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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
VIKINGS 2-15 · 17.0 PPG 28 – 33 BUCCANEERS 4-13 · 24.0 PPG
THE READ
61 points between Vikings and Buccaneers
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Vikings -18.6 -2.4 -16.2 -13
Buccaneers -8.6 -1.1 -7.5 -25
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.
Kyler Murray
Vikings
13/28, 296 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Justin Jefferson
Vikings
6 catches, 217 yards, 2 TD
Bucky Irving
Buccaneers
15 carries, 160 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Buccaneers 159, Vikings 16 Buccaneers
Total yards Buccaneers 411, Vikings 312 Buccaneers
Through the air Vikings 296, Buccaneers 252 Vikings
Pressure Buccaneers 3 sacks, Vikings 5 Vikings
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
Pass-heavy Pass 65% · Rush 35% · 17.9 scored, 34.1 allowed
6.9 yds/att 53.2% completions 4.6 yds/carry 242.4 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 9.4% sack rate last 5: 2-3
Primary weapon: Justin Jefferson WR — 39% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 33 · Turnover-prone Balance 85 Ball security 41 Back usage 27% QB runs 3.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.4% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 75 WR 88 TE 83 RB 78 OL 82 DL 81 LB 79 DB 81
Best: Justin Jefferson WR 97 Fastest: Demond Claiborne HB 93 SPD 3 at star dev or better
Out: Jalen Redmond DT 79 · 8wk
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
Bigdaddyray
Buccaneers · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away
Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against21.1 — 31.6 Margin-10.5 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken8.2% of dropbacks Lead backBucky Irving · 13.0/g Top targetEmeka Egbuka · 35% QB carries1.6 a game
Bosskoss21
Vikings · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away One back Takes sacks
Pass / run63% / 37% Points for / against22.9 — 29.8 Margin-6.9 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken9.7% of dropbacks Lead backJordan Mason · 12.4/g Top targetJustin Jefferson · 36% QB carries3.4 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 Bosskoss21 against Bigdaddyray — the men, not the teams
Bigdaddyray leads it 1-0. Bigdaddyray won the last one.
1 meeting avg 28.0 — 33.0 biggest: 5 pts to Bigdaddyray
S1 · week 3 Bosskoss21 28 — 33 Bigdaddyray BIGDADDYRAY
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
Vikings receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 88 v 84 VIKINGS
Buccaneers receivers vs Vikings secondary 82 v 81 EVEN
Vikings line vs Buccaneers front 82 v 84 EVEN
Buccaneers line vs Vikings front 82 v 81 EVEN
Vikings backs vs Buccaneers run defence 78 v 82 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers backs vs Vikings run defence 84 v 80 BUCCANEERS
Vikings passer vs Buccaneers secondary 75 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers passer vs Vikings secondary 82 v 81 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Kyler Murray QB Vikings 296 pass yds
Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 252 pass yds
Justin Jefferson WR Vikings 217 rec yds
Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 160 rush yds
Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 148 rec yds
Jalen Redmond DT Vikings 2 sacks
Ifeatu Melifonwu FS Vikings 1 INTs
Zyon McCollum CB Buccaneers 1 INTs
Antoine Winfield Jr FS Buccaneers 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
VIKINGS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Kyler Murray QB 13/282963236590.7
BUCCANEERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Baker Mayfield QB 15/232520154783.9
RECENT FORM
Vikings
L 7–28 vs Bears WK 2
L 20–38 vs Packers WK 1
Buccaneers
L 30–42 vs Browns WK 2
L 21–35 vs Bengals WK 1
TEAM STATS
Vikings Buccaneers
312 TOTAL YARDS 411
296 PASSING YARDS 252
16 RUSHING YARDS 159
3 SACKS ALLOWED 5
5 SACKS MADE 3
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 VIKINGS — 1 BUCCANEERS
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