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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
RAIDERS 12-5 · 37.0 PPG 32 – 28 STEELERS 14-3 · 33.0 PPG
THE READ
60 points between Raiders and Steelers
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Raiders +12.2 +1.1 +11.0 +19
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 Raiders — AFC #7 · 12-5 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#7 Eli Heidenreich HB · Steelers · 2.1% 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 →
Eli Heidenreich
Steelers
23 carries, 240 yards, 4 TD
Bo Nix
Raiders
15/20, 283 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Brock Bowers
Raiders
6 catches, 127 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Steelers 265, Raiders 57 Steelers
Through the air Raiders 283, Steelers 126 Raiders
Total yards Steelers 391, Raiders 340 Steelers
Giveaways Steelers 1, Raiders 1 Raiders
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 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
Primary weapon: Brock Bowers TE — 38% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
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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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
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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Raiders receivers vs Steelers secondary 80 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers receivers vs Raiders secondary 84 v 82 EVEN
Raiders line vs Steelers front 82 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers line vs Raiders front 79 v 84 RAIDERS
Raiders backs vs Steelers run defence 75 v 83 STEELERS
Steelers backs vs Raiders run defence 84 v 82 EVEN
Raiders passer vs Steelers secondary 89 v 86 RAIDERS
Steelers passer vs Raiders secondary 81 v 82 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Bo Nix QB Raiders 283 pass yds
Eli Heidenreich HB Steelers 240 rush yds
Brock Bowers TE Raiders 127 rec yds
Drew Allar QB Steelers 126 pass yds
Troy Franklin WR Raiders 73 rec yds
Dont'e Thornton Jr WR Raiders 59 rec yds
Nakobe Dean MIKE Raiders 1 INTs
Asante Samuel Jr CB Steelers 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
RAIDERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bo Nix QB 15/2028321051129.1
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 13/191260102064.8
RECENT FORM
Raiders
L 22–25 vs Chiefs WK 18
L 21–28 vs Cardinals WK 17
W 45–14 vs Titans WK 16
Steelers
W 38–21 vs Ravens WK 18
W 55–14 vs Titans WK 17
W 38–17 vs Panthers WK 16
TEAM STATS
Raiders Steelers
340 TOTAL YARDS 391
283 PASSING YARDS 126
57 RUSHING YARDS 265
0 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 0
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 — 0 STEELERS
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