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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
CARDINALS 13-4 · 31.0 PPG 42 – 20 SAINTS 8-9 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
Cardinals run away with it, 42-20
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cardinals +10.3 +1.8 +8.5 +19
Saints -5.2 -1.1 -4.1 +11
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.
Cardinals — NFC #3 · division · 13-4 Saints — in the hunt · 8-9 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#2 Jeremiyah Love HB · Cardinals · 6.6% of the field
The whole board →
Tyler Shough
Saints
17/27, 254 yards, 2 TD
Jeremiyah Love
Cardinals
15 carries, 201 yards, 2 TD
Roy Lopez
Cardinals
2.5 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Cardinals 247, Saints 8 Cardinals
Total yards Cardinals 399, Saints 262 Cardinals
Through the air Saints 254, Cardinals 152 Saints
Pressure Saints 0 sacks, Cardinals 7 Cardinals
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 50% · Rush 50% · 31.4 scored, 22.9 allowed
9.0 yds/att 60.1% completions 7.3 yds/carry 354.1 yds/game 0.9 giveaways/game 6.3% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Trey McBride TE — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 70 · Efficient Balance 100 Ball security 76 Back usage 42% QB runs 3.2/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 73 WR 81 TE 99 RB 85 OL 84 DL 82 LB 76 DB 81
Best: Trey McBride TE 99 Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 SPD 7 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
AL-Saints
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it Runs the quarterback Takes sacks
Pass / run82% / 18% Points for / against32.2 — 29.0 Margin+3.2 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken11.9% of dropbacks Lead backAlvin Kamara · 0.5/g Top targetChris Olave · 35% QB carries4.8 a game
Jonathan
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run54% / 46% Points for / against28.8 — 21.6 Margin+7.1 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken8.5% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 14.6/g Top targetTrey McBride · 30% QB carries4.4 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 Jonathan against AL-Saints — the men, not the teams
Jonathan leads it 1-0. Jonathan won the last one.
1 meeting avg 42.0 — 20.0 biggest: 22 pts to Jonathan
S1 · week 16 Jonathan 42 — 20 AL-Saints JONATHAN
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
Cardinals receivers vs Saints secondary 81 v 80 EVEN
Saints receivers vs Cardinals secondary 81 v 81 EVEN
Cardinals line vs Saints front 84 v 79 CARDINALS
Saints line vs Cardinals front 81 v 82 EVEN
Cardinals backs vs Saints run defence 85 v 79 CARDINALS
Saints backs vs Cardinals run defence 75 v 79 CARDINALS
Cardinals passer vs Saints secondary 73 v 80 SAINTS
Saints passer vs Cardinals secondary 81 v 81 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Tyler Shough QB Saints 254 pass yds
Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 201 rush yds
Chris Olave WR Saints 166 rec yds
Justin Fields QB Cardinals 152 pass yds
Trey McBride TE Cardinals 68 rec yds
Zaven Collins LEDG Cardinals 2 sacks
Roy Lopez DT Cardinals 2.5 sacks
🎬 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
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Justin Fields QB 7/1215210053130.5
SAINTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Tyler Shough QB 17/2725420748118.4
RECENT FORM
Cardinals
W 27–21 vs Jets WK 15
L 13–17 vs Eagles WK 13
W 22–12 vs Commanders WK 12
Saints
W 29–21 vs Buccaneers WK 15
W 35–21 vs Panthers WK 14
W 42–27 vs Packers WK 13
TEAM STATS
Cardinals Saints
399 TOTAL YARDS 262
152 PASSING YARDS 254
247 RUSHING YARDS 8
0 SACKS ALLOWED 7
7 SACKS MADE 0
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
1 CARDINALS — 0 SAINTS
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