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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
BUCCANEERS 4-13 · 24.0 PPG 10 – 19 FALCONS 8-9 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
Falcons beat Buccaneers, 19-10
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Buccaneers -8.6 -1.1 -7.5 -25
Falcons -1.4 -3.1 +1.6 -7
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.
Falcons — in the hunt · 8-9 Playoff picture →
Michael Penix Jr
Falcons
23/39, 251 yards, 1 TD
Drake London
Falcons
6 catches, 128 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Falcons 351, Buccaneers 173 Falcons
Through the air Falcons 251, Buccaneers 109 Falcons
On the ground Falcons 100, Buccaneers 64 Falcons
Giveaways Falcons 1, Buccaneers 0 Buccaneers
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
Pass-heavy Pass 65% · Rush 35% · 24.8 scored, 32.2 allowed
8.2 yds/att 54.6% completions 5.0 yds/carry 375.8 yds/game 2.5 giveaways/game 6.3% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Ted Hurst III WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive Balance 85 Ball security 29 Back usage 32% QB runs 1.6/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.5 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 82 WR 82 TE 76 RB 84 OL 82 DL 84 LB 78 DB 84
Best: Tristan Wirfs LT 95 Fastest: Ted Hurst III WR 92 SPD 9 at star dev or better
Out: Demonte Capehart DT 72 · 6wk · JJ Roberts SS 65 · 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
SL FeaRz
Falcons · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away One back
Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against27.0 — 25.2 Margin+1.8 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken8.0% of dropbacks Lead backBijan Robinson · 12.8/g Top targetDrake London · 25% QB carries0.8 a game
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
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 Bigdaddyray against SL FeaRz — the men, not the teams
SL FeaRz leads it 2-0. SL FeaRz has won 2 straight.
2 meetings avg 12.0 — 27.0 biggest: 21 pts to SL FeaRz
S1 · week 16 Bigdaddyray 10 — 19 SL FeaRz SL FEARZ
S1 · week 8 Bigdaddyray 14 — 35 SL FeaRz SL FEARZ
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
Buccaneers receivers vs Falcons secondary 82 v 86 FALCONS
Falcons receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 81 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers line vs Falcons front 82 v 82 EVEN
Falcons line vs Buccaneers front 83 v 84 EVEN
Buccaneers backs vs Falcons run defence 84 v 82 EVEN
Falcons backs vs Buccaneers run defence 88 v 82 FALCONS
Buccaneers passer vs Falcons secondary 82 v 86 FALCONS
Falcons passer vs Buccaneers secondary 78 v 84 BUCCANEERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Michael Penix Jr QB Falcons 251 pass yds
Drake London WR Falcons 128 rec yds
Jahan Dotson WR Falcons 63 rec yds
Bijan Robinson HB Falcons 56 rush yds
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BUCCANEERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Baker Mayfield QB 11/291091024060.8
FALCONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Michael Penix Jr QB 23/392511028486.5
RECENT FORM
Buccaneers
L 21–29 vs Saints WK 15
L 17–40 vs Ravens WK 14
L 20–48 vs Chargers WK 13
Falcons
W 25–7 vs Commanders WK 15
W 34–31 vs Browns WK 14
L 24–41 vs Lions WK 13
TEAM STATS
Buccaneers Falcons
173 TOTAL YARDS 351
109 PASSING YARDS 251
64 RUSHING YARDS 100
2 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 2
0 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 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
0 BUCCANEERS — 2 FALCONS
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