Commanders @ Cardinals · Week 12

WEEK 12 · FINAL

THE READ

Cardinals beat Commanders, 22-12

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Commanders	-13.7	+1.9	-15.5	-27
Cardinals	+10.3	+1.8	+8.5	+19

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.

Cardinals — NFC #3 · division · 13-4 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#2 Jeremiyah Love HB · Cardinals · 6.6% of the field

The whole board →

Jayden Daniels

Commanders

11/26, 209 yards, 2 INT

Shemar Stewart

Commanders

2 sacks

Jeremiyah Love

Cardinals

16 carries, 114 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

📈 Trey McBride is in form: 89 receiving yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 64.

📈 Antonio Williams is in form: 64 receiving yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 38.

📉 Jeremiyah Love is still searching for it: 90 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 135.

WHAT DECIDED IT

On the ground Cardinals 142, Commanders 16 Cardinals

Through the air Commanders 209, Cardinals 131 Commanders

Total yards Cardinals 273, Commanders 225 Cardinals

Giveaways Cardinals 3, Commanders 3 Commanders

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% · 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

Jonathan

Cardinals · his last 8 games

Runs it

Pass / run54% / 46% Points for / against28.8 — 21.6 Margin+7.1 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken8.5% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 14.6/g Top targetTrey McBride · 30% QB carries4.4 a game

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

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 mc against Jonathan — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 12.0 — 22.0 biggest: 10 pts to Jonathan

S1 · week 12 mc 12 — 22 Jonathan JONATHAN

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

Commanders receivers vs Cardinals secondary 79 v 81 EVEN

Cardinals receivers vs Commanders secondary 81 v 80 EVEN

Commanders line vs Cardinals front 77 v 82 CARDINALS

Cardinals line vs Commanders front 84 v 81 CARDINALS

Commanders backs vs Cardinals run defence 80 v 79 EVEN

Cardinals backs vs Commanders run defence 85 v 81 CARDINALS

Commanders passer vs Cardinals secondary 85 v 81 COMMANDERS

Cardinals passer vs Commanders secondary 73 v 80 COMMANDERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 209 pass yds

Justin Fields QB Cardinals 131 pass yds

Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 114 rush yds

Antonio Williams WR Commanders 74 rec yds

Trey McBride TE Cardinals 67 rec yds

Chigoziem Okonkwo TE Commanders 60 rec yds

Shemar Stewart REDG Commanders 2 sacks

Max Melton CB Cardinals 1 INTs

Nick Cross SS Commanders 1 INTs

Cody Simon WILL Cardinals 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jayden Daniels QB	11/26	209	0	2	4	39	38.7

CARDINALS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Justin Fields QB	8/17	131	1	3	4	36	53.4

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	11	10	0.9	1	3	11	17	0
Jayden Daniels QB	1	6	6	0	0	2	6	1

CARDINALS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jeremiyah Love HB	16	114	7.1	1	3	20	21
Trey Benson HB	3	19	6.3	0	2	4	13
Justin Fields QB	2	9	4.5	0	0	1	8
KJ Hamler WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	DRP	LNG
Antonio Williams WR	2	74	37	40	0	39
Chigoziem Okonkwo TE	5	60	12	19	0	19
Jaylin Lane WR	3	46	15.3	6	1	38
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	1	29	29	19	0	29

CARDINALS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Trey McBride TE	3	67	22.3	0	10	36
Jeremiyah Love HB	3	35	11.7	0	42	24
KeAndre Lambert-Smith WR	1	20	20	1	0	20
KJ Hamler WR	1	9	9	0	4	9

COMMANDERS

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

CARDINALS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	TD
Mack Wilson Sr MIKE	3	0	0	1	0	0
Will Johnson CB	3	1	0	2	0	0
Zaven Collins LEDG	2	1	0	0	1	0
Budda Baker SS	2	1	0	1	0	0
Kitan Crawford SS	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cody Simon WILL	2	0	1	0	0	0
Zah Frazier CB	2	0	0	1	0	0
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walter Nolen III DT	1	1	0	0	0	0
Karson Sharar WILL	1	0	0	0	0	0
Baron Browning LEDG	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Melton CB	0	0	1	0	0	1

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jake Moody K	2/2	0/0	44

CARDINALS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Commanders

L 21–25 vs Bengals WK 11

L 16–35 vs Giants WK 10

L 29–36 vs Rams WK 9

Cardinals

W 29–21 vs Chiefs WK 11

L 42–48 vs Rams WK 10

W 52–13 vs Seahawks WK 9

TEAM STATS

Commanders		Cardinals
225	TOTAL YARDS	273
209	PASSING YARDS	131
16	RUSHING YARDS	142
4	SACKS ALLOWED	4
4	SACKS MADE	4
3	GIVEAWAYS	3
3	TAKEAWAYS	3

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 COMMANDERS — 1 CARDINALS

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