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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
WILD CARD · FINAL
COWBOYS 14-3 · 37.0 PPG 42 – 21 PANTHERS 9-8 · 25.0 PPG
THE READ
Cowboys run away with it, 42-21
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cowboys +15.6 +0.0 +15.6 +34
Panthers -5.4 -2.9 -2.5 -2
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.
Panthers — NFC #4 · division · 9-8 Cowboys — NFC #5 · 14-3 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#1 Jaydon Blue HB · Cowboys · 17.0% of the field
The whole board →
Bryce Young
Panthers
21/35, 294 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
Jaydon Blue
Cowboys
12 carries, 138 yards, 2 TD
Chris Brazzell II
Panthers
5 catches, 123 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Panthers 294, Cowboys 170 Panthers
On the ground Cowboys 135, Panthers 43 Cowboys
Total yards Panthers 337, Cowboys 305 Panthers
Giveaways Panthers 4, Cowboys 0 Cowboys
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
Balanced Pass 51% · Rush 49% · 37.9 scored, 22.3 allowed
10.0 yds/att 67.3% completions 6.8 yds/carry 345.4 yds/game 1.0 giveaways/game 8.8% sack rate last 5: 5-0
Primary weapon: CeeDee Lamb WR — 21% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY SPREAD
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 75 · Efficient Balance 99 Ball security 72 Back usage 44% QB runs 2.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.8% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90 WR 87 TE 84 RB 88 OL 78 DL 86 LB 80 DB 85
Best: CeeDee Lamb WR 93 Fastest: KaVontae Turpin WR 95 SPD 8 at star dev or better
Out: CeeDee Lamb WR 93 · 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
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
Billyw0928
Cowboys · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run49% / 51% Points for / against37.1 — 16.8 Margin+20.4 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks Lead backJaydon Blue · 13.1/g Top targetCeeDee Lamb · 24% QB carries2.5 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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Cowboys receivers vs Panthers secondary 87 v 82 COWBOYS
Panthers receivers vs Cowboys secondary 81 v 85 COWBOYS
Cowboys line vs Panthers front 78 v 85 PANTHERS
Panthers line vs Cowboys front 82 v 86 COWBOYS
Cowboys backs vs Panthers run defence 88 v 83 COWBOYS
Panthers backs vs Cowboys run defence 80 v 84 COWBOYS
Cowboys passer vs Panthers secondary 90 v 82 COWBOYS
Panthers passer vs Cowboys secondary 84 v 85 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Bryce Young QB Panthers 294 pass yds
Dak Prescott QB Cowboys 170 pass yds
Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 138 rush yds
Chris Brazzell II WR Panthers 123 rec yds
Tetairoa McMillan WR Panthers 79 rec yds
CeeDee Lamb WR Cowboys 58 rec yds
Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 55 rec yds
Jaishawn Barham MIKE Cowboys 1 INTs
Caleb Downs SS Cowboys 1 INTs
Cobie Durant CB Cowboys 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
COWBOYS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Dak Prescott QB 8/1017020136158.3
PANTHERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bryce Young QB 21/352942335770.4
RECENT FORM
Cowboys
W 24–7 vs Commanders WK 18
W 31–23 vs Giants WK 17
W 41–16 vs Jaguars WK 16
Panthers
W 33–29 vs Falcons WK 18
W 15–10 vs Seahawks WK 17
L 17–38 vs Steelers WK 16
TEAM STATS
Cowboys Panthers
305 TOTAL YARDS 337
170 PASSING YARDS 294
135 RUSHING YARDS 43
1 SACKS ALLOWED 3
2.5 SACKS MADE 1
0 GIVEAWAYS 4
4 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 COWBOYS — 0 PANTHERS
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