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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
BRONCOS 3-14 · 14.0 PPG 15 – 36 PATRIOTS 9-8 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
Patriots run away with it, 36-15
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Broncos -13.9 +4.4 -18.2 -11
Patriots +3.1 -0.3 +3.5 +1
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.
Patriots — in the hunt · 9-8 Playoff picture →
Drake Maye
Patriots
14/16, 277 yards, 5 TD
Fernando Mendoza
Broncos
12/19, 233 yards, 2 TD
A.J. Brown
Patriots
3 catches, 114 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Patriots 346, Broncos 270 Patriots
Through the air Patriots 277, Broncos 233 Patriots
On the ground Patriots 69, Broncos 37 Patriots
Pressure Patriots 1 sacks, Broncos 1 Broncos
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 17 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% · 14.9 scored, 33.1 allowed
6.2 yds/att 48.8% completions 4.3 yds/carry 279.2 yds/game 2.3 giveaways/game 5.7% sack rate last 5: 0-5
Primary weapon: Jaylen Waddle WR — 34% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 27 · Turnover-prone Balance 87 Ball security 36 Back usage 32% QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.3 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77 WR 84 TE 77 RB 81 OL 81 DL 85 LB 76 DB 88
Best: Patrick Surtain II CB 98 Fastest: Jaylen Waddle WR 96 SPD 8 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
Connor
Patriots · his last 8 games
Balanced One back
Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against29.6 — 25.6 Margin+4.0 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken5.7% of dropbacks Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 14.4/g Top targetKyle Williams · 28% QB carries3.0 a game
Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody
Broncos · his last 8 games
Balanced Gives it away One back
Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against15.4 — 32.4 Margin-17.0 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken6.5% of dropbacks Lead backRJ Harvey · 15.0/g Top targetJaylen Waddle · 33% QB carries2.6 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 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody against Connor — the men, not the teams
Connor leads it 1-0. Connor won the last one.
1 meeting avg 15.0 — 36.0 biggest: 21 pts to Connor
S1 · week 17 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody 15 — 36 Connor CONNOR
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
Broncos receivers vs Patriots secondary 84 v 88 PATRIOTS
Patriots receivers vs Broncos secondary 88 v 88 EVEN
Broncos line vs Patriots front 81 v 82 EVEN
Patriots line vs Broncos front 79 v 85 BRONCOS
Broncos backs vs Patriots run defence 81 v 81 EVEN
Patriots backs vs Broncos run defence 84 v 81 PATRIOTS
Broncos passer vs Patriots secondary 77 v 88 PATRIOTS
Patriots passer vs Broncos secondary 96 v 88 PATRIOTS
TOP PERFORMERS
Drake Maye QB Patriots 277 pass yds
Fernando Mendoza QB Broncos 233 pass yds
A.J. Brown WR Patriots 114 rec yds
Marvin Mims Jr WR Broncos 105 rec yds
Kyle Williams WR Patriots 94 rec yds
Courtland Sutton WR Broncos 87 rec yds
TreVeyon Henderson HB Patriots 55 rush yds
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BRONCOS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Fernando Mendoza QB 12/1923320149140.8
PATRIOTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drake Maye QB 14/1627750174158.3
RECENT FORM
Broncos
L 16–24 vs Bills WK 16
L 21–42 vs Raiders WK 15
L 8–41 vs Jets WK 14
Patriots
W 52–16 vs Jets WK 16
L 14–36 vs Chiefs WK 15
W 41–37 vs Vikings WK 14
TEAM STATS
Broncos Patriots
270 TOTAL YARDS 346
233 PASSING YARDS 277
37 RUSHING YARDS 69
1 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 1
0 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 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
0 BRONCOS — 1 PATRIOTS
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