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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 17 · FINAL
SAINTS 8-9 · 28.0 PPG 30 – 28 FALCONS 8-9 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
Saints edge Falcons by 2
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Saints -5.2 -1.1 -4.1 +11
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 Saints — in the hunt · 8-9 Playoff picture →
Michael Penix Jr
Falcons
11/17, 270 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Bijan Robinson
Falcons
11 carries, 88 yards, 3 TD
Fadil Diggs
Saints
2 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Falcons 270, Saints 182 Falcons
On the ground Saints 154, Falcons 88 Saints
Total yards Falcons 358, Saints 336 Falcons
Pressure Falcons 5 sacks, Saints 3 Falcons
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
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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 85% · Rush 15% · 28.9 scored, 33.0 allowed
8.6 yds/att 60.7% completions 7.5 yds/carry 268.4 yds/game 1.4 giveaways/game 11.9% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Chris Olave WR — 28% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 60 · Efficient Balance 65 Ball security 62 Back usage 1% QB runs 4.4/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 11.9% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81 WR 81 TE 79 RB 75 OL 81 DL 79 LB 77 DB 80
Best: Chris Olave WR 88 Fastest: Trey Palmer WR 95 SPD 2 at star dev or better
Out: Chase Young LEDG 82 · 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
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
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 AL-Saints against SL FeaRz — the men, not the teams
All square at 1-1. AL-Saints won the last one.
2 meetings avg 24.5 — 24.0 biggest: 2 pts to AL-Saints
S1 · week 17 AL-Saints 30 — 28 SL FeaRz AL-SAINTS
S1 · week 4 AL-Saints 19 — 20 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
Saints receivers vs Falcons secondary 81 v 86 FALCONS
Falcons receivers vs Saints secondary 81 v 80 EVEN
Saints line vs Falcons front 81 v 82 EVEN
Falcons line vs Saints front 83 v 79 FALCONS
Saints backs vs Falcons run defence 75 v 82 FALCONS
Falcons backs vs Saints run defence 88 v 79 FALCONS
Saints passer vs Falcons secondary 81 v 86 FALCONS
Falcons passer vs Saints secondary 78 v 80 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Michael Penix Jr QB Falcons 270 pass yds
Tyler Shough QB Saints 182 pass yds
Bryce Lance WR Saints 118 rec yds
Jahan Dotson WR Falcons 100 rec yds
Tyler Shough QB Saints 99 rush yds
Bijan Robinson HB Falcons 88 rush yds
Austin Hooper TE Falcons 88 rec yds
Charlie Woerner TE Falcons 52 rec yds
Fadil Diggs LEDG Saints 2 sacks
Jalon Walker LEDG Falcons 1.5 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
SAINTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Tyler Shough QB 12/201820043789.9
Zach Wilson QB 0/0000100
FALCONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Michael Penix Jr QB 11/1727011353103.1
RECENT FORM
Saints
L 20–42 vs Cardinals WK 16
W 29–21 vs Buccaneers WK 15
W 35–21 vs Panthers WK 14
Falcons
W 19–10 vs Buccaneers WK 16
W 25–7 vs Commanders WK 15
W 34–31 vs Browns WK 14
TEAM STATS
Saints Falcons
336 TOTAL YARDS 358
182 PASSING YARDS 270
154 RUSHING YARDS 88
5 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 5
2 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
1 SAINTS — 1 FALCONS
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