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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 11 · FINAL
BUCCANEERS 4-13 · 24.0 PPG 20 – 34 LIONS 14-3 · 30.0 PPG
THE READ
Lions beat Buccaneers, 34-20
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Buccaneers -8.6 -1.1 -7.5 -25
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 Playoff picture →
Jared Goff
Lions
15/29, 278 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Baker Mayfield
Buccaneers
18/35, 296 yards, 3 TD
Ted Hurst III
Buccaneers
8 catches, 182 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Lions 53, Buccaneers 10 Lions
Total yards Lions 331, Buccaneers 306 Lions
Through the air Buccaneers 296, Lions 278 Buccaneers
Pressure Lions 3 sacks, Buccaneers 1 Lions
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 11 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 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
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
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 MurdaCW — the men, not the teams
MurdaCW leads it 1-0. MurdaCW won the last one.
1 meeting avg 20.0 — 34.0 biggest: 14 pts to MurdaCW
S1 · week 11 Bigdaddyray 20 — 34 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
Buccaneers receivers vs Lions secondary 82 v 87 LIONS
Lions receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 87 v 84 LIONS
Buccaneers line vs Lions front 82 v 85 LIONS
Lions line vs Buccaneers front 81 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers backs vs Lions run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Lions backs vs Buccaneers run defence 87 v 82 LIONS
Buccaneers passer vs Lions secondary 82 v 87 LIONS
Lions passer vs Buccaneers secondary 87 v 84 LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 296 pass yds
Jared Goff QB Lions 278 pass yds
Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 182 rec yds
Jameson Williams WR Lions 146 rec yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 55 rush yds
Antoine Winfield Jr FS Buccaneers 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 18/3529630334108.7
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jared Goff QB 15/2927841145110.3
RECENT FORM
Buccaneers
W 28–9 vs Bears WK 9
L 14–35 vs Falcons WK 8
L 34–40 vs Panthers WK 7
Lions
W 30–9 vs Patriots WK 10
L 24–27 vs Dolphins WK 9
W 34–3 vs Vikings WK 8
TEAM STATS
Buccaneers Lions
306 TOTAL YARDS 331
296 PASSING YARDS 278
10 RUSHING YARDS 53
3 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 3
1 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 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 BUCCANEERS — 1 LIONS
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