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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
VIKINGS 2-15 · 17.0 PPG 7 – 29 SAINTS 8-9 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
Saints run away with it, 29-7
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Vikings -18.6 -2.4 -16.2 -13
Saints -5.2 -1.1 -4.1 +11
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.
Saints — in the hunt · 8-9 Playoff picture →
Dallas Turner
Vikings
2.5 sacks
Oscar Delp
Saints
6 catches, 117 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Saints 279, Vikings 174 Saints
Total yards Saints 298, Vikings 231 Saints
On the ground Vikings 57, Saints 19 Vikings
Giveaways Saints 0, Vikings 4 Saints
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 5 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
Pass-heavy Pass 65% · Rush 35% · 17.9 scored, 34.1 allowed
6.9 yds/att 53.2% completions 4.6 yds/carry 242.4 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 9.4% sack rate last 5: 2-3
Primary weapon: Justin Jefferson WR — 39% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 33 · Turnover-prone Balance 85 Ball security 41 Back usage 27% QB runs 3.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.4% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 75 WR 88 TE 83 RB 78 OL 82 DL 81 LB 79 DB 81
Best: Justin Jefferson WR 97 Fastest: Demond Claiborne HB 93 SPD 3 at star dev or better
Out: Jalen Redmond DT 79 · 8wk
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
AL-Saints
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it Runs the quarterback Takes sacks
Pass / run82% / 18% Points for / against32.2 — 29.0 Margin+3.2 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken11.9% of dropbacks Lead backAlvin Kamara · 0.5/g Top targetChris Olave · 35% QB carries4.8 a game
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
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 Bosskoss21 against AL-Saints — the men, not the teams
AL-Saints leads it 1-0. AL-Saints won the last one.
1 meeting avg 7.0 — 29.0 biggest: 22 pts to AL-Saints
S1 · week 5 Bosskoss21 7 — 29 AL-Saints AL-SAINTS
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
Vikings receivers vs Saints secondary 88 v 80 VIKINGS
Saints receivers vs Vikings secondary 81 v 81 EVEN
Vikings line vs Saints front 82 v 79 VIKINGS
Saints line vs Vikings front 81 v 81 EVEN
Vikings backs vs Saints run defence 78 v 79 EVEN
Saints backs vs Vikings run defence 75 v 80 VIKINGS
Vikings passer vs Saints secondary 75 v 80 SAINTS
Saints passer vs Vikings secondary 81 v 81 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Kyler Murray QB Vikings 174 pass yds
Tyler Shough QB Saints 161 pass yds
Oscar Delp TE Saints 117 rec yds
Chris Olave WR Saints 71 rec yds
Chase Young LEDG Saints 1.5 sacks
Dallas Turner LEDG Vikings 2.5 sacks
Caleb Banks DT Vikings 1.5 sacks
Martin Emerson Jr CB Saints 1 INTs
Beanie Bishop Jr CB Saints 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
VIKINGS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Kyler Murray QB 11/211740224140.6
SAINTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Tyler Shough QB 10/1516110335124.5
Zach Wilson QB 6/911810145146.7
RECENT FORM
Vikings
L 17–49 vs Dolphins WK 4
L 28–33 vs Buccaneers WK 3
L 7–28 vs Bears WK 2
Saints
L 19–20 vs Falcons WK 4
L 39–56 vs Raiders WK 3
L 25–42 vs Ravens WK 2
TEAM STATS
Vikings Saints
231 TOTAL YARDS 298
174 PASSING YARDS 279
57 RUSHING YARDS 19
2 SACKS ALLOWED 4
4.5 SACKS MADE 2.5
4 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 TAKEAWAYS 4

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 VIKINGS — 1 SAINTS
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