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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
THE READ
Ravens beat Cardinals, 31-26
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Ravens +8.6 -0.6 +9.2 +14
Cardinals +10.3 +1.8 +8.5 +19
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.
Ravens — AFC #5 · 13-4 Cardinals — NFC #3 · division · 13-4 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#2 Jeremiyah Love HB · Cardinals · 6.6% of the field
#12 Lamar Jackson QB · Ravens · 0.7% of the field
The whole board →
Jeremiyah Love
Cardinals
18 carries, 155 yards, 1 TD
Roy Lopez
Cardinals
2 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Cardinals 180, Ravens 24 Cardinals
Total yards Cardinals 343, Ravens 210 Cardinals
Through the air Ravens 186, Cardinals 163 Ravens
Pressure Cardinals 2 sacks, Ravens 0 Cardinals
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 23 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
Pass-heavy Pass 77% · Rush 23% · 35.6 scored, 26.5 allowed
11.2 yds/att 67.7% completions 6.0 yds/carry 259.9 yds/game 1.4 giveaways/game 10.2% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Elijah Sarratt WR — 30% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 69 · Aggressive Balance 66 Ball security 60 Back usage 5% QB runs 4.5/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 10.2% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 95 WR 85 TE 89 RB 78 OL 80 DL 85 LB 83 DB 87
Best: Lamar Jackson QB 95 Fastest: Lamar Jackson QB 95 SPD 7 at star dev or better
Out: Jonah Williams C 74 · 3wk
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
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
Dab- War Fn Eagle
Ravens · his last 8 games
Throws it Runs the quarterback Takes sacks
Pass / run78% / 22% Points for / against37.8 — 24.4 Margin+13.4 Giveaways a game1.4 Sacks taken9.1% of dropbacks Lead backAdam Randall · 1.0/g Top targetJa'Kobi Lane · 31% QB carries4.2 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
Ravens receivers vs Cardinals secondary 85 v 81 RAVENS
Cardinals receivers vs Ravens secondary 81 v 87 RAVENS
Ravens line vs Cardinals front 80 v 82 EVEN
Cardinals line vs Ravens front 84 v 85 EVEN
Ravens backs vs Cardinals run defence 78 v 79 EVEN
Cardinals backs vs Ravens run defence 85 v 85 EVEN
Ravens passer vs Cardinals secondary 95 v 81 RAVENS
Cardinals passer vs Ravens secondary 73 v 87 RAVENS
TOP PERFORMERS
Lamar Jackson QB Ravens 186 pass yds
Justin Fields QB Cardinals 163 pass yds
Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 155 rush yds
Zay Flowers WR Ravens 54 rec yds
Ja'Kobi Lane WR Ravens 50 rec yds
Roy Lopez DT Cardinals 2 sacks
K'Von Wallace SS Ravens 1 INTs
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS Cardinals 1 INTs
Will Johnson CB Cardinals 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post
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BOX SCORE
RAVENS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Lamar Jackson QB 13/181860123982.1
Tyler Huntley QB 0/1001000
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Justin Fields QB 12/191631102486
RECENT FORM
Ravens
W 33–18 vs Raiders WK 21
W 38–21 vs Dolphins WK 20
W 38–30 vs Titans WK 19
Cardinals
W 42–20 vs Eagles WK 21
W 45–20 vs Lions WK 20
W 27–19 vs Packers WK 19
TEAM STATS
Ravens Cardinals
210 TOTAL YARDS 343
186 PASSING YARDS 163
24 RUSHING YARDS 180
2 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 2
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 RAVENS — 0 CARDINALS
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