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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 15 · FINAL
SAINTS 8-9 · 28.0 PPG 29 – 21 BUCCANEERS 4-13 · 24.0 PPG
THE READ
Saints beat Buccaneers, 29-21
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Saints -5.2 -1.1 -4.1 +11
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.
Saints — in the hunt · 8-9 Playoff picture →
Tyler Shough
Saints
25/41, 387 yards, 2 TD
Baker Mayfield
Buccaneers
22/33, 207 yards, 2 TD
Chris Olave
Saints
9 catches, 156 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Saints 387, Buccaneers 207 Saints
Total yards Saints 405, Buccaneers 287 Saints
On the ground Buccaneers 80, Saints 18 Buccaneers
Pressure Buccaneers 2 sacks, Saints 3 Saints
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 85% · Rush 15% · 28.9 scored, 33.0 allowed
8.6 yds/att 60.7% completions 7.5 yds/carry 268.4 yds/game 1.4 giveaways/game 11.9% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Chris Olave WR — 28% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 60 · Efficient Balance 65 Ball security 62 Back usage 1% QB runs 4.4/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 11.9% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81 WR 81 TE 79 RB 75 OL 81 DL 79 LB 77 DB 80
Best: Chris Olave WR 88 Fastest: Trey Palmer WR 95 SPD 2 at star dev or better
Out: Chase Young LEDG 82 · 4wk
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
AL-Saints
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it Runs the quarterback Takes sacks
Pass / run82% / 18% Points for / against32.2 — 29.0 Margin+3.2 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken11.9% of dropbacks Lead backAlvin Kamara · 0.5/g Top targetChris Olave · 35% QB carries4.8 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 AL-Saints against Bigdaddyray — the men, not the teams
AL-Saints leads it 2-0. AL-Saints has won 2 straight.
2 meetings avg 28.0 — 20.5 biggest: 8 pts to AL-Saints
S1 · week 18 AL-Saints 27 — 20 Bigdaddyray AL-SAINTS
S1 · week 15 AL-Saints 29 — 21 Bigdaddyray AL-SAINTS
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
Saints receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 81 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers receivers vs Saints secondary 82 v 80 EVEN
Saints line vs Buccaneers front 81 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers line vs Saints front 82 v 79 BUCCANEERS
Saints backs vs Buccaneers run defence 75 v 82 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers backs vs Saints run defence 84 v 79 BUCCANEERS
Saints passer vs Buccaneers secondary 81 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers passer vs Saints secondary 82 v 80 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Tyler Shough QB Saints 387 pass yds
Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 207 pass yds
Chris Olave WR Saints 156 rec yds
Bryce Lance WR Saints 131 rec yds
Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 56 rec yds
Cade Otton TE Buccaneers 55 rec yds
Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 54 rush yds
Oscar Delp TE Saints 52 rec yds
🎬 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
SAINTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Tyler Shough QB 25/4138720245108.4
BUCCANEERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Baker Mayfield QB 22/3320720324103.9
RECENT FORM
Saints
W 35–21 vs Panthers WK 14
W 42–27 vs Packers WK 13
L 27–35 vs Bengals WK 12
Buccaneers
L 17–40 vs Ravens WK 14
L 20–48 vs Chargers WK 13
L 38–39 vs Panthers WK 12
TEAM STATS
Saints Buccaneers
405 TOTAL YARDS 287
387 PASSING YARDS 207
18 RUSHING YARDS 80
2 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 2
0 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 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
2 SAINTS — 0 BUCCANEERS
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