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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 14 · FINAL
VIKINGS 2-15 · 17.0 PPG 37 – 41 PATRIOTS 9-8 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
78 points between Vikings and Patriots
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Vikings -18.6 -2.4 -16.2 -13
Patriots +3.1 -0.3 +3.5 +1
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.
Patriots — in the hunt · 9-8 Playoff picture →
J.J. McCarthy
Vikings
20/35, 274 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
TreVeyon Henderson
Patriots
12 carries, 173 yards, 1 TD
Jordan Mason
Vikings
12 carries, 162 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Vikings 457, Patriots 332 Vikings
Through the air Vikings 274, Patriots 159 Vikings
On the ground Vikings 183, Patriots 173 Vikings
Pressure Patriots 2.5 sacks, Vikings 0 Patriots
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 14 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% · 17.9 scored, 34.1 allowed
6.9 yds/att 53.2% completions 4.6 yds/carry 242.4 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 9.4% sack rate last 5: 2-3
Primary weapon: Justin Jefferson WR — 39% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 33 · Turnover-prone Balance 85 Ball security 41 Back usage 27% QB runs 3.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.4% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 75 WR 88 TE 83 RB 78 OL 82 DL 81 LB 79 DB 81
Best: Justin Jefferson WR 97 Fastest: Demond Claiborne HB 93 SPD 3 at star dev or better
Out: Jalen Redmond DT 79 · 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
Connor
Patriots · his last 8 games
Balanced One back
Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against29.6 — 25.6 Margin+4.0 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken5.7% of dropbacks Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 14.4/g Top targetKyle Williams · 28% QB carries3.0 a game
Bosskoss21
Vikings · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away One back Takes sacks
Pass / run63% / 37% Points for / against22.9 — 29.8 Margin-6.9 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken9.7% of dropbacks Lead backJordan Mason · 12.4/g Top targetJustin Jefferson · 36% QB carries3.4 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 Bosskoss21 against Connor — the men, not the teams
Connor leads it 1-0. Connor won the last one.
1 meeting avg 37.0 — 41.0 biggest: 4 pts to Connor
S1 · week 14 Bosskoss21 37 — 41 Connor CONNOR
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
Vikings receivers vs Patriots secondary 88 v 88 EVEN
Patriots receivers vs Vikings secondary 88 v 81 PATRIOTS
Vikings line vs Patriots front 82 v 82 EVEN
Patriots line vs Vikings front 79 v 81 EVEN
Vikings backs vs Patriots run defence 78 v 81 PATRIOTS
Patriots backs vs Vikings run defence 84 v 80 PATRIOTS
Vikings passer vs Patriots secondary 75 v 88 PATRIOTS
Patriots passer vs Vikings secondary 96 v 81 PATRIOTS
TOP PERFORMERS
J.J. McCarthy QB Vikings 274 pass yds
TreVeyon Henderson HB Patriots 173 rush yds
Jordan Mason HB Vikings 162 rush yds
Drake Maye QB Patriots 159 pass yds
Jordan Addison WR Vikings 90 rec yds
Justin Jefferson WR Vikings 77 rec yds
Kyle Williams WR Patriots 62 rec yds
A.J. Brown WR Patriots 57 rec yds
Byron Murphy Jr CB Vikings 1 INTs
Christian Gonzalez CB Patriots 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
VIKINGS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
J.J. McCarthy QB 20/352743223787
PATRIOTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drake Maye QB 17/2415931020110.9
RECENT FORM
Vikings
L 21–27 vs Panthers WK 13
L 10–36 vs Falcons WK 12
L 37–62 vs 49ers WK 11
Patriots
W 49–21 vs Bills WK 13
L 19–24 vs Chargers WK 12
L 9–30 vs Lions WK 10
TEAM STATS
Vikings Patriots
457 TOTAL YARDS 332
274 PASSING YARDS 159
183 RUSHING YARDS 173
2 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 2.5
2 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 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
0 VIKINGS — 1 PATRIOTS
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