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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
GIANTS 8-9 · 29.0 PPG 28 – 31 LIONS 14-3 · 30.0 PPG
THE READ
Lions win the turnover battle and the game
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Giants +4.2 +0.9 +3.3 +3
Lions +4.8 -3.7 +8.5 +4
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.
Lions — NFC #2 · division · 14-3 Giants — NFC #7 · 8-9 Playoff picture →
Jaxson Dart
Giants
18/31, 339 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Jared Goff
Lions
21/29, 359 yards, 2 TD
Jalin Hyatt
Giants
3 catches, 109 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Giants 56, Lions 24 Giants
Through the air Lions 359, Giants 339 Lions
Total yards Giants 395, Lions 383 Giants
Giveaways Lions 0, Giants 2 Lions
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 63% · Rush 37% · 29.4 scored, 26.1 allowed
8.8 yds/att 58.8% completions 6.8 yds/carry 344.7 yds/game 1.7 giveaways/game 8.8% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Theo Johnson TE — 27% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 62 · Aggressive Balance 87 Ball security 53 Back usage 28% QB runs 3.6/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.8% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87 WR 82 TE 80 RB 84 OL 83 DL 81 LB 83 DB 82
Best: Andrew Thomas LT 94 Fastest: Malik Nabers WR 96 SPD 6 at star dev or better
Out: Brian Burns REDG 90 · 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
MurdaCW
Lions · his last 8 games
Runs it One back Takes sacks
Pass / run50% / 50% Points for / against33.0 — 26.8 Margin+6.2 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken9.0% of dropbacks Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 13.2/g Top targetJameson Williams · 28% QB carries0.4 a game
CAM
Giants · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run68% / 32% Points for / against25.1 — 29.0 Margin-3.9 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken6.1% of dropbacks Lead backQuinshon Judkins · 10.0/g Top targetMalik Nabers · 27% QB carries3.4 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 CAM against MurdaCW — the men, not the teams
MurdaCW leads it 1-0. MurdaCW won the last one.
1 meeting avg 28.0 — 31.0 biggest: 3 pts to MurdaCW
S1 · week 16 CAM 28 — 31 MurdaCW MURDACW
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
Giants receivers vs Lions secondary 82 v 87 LIONS
Lions receivers vs Giants secondary 87 v 82 LIONS
Giants line vs Lions front 83 v 85 EVEN
Lions line vs Giants front 81 v 81 EVEN
Giants backs vs Lions run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Lions backs vs Giants run defence 87 v 82 LIONS
Giants passer vs Lions secondary 87 v 87 EVEN
Lions passer vs Giants secondary 87 v 82 LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
Jared Goff QB Lions 359 pass yds
Jaxson Dart QB Giants 339 pass yds
Jameson Williams WR Lions 156 rec yds
Jalin Hyatt WR Giants 109 rec yds
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR Lions 81 rec yds
Calvin Austin WR Giants 76 rec yds
Quinshon Judkins HB Giants 55 rec yds
Jack Campbell MIKE Lions 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
GIANTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jaxson Dart QB 18/3133932069101.4
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jared Goff QB 21/2935920149136.9
RECENT FORM
Giants
W 31–13 vs Browns WK 15
L 22–24 vs Seahawks WK 14
W 27–17 vs 49ers WK 13
Lions
W 28–23 vs Vikings WK 15
L 21–23 vs Titans WK 14
W 41–24 vs Falcons WK 13
TEAM STATS
Giants Lions
395 TOTAL YARDS 383
339 PASSING YARDS 359
56 RUSHING YARDS 24
0 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 0
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 GIANTS — 1 LIONS
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