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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
PANTHERS 9-8 · 25.0 PPG 17 – 38 STEELERS 14-3 · 33.0 PPG
THE READ
Steelers run away with it, 38-17
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Panthers -5.4 -2.9 -2.5 -2
Steelers +10.7 -1.9 +12.6 +24
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.
Steelers — AFC #2 · division · 14-3 Panthers — NFC #4 · division · 9-8 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#7 Eli Heidenreich HB · Steelers · 2.1% of the field
The whole board →
Eli Heidenreich
Steelers
18 carries, 160 yards, 3 TD
Drew Allar
Steelers
10/16, 217 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Trevor Etienne
Panthers
8 carries, 105 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Steelers 383, Panthers 277 Steelers
Through the air Steelers 217, Panthers 134 Steelers
On the ground Steelers 166, Panthers 143 Steelers
Giveaways Steelers 1, Panthers 2 Steelers
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 62% · Rush 38% · 25.8 scored, 28.3 allowed
8.1 yds/att 59.1% completions 5.6 yds/carry 326.1 yds/game 2.2 giveaways/game 9.2% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: Tetairoa McMillan WR — 20% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY SPREAD
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive Balance 88 Ball security 39 Back usage 32% QB runs 2.9/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.2% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 84 WR 81 TE 73 RB 80 OL 82 DL 85 LB 79 DB 82
Best: Derrick Brown DT 96 Fastest: Chris Brazzell II WR 93 SPD 4 at star dev or better
Out: Chris Brazzell II WR 77 · 8wk
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
Bigytulips
Steelers · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run48% / 52% Points for / against34.4 — 16.9 Margin+17.5 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken4.5% of dropbacks Lead backEli Heidenreich · 15.2/g Top targetGermie Bernard · 37% QB carries2.9 a game
Casp
Panthers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against25.9 — 30.1 Margin-4.2 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken8.6% of dropbacks Lead backTrevor Etienne · 9.9/g Top targetXavier Legette · 21% QB carries3.1 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 Casp against Bigytulips — the men, not the teams
Bigytulips leads it 1-0. Bigytulips won the last one.
1 meeting avg 17.0 — 38.0 biggest: 21 pts to Bigytulips
S1 · week 16 Casp 17 — 38 Bigytulips BIGYTULIPS
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
Panthers receivers vs Steelers secondary 81 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers receivers vs Panthers secondary 84 v 82 EVEN
Panthers line vs Steelers front 82 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers line vs Panthers front 79 v 85 PANTHERS
Panthers backs vs Steelers run defence 80 v 83 STEELERS
Steelers backs vs Panthers run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Panthers passer vs Steelers secondary 84 v 86 EVEN
Steelers passer vs Panthers secondary 81 v 82 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Drew Allar QB Steelers 217 pass yds
Eli Heidenreich HB Steelers 160 rush yds
Bryce Young QB Panthers 134 pass yds
Trevor Etienne HB Panthers 105 rush yds
Roman Wilson WR Steelers 92 rec yds
Jalen Coker WR Panthers 72 rec yds
Asante Samuel Jr CB Steelers 1 INTs
Tre'von Moehrig FS Panthers 1 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
PANTHERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bryce Young QB 13/291341126055.8
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 10/1621721177119.7
RECENT FORM
Panthers
W 38–35 vs Bengals WK 15
L 21–35 vs Saints WK 14
W 27–21 vs Vikings WK 13
Steelers
L 16–27 vs Ravens WK 15
W 41–16 vs Jaguars WK 14
W 42–17 vs Texans WK 13
TEAM STATS
Panthers Steelers
277 TOTAL YARDS 383
134 PASSING YARDS 217
143 RUSHING YARDS 166
2 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 1
2 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 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 PANTHERS — 1 STEELERS
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