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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
BUCCANEERS 4-13 · 24.0 PPG 27 – 45 COWBOYS 14-3 · 37.0 PPG
THE READ
72 points between Buccaneers and Cowboys
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Buccaneers -8.6 -1.1 -7.5 -25
Cowboys +15.6 +0.0 +15.6 +34
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.
Cowboys — NFC #5 · 14-3 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#1 Jaydon Blue HB · Cowboys · 17.0% of the field
The whole board →
Baker Mayfield
Buccaneers
18/38, 349 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
Jaydon Blue
Cowboys
16 carries, 123 yards, 4 TD
Dak Prescott
Cowboys
14/21, 200 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Buccaneers 349, Cowboys 200 Buccaneers
On the ground Cowboys 125, Buccaneers 37 Cowboys
Total yards Buccaneers 386, Cowboys 325 Buccaneers
Giveaways Cowboys 1, Buccaneers 6 Cowboys
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% · 24.8 scored, 32.2 allowed
8.2 yds/att 54.6% completions 5.0 yds/carry 375.8 yds/game 2.5 giveaways/game 6.3% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Ted Hurst III WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive Balance 85 Ball security 29 Back usage 32% QB runs 1.6/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.5 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 82 WR 82 TE 76 RB 84 OL 82 DL 84 LB 78 DB 84
Best: Tristan Wirfs LT 95 Fastest: Ted Hurst III WR 92 SPD 9 at star dev or better
Out: Demonte Capehart DT 72 · 6wk · JJ Roberts SS 65 · 4wk
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
Billyw0928
Cowboys · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run49% / 51% Points for / against37.1 — 16.8 Margin+20.4 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks Lead backJaydon Blue · 13.1/g Top targetCeeDee Lamb · 24% QB carries2.5 a game
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
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 Bigdaddyray against Billyw0928 — the men, not the teams
Billyw0928 leads it 1-0. Billyw0928 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 27.0 — 45.0 biggest: 18 pts to Billyw0928
S1 · week 5 Bigdaddyray 27 — 45 Billyw0928 BILLYW0928
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
Buccaneers receivers vs Cowboys secondary 82 v 85 COWBOYS
Cowboys receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 87 v 84 COWBOYS
Buccaneers line vs Cowboys front 82 v 86 COWBOYS
Cowboys line vs Buccaneers front 78 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers backs vs Cowboys run defence 84 v 84 EVEN
Cowboys backs vs Buccaneers run defence 88 v 82 COWBOYS
Buccaneers passer vs Cowboys secondary 82 v 85 COWBOYS
Cowboys passer vs Buccaneers secondary 90 v 84 COWBOYS
TOP PERFORMERS
Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 349 pass yds
Dak Prescott QB Cowboys 200 pass yds
Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 123 rush yds
Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 121 rec yds
Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 78 rec yds
Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 77 rec yds
Jake Ferguson TE Cowboys 67 rec yds
Jaishawn Barham MIKE Cowboys 2 INTs
Yaya Diaby REDG Buccaneers 1 INTs
Cobie Durant CB Cowboys 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
BUCCANEERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Baker Mayfield QB 18/383492326264.4
COWBOYS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Dak Prescott QB 14/2120021035109.2
RECENT FORM
Buccaneers
W 41–33 vs Packers WK 4
W 33–28 vs Vikings WK 3
L 30–42 vs Browns WK 2
Cowboys
W 44–26 vs Texans WK 4
L 38–48 vs Ravens WK 3
W 52–3 vs Commanders WK 2
TEAM STATS
Buccaneers Cowboys
386 TOTAL YARDS 325
349 PASSING YARDS 200
37 RUSHING YARDS 125
2 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 2
6 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 TAKEAWAYS 6

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 BUCCANEERS — 1 COWBOYS
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