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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
BENGALS 7-10 · 29.0 PPG 28 – 49 STEELERS 14-3 · 33.0 PPG
THE READ
Steelers run away with it, 49-28
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Bengals -4.0 +0.5 -4.5 -3
Steelers +10.7 -1.9 +12.6 +24
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.
Steelers — AFC #2 · division · 14-3 Bengals — in the hunt · 7-10 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#7 Eli Heidenreich HB · Steelers · 2.1% of the field
The whole board →
Drew Allar
Steelers
15/23, 342 yards, 5 TD
Joe Burrow
Bengals
13/24, 261 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
Germie Bernard
Steelers
4 catches, 108 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Steelers 455, Bengals 366 Steelers
Through the air Steelers 342, Bengals 261 Steelers
On the ground Steelers 113, Bengals 105 Steelers
Giveaways Steelers 0, Bengals 5 Steelers
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 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
Bigytulips
Steelers · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run48% / 52% Points for / against34.4 — 16.9 Margin+17.5 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken4.5% of dropbacks Lead backEli Heidenreich · 15.2/g Top targetGermie Bernard · 37% QB carries2.9 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 Bigytulips — the men, not the teams
Bigytulips leads it 2-0. Bigytulips has won 2 straight.
2 meetings avg 23.0 — 39.5 biggest: 21 pts to Bigytulips
S1 · week 10 zach_13. 18 — 30 Bigytulips BIGYTULIPS
S1 · week 3 zach_13. 28 — 49 Bigytulips BIGYTULIPS
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 Steelers secondary 88 v 86 EVEN
Steelers receivers vs Bengals secondary 84 v 81 STEELERS
Bengals line vs Steelers front 75 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers line vs Bengals front 79 v 86 BENGALS
Bengals backs vs Steelers run defence 79 v 83 STEELERS
Steelers backs vs Bengals run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Bengals passer vs Steelers secondary 99 v 86 BENGALS
Steelers passer vs Bengals secondary 81 v 81 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Drew Allar QB Steelers 342 pass yds
Joe Burrow QB Bengals 261 pass yds
Germie Bernard WR Steelers 108 rec yds
Chase Brown HB Bengals 96 rush yds
Ja'Marr Chase WR Bengals 95 rec yds
Darnell Washington TE Steelers 82 rec yds
Eli Heidenreich HB Steelers 77 rush yds
DK Metcalf WR Steelers 66 rec yds
Rico Dowdle HB Steelers 58 rec yds
Daylen Everette CB Steelers 2 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BENGALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Joe Burrow QB 13/242613345792.5
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 15/2334250063148
RECENT FORM
Bengals
W 27–15 vs Texans WK 2
W 35–21 vs Buccaneers WK 1
Steelers
L 17–24 vs Patriots WK 2
W 20–19 vs Falcons WK 1
TEAM STATS
Bengals Steelers
366 TOTAL YARDS 455
261 PASSING YARDS 342
105 RUSHING YARDS 113
4 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 2
5 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 TAKEAWAYS 3

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 BENGALS — 2 STEELERS
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