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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
BRONCOS 3-14 · 14.0 PPG 6 – 21 STEELERS 14-3 · 33.0 PPG
THE READ
Steelers win a 21-6 rockfight
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Broncos -13.9 +4.4 -18.2 -11
Steelers +10.7 -1.9 +12.6 +24
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 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#7 Eli Heidenreich HB · Steelers · 2.1% of the field
The whole board →
Drew Allar
Steelers
19/33, 208 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
T.J. Watt
Steelers
2 sacks
Germie Bernard
Steelers
6 catches, 80 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Steelers 388, Broncos 229 Steelers
On the ground Steelers 180, Broncos 78 Steelers
Through the air Steelers 208, Broncos 151 Steelers
Pressure Steelers 2 sacks, Broncos 3 Broncos
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 12 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 63% · Rush 37% · 14.9 scored, 33.1 allowed
6.2 yds/att 48.8% completions 4.3 yds/carry 279.2 yds/game 2.3 giveaways/game 5.7% sack rate last 5: 0-5
Primary weapon: Jaylen Waddle WR — 34% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 27 · Turnover-prone Balance 87 Ball security 36 Back usage 32% QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.3 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77 WR 84 TE 77 RB 81 OL 81 DL 85 LB 76 DB 88
Best: Patrick Surtain II CB 98 Fastest: Jaylen Waddle WR 96 SPD 8 at star dev or better
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
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
Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody
Broncos · his last 8 games
Balanced Gives it away One back
Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against15.4 — 32.4 Margin-17.0 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken6.5% of dropbacks Lead backRJ Harvey · 15.0/g Top targetJaylen Waddle · 33% QB carries2.6 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 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody against Bigytulips — the men, not the teams
Bigytulips leads it 1-0. Bigytulips won the last one.
1 meeting avg 6.0 — 21.0 biggest: 15 pts to Bigytulips
S1 · week 12 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody 6 — 21 Bigytulips 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
Broncos receivers vs Steelers secondary 84 v 86 EVEN
Steelers receivers vs Broncos secondary 84 v 88 BRONCOS
Broncos line vs Steelers front 81 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers line vs Broncos front 79 v 85 BRONCOS
Broncos backs vs Steelers run defence 81 v 83 EVEN
Steelers backs vs Broncos run defence 84 v 81 STEELERS
Broncos passer vs Steelers secondary 77 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers passer vs Broncos secondary 81 v 88 BRONCOS
TOP PERFORMERS
Drew Allar QB Steelers 208 pass yds
Fernando Mendoza QB Broncos 151 pass yds
Courtland Sutton WR Broncos 85 rec yds
Eli Heidenreich HB Steelers 83 rush yds
Germie Bernard WR Steelers 80 rec yds
Jaylen Warren HB Steelers 65 rush yds
RJ Harvey HB Broncos 54 rush yds
DK Metcalf WR Steelers 51 rec yds
T.J. Watt LEDG Steelers 2 sacks
Jamel Dean CB Steelers 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
BRONCOS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Fernando Mendoza QB 15/311510142349.2
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 19/332082132383.9
RECENT FORM
Broncos
L 12–29 vs Raiders WK 11
W 15–7 vs Panthers WK 9
L 13–42 vs Chiefs WK 8
Steelers
W 24–17 vs Eagles WK 11
W 30–18 vs Bengals WK 10
W 26–25 vs Browns WK 8
TEAM STATS
Broncos Steelers
229 TOTAL YARDS 388
151 PASSING YARDS 208
78 RUSHING YARDS 180
4 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 2
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 BRONCOS — 1 STEELERS
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