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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
BENGALS 7-10 · 29.0 PPG 27 – 15 TEXANS 2-15 · 19.0 PPG
THE READ
Bengals win the turnover battle and the game
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Bengals -4.0 +0.5 -4.5 -3
Texans -12.0 +2.0 -14.0 -17
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.
Bengals — in the hunt · 7-10 Playoff picture →
C.J. Stroud
Texans
23/44, 337 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT
Marlin Klein
Texans
14 catches, 169 yards, 1 TD
Chase Brown
Bengals
4 catches, 94 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Texans 337, Bengals 193 Texans
Total yards Texans 362, Bengals 251 Texans
On the ground Bengals 58, Texans 25 Bengals
Giveaways Texans 3, Bengals 1 Bengals
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 2 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
Balanced Pass 58% · Rush 42% · 29.0 scored, 33.5 allowed
9.8 yds/att 59.2% completions 6.2 yds/carry 317.1 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 7.1% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Ja'Marr Chase WR — 37% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 63 · Aggressive Balance 92 Ball security 42 Back usage 37% QB runs 1.8/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99 WR 88 TE 76 RB 79 OL 75 DL 86 LB 77 DB 81
Best: Joe Burrow QB 99 Fastest: Ja'Marr Chase WR 96 SPD 5 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
Trollstradamus - Texans
Texans · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away One back One target
Pass / run70% / 30% Points for / against19.8 — 39.8 Margin-20.0 Giveaways a game4.2 Sacks taken6.0% of dropbacks Lead backEmmett Johnson · 13.1/g Top targetRome Odunze · 42% QB carries0.6 a game
zach_13.
Bengals · his last 8 games
Balanced One back
Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against33.9 — 34.0 Margin-0.1 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken6.4% of dropbacks Lead backChase Brown · 14.5/g Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 35% QB carries2.1 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 zach_13. against Trollstradamus - Texans — the men, not the teams
zach_13. leads it 1-0. zach_13. won the last one.
1 meeting avg 27.0 — 15.0 biggest: 12 pts to zach_13.
S1 · week 2 zach_13. 27 — 15 Trollstradamus - Texans ZACH_13.
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
Bengals receivers vs Texans secondary 88 v 90 EVEN
Texans receivers vs Bengals secondary 86 v 81 TEXANS
Bengals line vs Texans front 75 v 87 TEXANS
Texans line vs Bengals front 79 v 86 BENGALS
Bengals backs vs Texans run defence 79 v 83 TEXANS
Texans backs vs Bengals run defence 70 v 83 BENGALS
Bengals passer vs Texans secondary 99 v 90 BENGALS
Texans passer vs Bengals secondary 83 v 81 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
C.J. Stroud QB Texans 337 pass yds
Joe Burrow QB Bengals 193 pass yds
Marlin Klein TE Texans 169 rec yds
Chase Brown HB Bengals 94 rec yds
Rome Odunze WR Texans 67 rec yds
Chase Brown HB Bengals 59 rush yds
Nico Collins WR Texans 55 rec yds
Calen Bullock FS Texans 1 INTs
Sonny Styles MIKE Bengals 1 INTs
DJ Turner II CB Bengals 2 INTs
🎬 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
BENGALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Joe Burrow QB 11/1719321277118
TEXANS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
C.J. Stroud QB 23/443371313356.7
RECENT FORM
Bengals
W 35–21 vs Buccaneers WK 1
Texans
W 42–28 vs Bills WK 1
TEAM STATS
Bengals Texans
251 TOTAL YARDS 362
193 PASSING YARDS 337
58 RUSHING YARDS 25
2 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 2
1 GIVEAWAYS 3
3 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 BENGALS — 0 TEXANS
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