WEEK 17 · FINAL
THE READ
Cardinals beat Raiders, 28-21
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raiders | +12.2 | +1.1 | +11.0 | +19 |
| Cardinals | +10.3 | +1.8 | +8.5 | +19 |
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.
In the MVP race
#2
Jeremiyah Love
HB · Cardinals · 6.6% of the field
#8
Bo Nix
QB · Raiders · 2.0% of the field
#9
Brock Bowers
TE · Raiders · 1.8% of the field
The whole board →
Bo Nix
Raiders
12/25, 283 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Justin Fields
Cardinals
12/20, 259 yards, 2 TD
Jeremiyah Love
Cardinals
20 carries, 107 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Cardinals 149, Raiders 14
Cardinals
Total yards
Cardinals 408, Raiders 297
Cardinals
Through the air
Raiders 283, Cardinals 259
Raiders
Pressure
Cardinals 2 sacks, Raiders 3
Raiders
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
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 61% · Rush 39% · 37.9 scored, 26.9 allowed
11.2 yds/att
62.4% completions
5.2 yds/carry
382.2 yds/game
1.7 giveaways/game
4.0% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 69 · Aggressive
Balance 89
Ball security 52
Back usage 29%
QB runs 4.2/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Brock Bowers takes 38% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89
WR 80
TE 96
RB 75
OL 82
DL 84
LB 76
DB 82
Best: Maxx Crosby LEDG 97
Fastest: Dont'e Thornton Jr WR 96 SPD
4 at star dev or better
Out:
Michael Mayer TE 73 · 4wk
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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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
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
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
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
Palm Beach Pete
Raiders · his last 8 games
Throws it
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run62% / 38%
Points for / against35.2 — 19.4
Margin+15.9
Giveaways a game1.8
Sacks taken2.5% of dropbacks
Lead backMike Washington Jr. · 12.4/g
Top targetBrock Bowers · 37%
QB carries5.0 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
Palm Beach Pete against Jonathan — the men, not the teams
Jonathan leads it 1-0.
Jonathan won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 21.0 — 28.0
biggest: 7 pts to Jonathan
S1 · week 17
Palm Beach Pete 21 — 28 Jonathan
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
Raiders receivers vs Cardinals secondary
80 v 81
EVEN
Cardinals receivers vs Raiders secondary
81 v 82
EVEN
Raiders line vs Cardinals front
82 v 82
EVEN
Cardinals line vs Raiders front
84 v 84
EVEN
Raiders backs vs Cardinals run defence
75 v 79
CARDINALS
Cardinals backs vs Raiders run defence
85 v 82
CARDINALS
Raiders passer vs Cardinals secondary
89 v 81
RAIDERS
Cardinals passer vs Raiders secondary
73 v 82
RAIDERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Nix QB | 12/25 | 283 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 112.1 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Fields QB | 12/20 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 137.4 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Washington Jr. HB | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Bo Nix QB | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 20 | 107 | 5.3 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 0 |
| Justin Fields QB | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 1 |
| Trey Benson HB | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Marvin Harrison Jr WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dont'e Thornton Jr WR | 3 | 120 | 40 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 65 |
| Brock Bowers TE | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 65 |
| Troy Franklin WR | 1 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
| Tre Tucker WR | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Mike Washington Jr. HB | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Harrison Jr WR | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 48 |
| Trey McBride TE | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 34 |
| KeAndre Lambert-Smith WR | 2 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treydan Stukes FS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylen Reed FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxx Crosby LEDG | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darien Porter CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Chinn SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nakobe Dean MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Stokes CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Jackson DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Oliver DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Sweat REDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zah Frazier CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Melton CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Nolen III DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Simon WILL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Budda Baker SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Wilson Sr MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Johnson CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Raiders
W
45–14 vs Titans
WK 16
W
42–21 vs Broncos
WK 15
W
41–14 vs Chargers
WK 14
Cardinals
W
42–20 vs Saints
WK 16
W
27–21 vs Jets
WK 15
L
13–17 vs Eagles
WK 13
TEAM STATS
| Raiders | Cardinals | |
|---|---|---|
| 297 | TOTAL YARDS | 408 |
| 283 | PASSING YARDS | 259 |
| 14 | RUSHING YARDS | 149 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | TAKEAWAYS | 1 |
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
RAIDERS
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1
CARDINALS