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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
COWBOYS 14-3 · 37.0 PPG 45 – 14 RAMS 6-11 · 27.0 PPG
THE READ
Cowboys run away with it, 45-14

Dallas dismantled Los Angeles 45-14, a 31-point margin that looked worse than the yardage suggested. Matthew Stafford managed 287 passing yards and 2 touchdowns but also threw 2 interceptions while the Rams committed 3 giveaways to Dallas's 0. Jaydon Blue carried 13 times for 103 yards and a score, extending a run of 3 straight games over 100 on the ground, while George Pickens caught 3 for 74 and 1 TD. The Rams outgained Dallas 361 to 268 but couldn't convert that advantage into points, a gap that turnover differential—minus-8 to plus-34—explains entirely.

Daniel Keller The numbers guy
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cowboys +15.6 +0.0 +15.6 +34
Rams -1.2 +2.6 -3.8 -8
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.
Cowboys — NFC #5 · 14-3 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#1 Jaydon Blue HB · Cowboys · 17.0% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Ava Collins Beat reporter
Los Angeles had no answer for Dallas's ground game and couldn't protect Matthew Stafford, who threw 2 picks in a 31-point loss where the Rams turned the ball over 3 times and got nothing in return. Dallas simply scored at will—45 points on a team that came in giving up points in bunches, with Jaydon Blue running through them for 103 yards and the Cowboys' defense forcing mistakes the Rams couldn't overcome.
Ethan Price The numbers guy · replying
Dallas outgained Los Angeles 361 to 287 yards and won anyway—the real margin was turnovers, where the Rams gifted them 3 possessions and got nothing back in return.
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.
Matthew Stafford
Rams
16/23, 287 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Jaydon Blue
Cowboys
13 carries, 103 yards, 1 TD
George Pickens
Cowboys
3 catches, 74 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Rams 287, Cowboys 165 Rams
Total yards Rams 361, Cowboys 268 Rams
On the ground Cowboys 103, Rams 74 Cowboys
Giveaways Rams 3, Cowboys 0 Cowboys
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
Balanced Pass 51% · Rush 49% · 37.9 scored, 22.3 allowed
10.0 yds/att 67.3% completions 6.8 yds/carry 345.4 yds/game 1.0 giveaways/game 8.8% sack rate last 5: 5-0
Primary weapon: CeeDee Lamb WR — 21% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY SPREAD
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 75 · Efficient Balance 99 Ball security 72 Back usage 44% QB runs 2.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.8% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90 WR 87 TE 84 RB 88 OL 78 DL 86 LB 80 DB 85
Best: CeeDee Lamb WR 93 Fastest: KaVontae Turpin WR 95 SPD 8 at star dev or better
Out: CeeDee Lamb WR 93 · 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
Monty
Rams · his last 8 games
Balanced One back
Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against26.9 — 33.9 Margin-7.0 Giveaways a game1.5 Sacks taken6.9% of dropbacks Lead backKyren Williams · 15.8/g Top targetPuka Nacua · 37% QB carries3.4 a game
Billyw0928
Cowboys · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run49% / 51% Points for / against37.1 — 16.8 Margin+20.4 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks Lead backJaydon Blue · 13.1/g Top targetCeeDee Lamb · 24% QB carries2.5 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 Billyw0928 against Monty — the men, not the teams
Billyw0928 leads it 1-0. Billyw0928 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 45.0 — 14.0 biggest: 31 pts to Billyw0928
S1 · week 15 Billyw0928 45 — 14 Monty BILLYW0928
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
Cowboys receivers vs Rams secondary 87 v 86 EVEN
Rams receivers vs Cowboys secondary 82 v 85 COWBOYS
Cowboys line vs Rams front 78 v 88 RAMS
Rams line vs Cowboys front 81 v 86 COWBOYS
Cowboys backs vs Rams run defence 88 v 85 COWBOYS
Rams backs vs Cowboys run defence 84 v 84 EVEN
Cowboys passer vs Rams secondary 90 v 86 COWBOYS
Rams passer vs Cowboys secondary 95 v 85 RAMS
TOP PERFORMERS
Matthew Stafford QB Rams 287 pass yds
Dak Prescott QB Cowboys 165 pass yds
Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 103 rush yds
Max Klare TE Rams 98 rec yds
George Pickens WR Cowboys 74 rec yds
Konata Mumpfield WR Rams 70 rec yds
Jaishawn Barham MIKE Cowboys 2 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
COWBOYS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Dak Prescott QB 11/1816520141128.2
RAMS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Matthew Stafford QB 16/2328722142104.8
RECENT FORM
Cowboys
W 35–33 vs Seahawks WK 13
W 45–0 vs Eagles WK 12
W 34–21 vs Titans WK 11
Rams
W 45–34 vs 49ers WK 14
L 31–63 vs Chiefs WK 13
L 17–20 vs Packers WK 12
TEAM STATS
Cowboys Rams
268 TOTAL YARDS 361
165 PASSING YARDS 287
103 RUSHING YARDS 74
1 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 1
0 GIVEAWAYS 3
3 TAKEAWAYS 0

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
1 COWBOYS — 0 RAMS
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