Dolphins @ Vikings · Week 4

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

Dolphins run away with it, 49-17

A long afternoon for Vikings. Dolphins by 32. De'Von Achane ran it for Dolphins — 20 carries, 123 yards, 1 TD. T.J. Hockenson moved the ball for Vikings — 3 catches, 78 yards — in a losing effort. T.J. Hockenson's high-water mark for the year. On the ground: Dolphins 221, Vikings 16.

Riley Parker The chaos merchant

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Dolphins	+5.8	-0.8	+6.7	+11
Vikings	-18.6	-2.4	-16.2	-13

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.

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IN THE BOOTH

Drew Larkin The superfan

Minnesota came out looking like they had given up—16 rushing yards is not a number that happens by accident, that is a team that cannot move the football in any direction. Miami, meanwhile, scored 49 and looked like they could do it again if they wanted to.

Ethan Price The numbers guy · replying

Hockenson's 78 yards on 3 catches is the only thing Minnesota's passing game touched all afternoon—he was essentially their entire air assault, which tells you everything about how little the Vikings could create once they abandoned the run at 16 yards.

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.

De'Von Achane

Dolphins

20 carries, 123 yards, 1 TD

T.J. Hockenson

Vikings

3 catches, 78 yards

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ T.J. Hockenson has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Malik Willis has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ De'Von Achane has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

On the ground Dolphins 221, Vikings 16 Dolphins

Total yards Dolphins 373, Vikings 208 Dolphins

Through the air Vikings 192, Dolphins 152 Vikings

Giveaways Vikings 1, Dolphins 0 Dolphins

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 49% · Rush 51% · 26.9 scored, 20.3 allowed

7.2 yds/att 61.2% completions 5.9 yds/carry 345.0 yds/game 1.1 giveaways/game 5.8% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Caleb Douglas WR — 25% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 54 · Conservative Balance 99 Ball security 71 Back usage 37% QB runs 7.2/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 76 WR 78 TE 72 RB 84 OL 82 DL 80 LB 80 DB 76

Best: De'Von Achane HB 93 Fastest: De'Von Achane HB 96 SPD 1 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

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

Peckin

Dolphins · his last 8 games

Runs it Protects it Runs the quarterback

Pass / run52% / 48% Points for / against28.6 — 19.2 Margin+9.4 Giveaways a game0.5 Sacks taken7.6% of dropbacks Lead backDe'Von Achane · 14.8/g Top targetCaleb Douglas · 24% QB carries6.6 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 Peckin against Bosskoss21 — the men, not the teams

Peckin leads it 1-0. Peckin won the last one.

1 meeting avg 49.0 — 17.0 biggest: 32 pts to Peckin

S1 · week 4 Peckin 49 — 17 Bosskoss21 PECKIN

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

Dolphins receivers vs Vikings secondary 78 v 81 VIKINGS

Vikings receivers vs Dolphins secondary 88 v 76 VIKINGS

Dolphins line vs Vikings front 82 v 81 EVEN

Vikings line vs Dolphins front 82 v 80 EVEN

Dolphins backs vs Vikings run defence 84 v 80 DOLPHINS

Vikings backs vs Dolphins run defence 78 v 80 EVEN

Dolphins passer vs Vikings secondary 76 v 81 VIKINGS

Vikings passer vs Dolphins secondary 75 v 76 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Kyler Murray QB Vikings 192 pass yds

Malik Willis QB Dolphins 152 pass yds

De'Von Achane HB Dolphins 123 rush yds

T.J. Hockenson TE Vikings 78 rec yds

Malik Willis QB Dolphins 71 rush yds

Justin Jefferson WR Vikings 66 rec yds

Darrell Baker Jr CB Dolphins 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Malik Willis QB	19/23	152	2	0	1	19	123.1

VIKINGS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Kyler Murray QB	8/16	192	1	1	2	55	88.5

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
De'Von Achane HB	20	123	6.2	1	0	31	15
Malik Willis QB	6	71	11.8	3	0	5	26
Jaylen Wright HB	2	15	7.5	1	0	1	11
Ollie Gordon II HB	3	12	4	0	0	5	11
Tutu Atwell WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Greg Dulcich TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chris Bell WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

VIKINGS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Demond Claiborne HB	6	20	3.3	0	0	9	8	0
Justin Jefferson WR	1	-4	-4	0	0	0	0	0

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
De'Von Achane HB	6	43	7.2	1	21	0	15
Greg Dulcich TE	3	37	12.3	0	25	1	19
Tutu Atwell WR	4	34	8.5	1	14	0	10
Chris Bell WR	3	24	8	0	22	0	13
Caleb Douglas WR	1	8	8	0	5	0	8
Jalen Tolbert WR	2	6	3	0	7	0	8

VIKINGS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	LNG
T.J. Hockenson TE	3	78	26	58	43
Justin Jefferson WR	3	66	22	16	55
Jordan Addison WR	1	3	3	7	3

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Jacob Rodriguez MIKE	3	0	0	0
Jordyn Brooks MIKE	2	0.5	0	0
Michael Taaffe FS	2	0	0	0
Lonnie Johnson Jr FS	2	0	0	0
JuJu Brents CB	2	0	0	0
Chop Robinson LEDG	1	1	0	0
Trey Moore REDG	1	0	0	0
Major Burns SS	1	0	0	0
Chris Johnson CB	1	0	0	1
Willie Gay Jr SAM	1	0	0	0
Darrell Baker Jr CB	1	0	1	0
Max Llewellyn LEDG	0	0.5	0	0
Alex Austin CB	0	0	0	1

VIKINGS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Isaiah Rodgers Sr CB	4	0	1
Josh Metellus SS	3	0	0
Jake Golday MIKE	3	0	0
James Pierre CB	3	0	0
Ifeatu Melifonwu FS	3	1	0
Blake Cashman MIKE	3	0	0
Byron Murphy Jr CB	2	0	0
Caleb Banks DT	2	0	0
Jay Ward FS	1	0	0

DOLPHINS

nothing recorded

VIKINGS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Will Reichard K	1/1	2/2	31

RECENT FORM

Dolphins

L 18–38 vs Chiefs WK 3

L 13–23 vs 49ers WK 2

W 29–10 vs Raiders WK 1

Vikings

L 28–33 vs Buccaneers WK 3

L 7–28 vs Bears WK 2

L 20–38 vs Packers WK 1

TEAM STATS

Dolphins		Vikings
373	TOTAL YARDS	208
152	PASSING YARDS	192
221	RUSHING YARDS	16
1	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	1
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

1 DOLPHINS — 0 VIKINGS

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