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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 5 · FINAL
LIONS 14-3 · 30.0 PPG 22 – 17 CARDINALS 13-4 · 31.0 PPG
THE READ
Lions beat Cardinals, 22-17
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Lions +4.8 -3.7 +8.5 +4
Cardinals +10.3 +1.8 +8.5 +19
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 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 →
Jared Goff
Lions
16/22, 337 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Jacoby Brissett
Cardinals
12/28, 212 yards, 2 TD
Trey McBride
Cardinals
6 catches, 109 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Lions 337, Cardinals 212 Lions
On the ground Cardinals 105, Lions 0 Cardinals
Total yards Lions 337, Cardinals 317 Lions
Giveaways Cardinals 0, Lions 2 Cardinals
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 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
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
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 Jonathan — the men, not the teams
MurdaCW leads it 1-0. MurdaCW won the last one.
1 meeting avg 22.0 — 17.0 biggest: 5 pts to MurdaCW
S1 · week 5 MurdaCW 22 — 17 Jonathan 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 Cardinals secondary 87 v 81 LIONS
Cardinals receivers vs Lions secondary 81 v 87 LIONS
Lions line vs Cardinals front 81 v 82 EVEN
Cardinals line vs Lions front 84 v 85 EVEN
Lions backs vs Cardinals run defence 87 v 79 LIONS
Cardinals backs vs Lions run defence 85 v 83 EVEN
Lions passer vs Cardinals secondary 87 v 81 LIONS
Cardinals passer vs Lions secondary 73 v 87 LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
Jared Goff QB Lions 337 pass yds
Jacoby Brissett QB Cardinals 212 pass yds
Jameson Williams WR Lions 160 rec yds
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR Lions 117 rec yds
Trey McBride TE Cardinals 109 rec yds
Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 90 rush yds
Kitan Crawford SS Cardinals 1 INTs
Zah Frazier CB Cardinals 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jared Goff QB 16/2233722150107.1
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jacoby Brissett QB 12/282122013693.1
RECENT FORM
Lions
W 44–10 vs Panthers WK 4
W 28–23 vs Jets WK 3
W 45–21 vs Bills WK 2
Cardinals
W 31–17 vs Giants WK 4
W 57–55 vs 49ers WK 3
W 31–28 vs Seahawks WK 2
TEAM STATS
Lions Cardinals
337 TOTAL YARDS 317
337 PASSING YARDS 212
0 RUSHING YARDS 105
1 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 1
2 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 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
1 LIONS — 0 CARDINALS
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