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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 3 · FINAL
CARDINALS 13-4 · 31.0 PPG 57 – 55 49ERS 5-12 · 32.0 PPG
THE READ
Cardinals edge 49ers by 2
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cardinals +10.3 +1.8 +8.5 +19
49ers -1.4 +2.5 -3.9 -8
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.
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 →
Brock Purdy
49ers
27/37, 548 yards, 8 TD, 1 INT
Jeremiyah Love
Cardinals
17 carries, 248 yards, 4 TD
Jacoby Brissett
Cardinals
10/17, 264 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air 49ers 548, Cardinals 264 49ers
On the ground Cardinals 247, 49ers 48 Cardinals
Total yards 49ers 596, Cardinals 511 49ers
Pressure 49ers 0 sacks, Cardinals 1.5 Cardinals
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 3 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 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
Yours Truly,
49ers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against26.4 — 35.0 Margin-8.6 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken3.9% of dropbacks Lead backChristian McCaffrey · 14.4/g Top targetDe'Zhaun Stribling · 28% QB carries2.9 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 Yours Truly, — the men, not the teams
Jonathan leads it 2-0. Jonathan has won 2 straight.
2 meetings avg 42.0 — 34.0 biggest: 14 pts to Jonathan
S1 · week 18 Jonathan 27 — 13 Yours Truly, JONATHAN
S1 · week 3 Jonathan 57 — 55 Yours Truly, JONATHAN
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 49ers secondary 81 v 78 CARDINALS
49ers receivers vs Cardinals secondary 82 v 81 EVEN
Cardinals line vs 49ers front 84 v 82 EVEN
49ers line vs Cardinals front 80 v 82 EVEN
Cardinals backs vs 49ers run defence 85 v 84 EVEN
49ers backs vs Cardinals run defence 86 v 79 49ERS
Cardinals passer vs 49ers secondary 73 v 78 49ERS
49ers passer vs Cardinals secondary 90 v 81 49ERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Brock Purdy QB 49ers 548 pass yds
Jacoby Brissett QB Cardinals 264 pass yds
Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 248 rush yds
Mike Evans WR 49ers 147 rec yds
Christian McCaffrey HB 49ers 111 rec yds
Ricky Pearsall WR 49ers 107 rec yds
De'Zhaun Stribling WR 49ers 98 rec yds
Trey McBride TE Cardinals 74 rec yds
George Kittle TE 49ers 74 rec yds
Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 62 rec yds
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jacoby Brissett QB 10/1726420074142.4
49ERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Brock Purdy QB 27/3754881178143.2
RECENT FORM
Cardinals
W 31–28 vs Seahawks WK 2
W 23–17 vs Chargers WK 1
49ers
W 23–13 vs Dolphins WK 2
L 28–45 vs Rams WK 1
TEAM STATS
Cardinals 49ers
511 TOTAL YARDS 596
264 PASSING YARDS 548
247 RUSHING YARDS 48
0 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1.5 SACKS MADE 0
0 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 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
2 CARDINALS — 0 49ERS
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