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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 13 · FINAL
TEXANS 2-15 · 19.0 PPG 17 – 42 STEELERS 14-3 · 33.0 PPG
THE READ
Steelers run away with it, 42-17
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Texans -12.0 +2.0 -14.0 -17
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
13/17, 250 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
C.J. Stroud
Texans
15/28, 250 yards, 2 TD, 7 INT
Eli Heidenreich
Steelers
19 carries, 137 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Steelers 386, Texans 301 Steelers
On the ground Steelers 136, Texans 51 Steelers
Giveaways Steelers 1, Texans 8 Steelers
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 72% · Rush 28% · 19.9 scored, 33.9 allowed
8.1 yds/att 53.9% completions 4.5 yds/carry 329.8 yds/game 3.1 giveaways/game 5.1% sack rate last 5: 0-5
Primary weapon: Rome Odunze WR — 32% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive Balance 78 Ball security 14 Back usage 26% QB runs 1.3/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 3.1 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 83 WR 86 TE 84 RB 70 OL 79 DL 87 LB 78 DB 90
Best: Will Anderson Jr LEDG 96 Fastest: Nico Collins WR 93 SPD 5 at star dev or better
Out: Nico Collins WR 93 · 4wk · Wyatt Teller LG 79 · 5wk
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
Trollstradamus - Texans
Texans · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away One back One target
Pass / run70% / 30% Points for / against19.8 — 39.8 Margin-20.0 Giveaways a game4.2 Sacks taken6.0% of dropbacks Lead backEmmett Johnson · 13.1/g Top targetRome Odunze · 42% QB carries0.6 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 Trollstradamus - Texans against Bigytulips — the men, not the teams
Bigytulips leads it 1-0. Bigytulips won the last one.
1 meeting avg 17.0 — 42.0 biggest: 25 pts to Bigytulips
S1 · week 13 Trollstradamus - Texans 17 — 42 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
Texans receivers vs Steelers secondary 86 v 86 EVEN
Steelers receivers vs Texans secondary 84 v 90 TEXANS
Texans line vs Steelers front 79 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers line vs Texans front 79 v 87 TEXANS
Texans backs vs Steelers run defence 70 v 83 STEELERS
Steelers backs vs Texans run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Texans passer vs Steelers secondary 83 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers passer vs Texans secondary 81 v 90 TEXANS
TOP PERFORMERS
C.J. Stroud QB Texans 250 pass yds
Drew Allar QB Steelers 250 pass yds
Eli Heidenreich HB Steelers 137 rush yds
Marlin Klein TE Texans 107 rec yds
Germie Bernard WR Steelers 90 rec yds
DK Metcalf WR Steelers 53 rec yds
Roman Wilson WR Steelers 52 rec yds
Jamel Dean CB Steelers 1 INTs
Calen Bullock FS Texans 1 INTs
Jalen Ramsey FS Steelers 2 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
TEXANS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
C.J. Stroud QB 15/282502702468.1
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 13/1725031072132.9
RECENT FORM
Texans
L 28–51 vs Ravens WK 12
L 14–20 vs Colts WK 11
L 21–40 vs Browns WK 10
Steelers
W 21–6 vs Broncos WK 12
W 24–17 vs Eagles WK 11
W 30–18 vs Bengals WK 10
TEAM STATS
Texans Steelers
301 TOTAL YARDS 386
250 PASSING YARDS 250
51 RUSHING YARDS 136
0 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 0
8 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 TAKEAWAYS 7

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 TEXANS — 1 STEELERS
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