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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
BRONCOS 3-14 · 14.0 PPG 21 – 42 RAIDERS 12-5 · 37.0 PPG
THE READ
Raiders run away with it, 42-21

Bo Nix hung 434 yards and 5 touchdowns on Denver on Sunday, though the 4 interceptions are the kind of thing that catches up with you—and everybody around the league knows it. Las Vegas won 42-21 behind a dominant passing attack that out-gained the Broncos 434 to 175 through the air, with Dont'e Thornton Jr. putting together his best day of the season at 9 catches for 220 yards. Denver got 152 yards from RJ Harvey on the ground but couldn't move it anywhere else, finishing with 5 turnovers in what was otherwise a day where both teams were careless with the football. At 12-5, the Raiders are built different from Denver's 3-14, and this game proved it.

Jaylen Rivers The insider
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Broncos -13.9 +4.4 -18.2 -11
Raiders +12.2 +1.1 +11.0 +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.
Raiders — AFC #7 · 12-5 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#8 Bo Nix QB · Raiders · 2.0% of the field
#9 Brock Bowers TE · Raiders · 1.8% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Nicole Santos Beat reporter
Bo Nix threw 5 touchdown passes and 4 interceptions in the same game—the touchdowns got all the attention, but those 4 turnovers in a 21-point blowout tell you everything about why Las Vegas couldn't finish clean.
Jordan Hayes The armchair coach · replying
Denver had no answer for what Las Vegas was doing through the air—175 passing yards against 434 is not a competitive gap—but RJ Harvey's 152 rushing yards went to waste because the Broncos couldn't stay on schedule when they needed it most.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.
Bo Nix
Raiders
23/34, 434 yards, 5 TD, 4 INT
Dont'e Thornton Jr
Raiders
9 catches, 220 yards, 1 TD
RJ Harvey
Broncos
16 carries, 152 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Raiders 434, Broncos 175 Raiders
Total yards Raiders 499, Broncos 341 Raiders
On the ground Broncos 166, Raiders 65 Broncos
Giveaways Raiders 4, Broncos 5 Raiders
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 15 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
Palm Beach Pete
Raiders · his last 8 games
Throws it Runs the quarterback
Pass / run62% / 38% Points for / against35.2 — 19.4 Margin+15.9 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken2.5% of dropbacks Lead backMike Washington Jr. · 12.4/g Top targetBrock Bowers · 37% QB carries5.0 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 Palm Beach Pete — the men, not the teams
Palm Beach Pete leads it 2-0. Palm Beach Pete has won 2 straight.
2 meetings avg 16.5 — 35.5 biggest: 21 pts to Palm Beach Pete
S1 · week 15 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody 21 — 42 Palm Beach Pete PALM BEACH PETE
S1 · week 11 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody 12 — 29 Palm Beach Pete PALM BEACH PETE
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 Raiders secondary 84 v 82 EVEN
Raiders receivers vs Broncos secondary 80 v 88 BRONCOS
Broncos line vs Raiders front 81 v 84 RAIDERS
Raiders line vs Broncos front 82 v 85 BRONCOS
Broncos backs vs Raiders run defence 81 v 82 EVEN
Raiders backs vs Broncos run defence 75 v 81 BRONCOS
Broncos passer vs Raiders secondary 77 v 82 RAIDERS
Raiders passer vs Broncos secondary 89 v 88 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Bo Nix QB Raiders 434 pass yds
Dont'e Thornton Jr WR Raiders 220 rec yds
Sam Ehlinger QB Broncos 175 pass yds
RJ Harvey HB Broncos 152 rush yds
Jaylen Waddle WR Broncos 116 rec yds
Brock Bowers TE Raiders 114 rec yds
Adam Trautman TE Broncos 52 rec yds
Treydan Stukes FS Raiders 1 INTs
Jermod McCoy CB Raiders 1 INTs
Riley Moss CB Broncos 2 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
Sam Ehlinger QB 6/211752329353.9
RAIDERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bo Nix QB 23/3443454159110.5
RECENT FORM
Broncos
L 8–41 vs Jets WK 14
W 24–21 vs Dolphins WK 13
L 6–21 vs Steelers WK 12
Raiders
W 41–14 vs Chargers WK 14
W 27–20 vs Browns WK 12
W 29–12 vs Broncos WK 11
TEAM STATS
Broncos Raiders
341 TOTAL YARDS 499
175 PASSING YARDS 434
166 RUSHING YARDS 65
2 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 2
5 GIVEAWAYS 4
4 TAKEAWAYS 4

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 — 2 RAIDERS
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