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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 12 · FINAL
PANTHERS 9-8 · 25.0 PPG 39 – 38 BUCCANEERS 4-13 · 24.0 PPG
THE READ
Panthers edge Buccaneers by 1
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Panthers -5.4 -2.9 -2.5 -2
Buccaneers -8.6 -1.1 -7.5 -25
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.
Panthers — NFC #4 · division · 9-8 Playoff picture →
Baker Mayfield
Buccaneers
17/28, 449 yards, 5 TD, 3 INT
Bryce Young
Panthers
18/26, 336 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Emeka Egbuka
Buccaneers
7 catches, 253 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Buccaneers 449, Panthers 336 Buccaneers
Total yards Buccaneers 525, Panthers 467 Buccaneers
On the ground Panthers 131, Buccaneers 76 Panthers
Giveaways Buccaneers 3, Panthers 2 Panthers
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
Pass-heavy Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 25.8 scored, 28.3 allowed
8.1 yds/att 59.1% completions 5.6 yds/carry 326.1 yds/game 2.2 giveaways/game 9.2% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: Tetairoa McMillan WR — 20% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY SPREAD
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive Balance 88 Ball security 39 Back usage 32% QB runs 2.9/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.2% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 84 WR 81 TE 73 RB 80 OL 82 DL 85 LB 79 DB 82
Best: Derrick Brown DT 96 Fastest: Chris Brazzell II WR 93 SPD 4 at star dev or better
Out: Chris Brazzell II WR 77 · 8wk
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
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
Casp
Panthers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against25.9 — 30.1 Margin-4.2 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken8.6% of dropbacks Lead backTrevor Etienne · 9.9/g Top targetXavier Legette · 21% QB carries3.1 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 Casp against Bigdaddyray — the men, not the teams
Casp leads it 2-0. Casp has won 2 straight.
2 meetings avg 39.5 — 36.0 biggest: 6 pts to Casp
S1 · week 12 Casp 39 — 38 Bigdaddyray CASP
S1 · week 7 Casp 40 — 34 Bigdaddyray CASP
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
Panthers receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 81 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers receivers vs Panthers secondary 82 v 82 EVEN
Panthers line vs Buccaneers front 82 v 84 EVEN
Buccaneers line vs Panthers front 82 v 85 PANTHERS
Panthers backs vs Buccaneers run defence 80 v 82 EVEN
Buccaneers backs vs Panthers run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Panthers passer vs Buccaneers secondary 84 v 84 EVEN
Buccaneers passer vs Panthers secondary 82 v 82 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 449 pass yds
Bryce Young QB Panthers 336 pass yds
Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 253 rec yds
Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 117 rec yds
Xavier Legette WR Panthers 106 rec yds
Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 76 rush yds
Jonathon Brooks HB Panthers 71 rush yds
Tetairoa McMillan WR Panthers 52 rec yds
Josiah Trotter MIKE Buccaneers 1 INTs
Lee Hunter DT Panthers 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
PANTHERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bryce Young QB 18/2633632164118.2
BUCCANEERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Baker Mayfield QB 17/2844953276104.7
Cade Otton TE 0/10000039.5
RECENT FORM
Panthers
L 17–35 vs Ravens WK 11
W 39–14 vs Saints WK 10
L 7–15 vs Broncos WK 9
Buccaneers
L 20–34 vs Lions WK 11
W 28–9 vs Bears WK 9
L 14–35 vs Falcons WK 8
TEAM STATS
Panthers Buccaneers
467 TOTAL YARDS 525
336 PASSING YARDS 449
131 RUSHING YARDS 76
1 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 1
2 GIVEAWAYS 3
3 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 PANTHERS — 0 BUCCANEERS
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