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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 2 · FINAL
STEELERS 14-3 · 33.0 PPG 17 – 24 PATRIOTS 9-8 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
Patriots beat Steelers, 24-17
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Steelers +10.7 -1.9 +12.6 +24
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.
Steelers — AFC #2 · division · 14-3 Patriots — in the hunt · 9-8 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#7 Eli Heidenreich HB · Steelers · 2.1% of the field
The whole board →
Drake Maye
Patriots
12/24, 203 yards, 3 TD
Eli Heidenreich
Steelers
16 carries, 99 yards, 1 TD
A.J. Brown
Patriots
3 catches, 97 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Patriots 203, Steelers 170 Patriots
Total yards Patriots 343, Steelers 325 Patriots
On the ground Steelers 155, Patriots 140 Steelers
Pressure Patriots 0 sacks, Steelers 2 Steelers
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% · 33.1 scored, 20.5 allowed
9.3 yds/att 63.4% completions 6.3 yds/carry 373.7 yds/game 1.2 giveaways/game 5.7% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Germie Bernard WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 73 · Aggressive Balance 99 Ball security 66 Back usage 44% QB runs 2.8/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81 WR 84 TE 80 RB 84 OL 79 DL 86 LB 78 DB 86
Best: T.J. Watt LEDG 92 Fastest: DK Metcalf WR 94 SPD 9 at star dev or better
Out: Gennings Dunker LG 75 · 4wk · Broderick Jones LT 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
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
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
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 Bigytulips against Connor — the men, not the teams
Connor leads it 1-0. Connor won the last one.
1 meeting avg 17.0 — 24.0 biggest: 7 pts to Connor
S1 · week 2 Bigytulips 17 — 24 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
Steelers receivers vs Patriots secondary 84 v 88 PATRIOTS
Patriots receivers vs Steelers secondary 88 v 86 EVEN
Steelers line vs Patriots front 79 v 82 PATRIOTS
Patriots line vs Steelers front 79 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers backs vs Patriots run defence 84 v 81 STEELERS
Patriots backs vs Steelers run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Steelers passer vs Patriots secondary 81 v 88 PATRIOTS
Patriots passer vs Steelers secondary 96 v 86 PATRIOTS
TOP PERFORMERS
Drake Maye QB Patriots 203 pass yds
Drew Allar QB Steelers 170 pass yds
TreVeyon Henderson HB Patriots 103 rush yds
Eli Heidenreich HB Steelers 99 rush yds
A.J. Brown WR Patriots 97 rec yds
Darnell Washington TE Steelers 75 rec yds
🎬 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
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 20/331700003174
PATRIOTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drake Maye QB 12/2420330370118.5
RECENT FORM
Steelers
W 20–19 vs Falcons WK 1
Patriots
L 13–30 vs Seahawks WK 1
TEAM STATS
Steelers Patriots
325 TOTAL YARDS 343
170 PASSING YARDS 203
155 RUSHING YARDS 140
0 SACKS ALLOWED 3
2 SACKS MADE 0
2 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 TAKEAWAYS 2

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 STEELERS — 1 PATRIOTS
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