE	1	23	23	14	23
Chase Brown HB	2	11	5.5	6	7

STEELERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Robert Spears-Jennings SS	3	0	0	0
Patrick Queen MIKE	2	0	0	1
Derrick Harmon DT	2	0.5	0	0
Asante Samuel Jr CB	2	0	0	0
Jamel Dean CB	1	0	1	1
T.J. Watt LEDG	1	0	0	0
Jalen Ramsey FS	1	0	0	0
Jaquan Brisker SS	1	0	0	1
Nick Herbig REDG	0	0.5	0	0

BENGALS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Sonny Styles MIKE	3	0	1	0
Bryan Cook FS	3	0	0	0
Dax Hill CB	3	0	0	0
Demetrius Knight Jr WILL	2	0	0	0
Josh Newton CB	1	0	0	0
Myles Murphy LEDG	1	0.5	0	0
Kris Jenkins Jr DT	1	0	0	0
Dexter Lawrence II DT	1	0	0	1
Boye Mafe REDG	1	0	0	0
Kyle Dugger SS	1	0	0	1
Tacario Davis CB	1	0	0	0
Cashius Howell LEDG	1	0.5	0	0
Jordan Battle SS	1	0	0	0
DJ Turner II CB	0	0	1	1

STEELERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Chris Boswell K	1/1	3/3	38

BENGALS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Evan McPherson K	1/1	1/1	34

RECENT FORM

Steelers

W 26–25 vs Browns WK 8

W 55–17 vs Saints WK 7

W 28–24 vs Buccaneers WK 6

Bengals

L 34–48 vs Falcons WK 9

L 7–35 vs Titans WK 8

L 14–35 vs Ravens WK 7

TEAM STATS

Steelers		Bengals
390	TOTAL YARDS	222
188	PASSING YARDS	170
202	RUSHING YARDS	52
1	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	1
2	GIVEAWAYS	4
1	TAKEAWAYS	2

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

2 STEELERS — 0 BENGALS

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