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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 16 · FINAL
BENGALS 7-10 · 29.0 PPG 35 – 41 COLTS 12-5 · 38.0 PPG
THE READ
Colts win the turnover battle and the game
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Bengals -4.0 +0.5 -4.5 -3
Colts +8.1 -0.3 +8.4 +5
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.
Colts — AFC #6 · 12-5 Bengals — in the hunt · 7-10 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#10 Anthony Richardson Sr QB · Colts · 1.7% of the field
The whole board →
Anthony Richardson Sr
Colts
28/40, 374 yards, 3 TD
Joe Burrow
Bengals
16/36, 217 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Alec Pierce
Colts
6 catches, 141 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Colts 374, Bengals 217 Colts
Total yards Colts 552, Bengals 423 Colts
On the ground Bengals 206, Colts 178 Bengals
Giveaways Colts 0, Bengals 2 Colts
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 16 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
Balanced Pass 58% · Rush 42% · 29.0 scored, 33.5 allowed
9.8 yds/att 59.2% completions 6.2 yds/carry 317.1 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 7.1% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Ja'Marr Chase WR — 37% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 63 · Aggressive Balance 92 Ball security 42 Back usage 37% QB runs 1.8/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99 WR 88 TE 76 RB 79 OL 75 DL 86 LB 77 DB 81
Best: Joe Burrow QB 99 Fastest: Ja'Marr Chase WR 96 SPD 5 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
Ukulelelink
Colts · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against39.2 — 28.5 Margin+10.8 Giveaways a game1.4 Sacks taken7.5% of dropbacks Lead backJonathan Taylor · 14.4/g Top targetAlec Pierce · 34% QB carries4.6 a game
zach_13.
Bengals · his last 8 games
Balanced One back
Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against33.9 — 34.0 Margin-0.1 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken6.4% of dropbacks Lead backChase Brown · 14.5/g Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 35% QB carries2.1 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 zach_13. against Ukulelelink — the men, not the teams
Ukulelelink leads it 1-0. Ukulelelink won the last one.
1 meeting avg 35.0 — 41.0 biggest: 6 pts to Ukulelelink
S1 · week 16 zach_13. 35 — 41 Ukulelelink UKULELELINK
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
Bengals receivers vs Colts secondary 88 v 87 EVEN
Colts receivers vs Bengals secondary 81 v 81 EVEN
Bengals line vs Colts front 75 v 80 COLTS
Colts line vs Bengals front 81 v 86 BENGALS
Bengals backs vs Colts run defence 79 v 77 EVEN
Colts backs vs Bengals run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Bengals passer vs Colts secondary 99 v 87 BENGALS
Colts passer vs Bengals secondary 82 v 81 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Anthony Richardson Sr QB Colts 374 pass yds
Joe Burrow QB Bengals 217 pass yds
Alec Pierce WR Colts 141 rec yds
Deion Burks WR Colts 97 rec yds
Jonathan Taylor HB Colts 94 rush yds
Chase Brown HB Bengals 82 rush yds
Ja'Marr Chase WR Bengals 80 rush yds
Josh Downs WR Colts 78 rec yds
DJ Giddens HB Colts 76 rush yds
Ja'Marr Chase WR Bengals 74 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
BENGALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Joe Burrow QB 16/362172117471.1
COLTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Anthony Richardson Sr QB 28/4037430274124.3
RECENT FORM
Bengals
L 35–38 vs Panthers WK 15
L 47–56 vs Chiefs WK 14
W 51–32 vs Browns WK 13
Colts
L 43–47 vs Titans WK 15
L 42–49 vs Eagles WK 14
W 49–28 vs Giants WK 12
TEAM STATS
Bengals Colts
423 TOTAL YARDS 552
217 PASSING YARDS 374
206 RUSHING YARDS 178
1 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 1
2 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 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 BENGALS — 1 COLTS
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