Bengals @ Commanders · Week 11

WEEK 11 · FINAL

THE READ

Bengals win the turnover battle and the game

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Bengals	-4.0	+0.5	-4.5	-3
Commanders	-13.7	+1.9	-15.5	-27

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.

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Joe Burrow

Bengals

12/22, 212 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Jayden Daniels

Commanders

10/21, 203 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

Commanders

11 carries, 146 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Jacory Croskey-Merritt has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Chase Brown has not had a better afternoon this season.

📈 Chigoziem Okonkwo is in form: 115 receiving yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 79.

📉 Mike Gesicki is still searching for it: 27 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 38.

WHAT DECIDED IT

On the ground Commanders 160, Bengals 117 Commanders

Total yards Commanders 363, Bengals 329 Commanders

Through the air Bengals 212, Commanders 203 Bengals

Pressure Commanders 1 sacks, Bengals 4 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

Balanced Pass 58% · Rush 42% · 29.0 scored, 33.5 allowed

9.8 yds/att 59.2% completions 6.2 yds/carry 317.1 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 7.1% sack rate last 5: 1-4

Primary weapon: Ja'Marr Chase WR — 37% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 63 · Aggressive Balance 92 Ball security 42 Back usage 37% QB runs 1.8/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 99 WR 88 TE 76 RB 79 OL 75 DL 86 LB 77 DB 81

Best: Joe Burrow QB 99 Fastest: Ja'Marr Chase WR 96 SPD 5 at star dev or better

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

LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it

Pass-heavy Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 17.0 scored, 32.5 allowed

8.6 yds/att 50.9% completions 5.3 yds/carry 310.6 yds/game 3.3 giveaways/game 10.4% sack rate last 5: 2-3

Primary weapon: Chigoziem Okonkwo TE — 27% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 46 · Aggressive Balance 88 Ball security 8 Back usage 30% QB runs 3.5/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 3.3 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 85 WR 79 TE 77 RB 80 OL 77 DL 81 LB 80 DB 80

Best: Sam Cosmi RG 88 Fastest: Jaylin Lane WR 94 SPD 1 at star dev or better

Out: Antonio Williams WR 81 · 4wk · Grady Jarrett DT 78 · 5wk · Josh Conerly Jr RT 75 · 5wk · Jared Wilson C 73 · 3wk

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

Commanders · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away Takes sacks

Pass / run62% / 38% Points for / against15.9 — 23.2 Margin-7.4 Giveaways a game3.0 Sacks taken9.5% of dropbacks Lead backJacory Croskey-Merritt · 10.5/g Top targetChigoziem Okonkwo · 24% QB carries4.0 a game

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

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 zach_13. against mc — the men, not the teams

zach_13. leads it 1-0. zach_13. won the last one.

1 meeting avg 25.0 — 21.0 biggest: 4 pts to zach_13.

S1 · week 11 zach_13. 25 — 21 mc 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

Bengals receivers vs Commanders secondary 88 v 80 BENGALS

Commanders receivers vs Bengals secondary 79 v 81 EVEN

Bengals line vs Commanders front 75 v 81 COMMANDERS

Commanders line vs Bengals front 77 v 86 BENGALS

Bengals backs vs Commanders run defence 79 v 81 EVEN

Commanders backs vs Bengals run defence 80 v 83 BENGALS

Bengals passer vs Commanders secondary 99 v 80 BENGALS

Commanders passer vs Bengals secondary 85 v 81 COMMANDERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Joe Burrow QB Bengals 212 pass yds

Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 203 pass yds

Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB Commanders 146 rush yds

Chase Brown HB Bengals 106 rush yds

Chigoziem Okonkwo TE Commanders 67 rec yds

Sincere Brown WR Commanders 66 rec yds

Antonio Williams WR Commanders 65 rec yds

Boye Mafe REDG Bengals 1 INTs

Kyle Dugger SS Bengals 1 INTs

Nick Cross SS Commanders 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

BENGALS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Joe Burrow QB	12/22	212	2	1	1	61	99

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jayden Daniels QB	10/21	203	1	3	4	65	58.3

BENGALS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Chase Brown HB	19	106	5.6	1	3	38	25
Joe Burrow QB	4	9	2.2	0	0	1	10
Tahj Brooks HB	1	2	2	0	0	1	2
Ja'Marr Chase WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	11	146	13.3	1	3	78	68
Jayden Daniels QB	2	13	6.5	1	0	1	12
Rachaad White HB	1	1	1	0	0	-1	1
Antonio Williams WR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Chigoziem Okonkwo TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

BENGALS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Mike Gesicki TE	2	44	22	1	25	29
Chase Brown HB	3	37	12.3	0	12	21
Ja'Marr Chase WR	1	22	22	0	13	22
Tee Higgins WR	1	10	10	0	5	10

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Chigoziem Okonkwo TE	4	67	16.8	0	26	25
Sincere Brown WR	3	66	22	0	10	54
Antonio Williams WR	1	65	65	1	54	65
Jaylin Lane WR	1	8	8	0	2	8
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	1	-3	-3	0	1	0

BENGALS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Sonny Styles MIKE	3	1	0	0
Tacario Davis CB	3	0	0	2
Demetrius Knight Jr WILL	2	0	0	0
Jordan Battle SS	2	0	1	0
DJ Turner II CB	2	0	0	0
Kris Jenkins Jr DT	1	1	0	0
Joe Giles-Harris SAM	1	0	0	0
Cashius Howell LEDG	1	1	0	0
Bryan Cook FS	1	0	0	0
Swayze Bozeman MIKE	1	0	0	0
Jonathan Allen DT	1	1	0	0
Boye Mafe REDG	0	0	1	0
Kyle Dugger SS	0	0	1	0
Dax Hill CB	0	0	0	1

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Jaden Dugger MIKE	2	0	0	0
Nick Cross SS	2	0	1	0
Trey Amos CB	2	0	0	1
Leo Chenal WILL	2	0	0	1
Odafe Oweh LEDG	1	0	0	0
Jer'Zhan Newton DT	1	1	0	0
Shemar Stewart REDG	1	0	0	0
Frankie Luvu WILL	1	0	0	0
Charles Omenihu DT	1	0	0	0
Darius Rush CB	1	0	0	0
Daron Payne DT	1	0	0	0
Tyler Owens SS	1	0	0	0
Tre Hawkins III CB	1	0	0	0

BENGALS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Evan McPherson K	2/2	1/2	48

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jake Moody K	1/1	0/1	38

RECENT FORM

Bengals

L 18–30 vs Steelers WK 10

L 34–48 vs Falcons WK 9

L 7–35 vs Titans WK 8

Commanders

L 16–35 vs Giants WK 10

L 29–36 vs Rams WK 9

L 15–27 vs Eagles WK 8

TEAM STATS

Bengals		Commanders
329	TOTAL YARDS	363
212	PASSING YARDS	203
117	RUSHING YARDS	160
1	SACKS ALLOWED	4
4	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

1 BENGALS — 0 COMMANDERS

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