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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
DIVISIONAL · FINAL
CARDINALS 13-4 · 31.0 PPG 45 – 20 LIONS 14-3 · 30.0 PPG
THE READ
Cardinals run away with it, 45-20
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cardinals +10.3 +1.8 +8.5 +19
Lions +4.8 -3.7 +8.5 +4
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.
Lions — NFC #2 · division · 14-3 Cardinals — NFC #3 · division · 13-4 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#2 Jeremiyah Love HB · Cardinals · 6.6% of the field
The whole board →
Jared Goff
Lions
17/27, 232 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Jeremiyah Love
Cardinals
14 carries, 154 yards, 2 TD
Jameson Williams
Lions
5 catches, 95 yards, 2 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Cardinals 178, Lions 56 Cardinals
Through the air Lions 232, Cardinals 125 Lions
Total yards Cardinals 303, Lions 288 Cardinals
Pressure Lions 0 sacks, Cardinals 3 Cardinals
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 50% · Rush 50% · 31.4 scored, 22.9 allowed
9.0 yds/att 60.1% completions 7.3 yds/carry 354.1 yds/game 0.9 giveaways/game 6.3% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Trey McBride TE — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 70 · Efficient Balance 100 Ball security 76 Back usage 42% QB runs 3.2/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 73 WR 81 TE 99 RB 85 OL 84 DL 82 LB 76 DB 81
Best: Trey McBride TE 99 Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 SPD 7 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
MurdaCW
Lions · his last 8 games
Runs it One back Takes sacks
Pass / run50% / 50% Points for / against33.0 — 26.8 Margin+6.2 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken9.0% of dropbacks Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 13.2/g Top targetJameson Williams · 28% QB carries0.4 a game
Jonathan
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run54% / 46% Points for / against28.8 — 21.6 Margin+7.1 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken8.5% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 14.6/g Top targetTrey McBride · 30% QB carries4.4 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 Jonathan against MurdaCW — the men, not the teams
MurdaCW leads it 1-0. MurdaCW won the last one.
1 meeting avg 17.0 — 22.0 biggest: 5 pts to MurdaCW
S1 · week 5 Jonathan 17 — 22 MurdaCW MURDACW
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
Cardinals receivers vs Lions secondary 81 v 87 LIONS
Lions receivers vs Cardinals secondary 87 v 81 LIONS
Cardinals line vs Lions front 84 v 85 EVEN
Lions line vs Cardinals front 81 v 82 EVEN
Cardinals backs vs Lions run defence 85 v 83 EVEN
Lions backs vs Cardinals run defence 87 v 79 LIONS
Cardinals passer vs Lions secondary 73 v 87 LIONS
Lions passer vs Cardinals secondary 87 v 81 LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
Jared Goff QB Lions 232 pass yds
Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 154 rush yds
Justin Fields QB Cardinals 125 pass yds
Jameson Williams WR Lions 95 rec yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 56 rush yds
Roy Lopez DT Cardinals 2 sacks
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS Cardinals 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
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Justin Fields QB 9/1212510024135.7
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jared Goff QB 17/272322232684.1
RECENT FORM
Cardinals
W 27–19 vs Packers WK 19
W 27–13 vs 49ers WK 18
W 28–21 vs Raiders WK 17
Lions
W 10–7 vs Giants WK 19
W 34–31 vs Packers WK 18
W 37–34 vs Bears WK 17
TEAM STATS
Cardinals Lions
303 TOTAL YARDS 288
125 PASSING YARDS 232
178 RUSHING YARDS 56
0 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 0
0 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 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 CARDINALS — 1 LIONS
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