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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
COLTS 12-5 · 38.0 PPG 45 – 43 STEELERS 14-3 · 33.0 PPG
THE READ
Colts win the turnover battle and the game
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Colts +8.1 -0.3 +8.4 +5
Steelers +10.7 -1.9 +12.6 +24
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.
Steelers — AFC #2 · division · 14-3 Colts — AFC #6 · 12-5 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#7 Eli Heidenreich HB · Steelers · 2.1% of the field
#10 Anthony Richardson Sr QB · Colts · 1.7% of the field
The whole board →
Drew Allar
Steelers
19/30, 331 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Anthony Richardson Sr
Colts
16/22, 312 yards, 4 TD
Germie Bernard
Steelers
5 catches, 188 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Steelers 505, Colts 376 Steelers
On the ground Steelers 174, Colts 64 Steelers
Through the air Steelers 331, Colts 312 Steelers
Pressure Steelers 3 sacks, Colts 0 Steelers
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 57% · Rush 43% · 38.1 scored, 29.7 allowed
9.6 yds/att 58.8% completions 7.6 yds/carry 424.8 yds/game 1.8 giveaways/game 8.7% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: Alec Pierce WR — 32% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 64 · Aggressive Balance 93 Ball security 50 Back usage 30% QB runs 6.3/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.7% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 82 WR 81 TE 87 RB 84 OL 81 DL 80 LB 74 DB 87
Best: Jonathan Taylor HB 95 Fastest: Deion Burks WR 95 SPD 5 at star dev or better
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
Bigytulips
Steelers · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run48% / 52% Points for / against34.4 — 16.9 Margin+17.5 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken4.5% of dropbacks Lead backEli Heidenreich · 15.2/g Top targetGermie Bernard · 37% QB carries2.9 a game
Ukulelelink
Colts · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against39.2 — 28.5 Margin+10.8 Giveaways a game1.4 Sacks taken7.5% of dropbacks Lead backJonathan Taylor · 14.4/g Top targetAlec Pierce · 34% QB carries4.6 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 Ukulelelink against Bigytulips — the men, not the teams
Ukulelelink leads it 1-0. Ukulelelink won the last one.
1 meeting avg 45.0 — 43.0 biggest: 2 pts to Ukulelelink
S1 · week 5 Ukulelelink 45 — 43 Bigytulips UKULELELINK
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
Colts receivers vs Steelers secondary 81 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers receivers vs Colts secondary 84 v 87 COLTS
Colts line vs Steelers front 81 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers line vs Colts front 79 v 80 EVEN
Colts backs vs Steelers run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Steelers backs vs Colts run defence 84 v 77 STEELERS
Colts passer vs Steelers secondary 82 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers passer vs Colts secondary 81 v 87 COLTS
TOP PERFORMERS
Drew Allar QB Steelers 331 pass yds
Anthony Richardson Sr QB Colts 312 pass yds
Germie Bernard WR Steelers 188 rec yds
Eli Heidenreich HB Steelers 159 rush yds
Tyler Warren TE Colts 158 rec yds
Jaylen Warren HB Steelers 73 rec yds
Alec Pierce WR Colts 70 rec yds
Deion Burks WR Colts 52 rec yds
JT Tuimoloau REDG Colts 1 INTs
Bryce Boettcher MIKE Colts 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
COLTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Anthony Richardson Sr QB 16/2231240366154.3
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 19/3033142076112.6
RECENT FORM
Colts
W 56–41 vs Commanders WK 4
W 23–20 vs Texans WK 3
L 17–48 vs Chiefs WK 2
Steelers
W 19–13 vs Browns WK 4
W 49–28 vs Bengals WK 3
L 17–24 vs Patriots WK 2
TEAM STATS
Colts Steelers
376 TOTAL YARDS 505
312 PASSING YARDS 331
64 RUSHING YARDS 174
3 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 3
0 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 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 COLTS — 0 STEELERS
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