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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 4 · FINAL
LIONS 14-3 · 30.0 PPG 44 – 10 PANTHERS 9-8 · 25.0 PPG
THE READ
Lions run away with it, 44-10

Lions 44, Panthers 10, and it was not that close. Jared Goff was steady for Lions — 9/9, 265 yards, 3 TD. Bryce Young was steady for Panthers — 13/33, 212 yards, 1 TD, 4 INT — in a losing effort. Chris Brazzell II has not had a better afternoon this season. Total yards: Lions 324, Panthers 252.

Talia Morgan Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Lions +4.8 -3.7 +8.5 +4
Panthers -5.4 -2.9 -2.5 -2
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 Panthers — NFC #4 · division · 9-8 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Nicole Santos Beat reporter
Detroit made this a 34-point rout by doing exactly what it wanted. Jared Goff was perfect on 9 throws for 265 yards and 3 touchdowns, but the real story was Carolina's collapse: Bryce Young threw 4 interceptions and the Panthers managed only 40 rushing yards, which is not a formula for competing with anyone.
Drew Larkin The superfan · replying
This isn't a break from the season — this is what happens when Carolina comes unprepared to face a real team. A 9-8 wild card that's been hanging on by a thread just got exposed by a 14-3 division winner that knew exactly what it wanted to do, and the Panthers' 4 turnovers looked less like bad luck and more like they had no idea what was coming.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.
Jared Goff
Lions
9/9, 265 yards, 3 TD
Bryce Young
Panthers
13/33, 212 yards, 1 TD, 4 INT
Amon-Ra St. Brown
Lions
2 catches, 122 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Lions 324, Panthers 252 Lions
Through the air Lions 265, Panthers 212 Lions
On the ground Lions 59, Panthers 40 Lions
Giveaways Panthers 4, Lions 0 Lions
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 4 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 56% · Rush 44% · 30.9 scored, 22.5 allowed
10.4 yds/att 67.5% completions 4.4 yds/carry 287.7 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 6.9% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Jameson Williams WR — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 72 · Aggressive Balance 94 Ball security 63 Back usage 40% QB runs 1.3/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87 WR 87 TE 89 RB 87 OL 81 DL 85 LB 79 DB 87
Best: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 99 Fastest: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 98 SPD 9 at star dev or better
Out: Aidan Hutchinson LEDG 94 · 5wk
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
Casp
Panthers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against25.9 — 30.1 Margin-4.2 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken8.6% of dropbacks Lead backTrevor Etienne · 9.9/g Top targetXavier Legette · 21% QB carries3.1 a game
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
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 MurdaCW against Casp — the men, not the teams
MurdaCW leads it 1-0. MurdaCW won the last one.
1 meeting avg 44.0 — 10.0 biggest: 34 pts to MurdaCW
S1 · week 4 MurdaCW 44 — 10 Casp 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
Lions receivers vs Panthers secondary 87 v 82 LIONS
Panthers receivers vs Lions secondary 81 v 87 LIONS
Lions line vs Panthers front 81 v 85 PANTHERS
Panthers line vs Lions front 82 v 85 LIONS
Lions backs vs Panthers run defence 87 v 83 LIONS
Panthers backs vs Lions run defence 80 v 83 LIONS
Lions passer vs Panthers secondary 87 v 82 LIONS
Panthers passer vs Lions secondary 84 v 87 LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
Jared Goff QB Lions 265 pass yds
Bryce Young QB Panthers 212 pass yds
Chris Brazzell II WR Panthers 142 rec yds
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR Lions 122 rec yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 111 rec yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 57 rush yds
Stephen Griffin FS Lions 2 INTs
D.J. Reed CB Lions 1 INTs
Ephesians Prysock CB Lions 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jared Goff QB 9/926530385158.3
PANTHERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bryce Young QB 13/332121437232.1
RECENT FORM
Lions
W 28–23 vs Jets WK 3
W 45–21 vs Bills WK 2
W 35–28 vs Saints WK 1
Panthers
L 20–26 vs Browns WK 3
W 30–20 vs Falcons WK 2
W 38–17 vs Bears WK 1
TEAM STATS
Lions Panthers
324 TOTAL YARDS 252
265 PASSING YARDS 212
59 RUSHING YARDS 40
3 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 3
0 GIVEAWAYS 4
4 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
1 LIONS — 0 PANTHERS
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