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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 6 · FINAL
STEELERS 14-3 · 33.0 PPG 28 – 24 BUCCANEERS 4-13 · 24.0 PPG
THE READ
Steelers win the turnover battle and the game
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Steelers +10.7 -1.9 +12.6 +24
Buccaneers -8.6 -1.1 -7.5 -25
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 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#7 Eli Heidenreich HB · Steelers · 2.1% of the field
The whole board →
Baker Mayfield
Buccaneers
19/46, 290 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Emeka Egbuka
Buccaneers
7 catches, 122 yards
Eli Heidenreich
Steelers
14 carries, 92 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Buccaneers 290, Steelers 177 Buccaneers
Total yards Buccaneers 412, Steelers 315 Buccaneers
On the ground Steelers 138, Buccaneers 122 Steelers
Pressure Buccaneers 4 sacks, Steelers 2 Buccaneers
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 51% · Rush 49% · 33.1 scored, 20.5 allowed
9.3 yds/att 63.4% completions 6.3 yds/carry 373.7 yds/game 1.2 giveaways/game 5.7% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Germie Bernard WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 73 · Aggressive Balance 99 Ball security 66 Back usage 44% QB runs 2.8/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81 WR 84 TE 80 RB 84 OL 79 DL 86 LB 78 DB 86
Best: T.J. Watt LEDG 92 Fastest: DK Metcalf WR 94 SPD 9 at star dev or better
Out: Gennings Dunker LG 75 · 4wk · Broderick Jones LT 73 · 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
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
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
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 Bigytulips against Bigdaddyray — the men, not the teams
Bigytulips leads it 1-0. Bigytulips won the last one.
1 meeting avg 28.0 — 24.0 biggest: 4 pts to Bigytulips
S1 · week 6 Bigytulips 28 — 24 Bigdaddyray BIGYTULIPS
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
Steelers receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 84 v 84 EVEN
Buccaneers receivers vs Steelers secondary 82 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers line vs Buccaneers front 79 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers line vs Steelers front 82 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers backs vs Buccaneers run defence 84 v 82 EVEN
Buccaneers backs vs Steelers run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Steelers passer vs Buccaneers secondary 81 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers passer vs Steelers secondary 82 v 86 STEELERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 290 pass yds
Drew Allar QB Steelers 177 pass yds
Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 122 rec yds
Eli Heidenreich HB Steelers 92 rush yds
Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 77 rec yds
Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 70 rush yds
Jaylen Warren HB Steelers 52 rush yds
Alex Anzalone WILL Buccaneers 1.5 sacks
Daylen Everette CB Steelers 1 INTs
Joey Porter CB Steelers 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
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 18/311772042995.7
BUCCANEERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Baker Mayfield QB 19/462901223051.9
RECENT FORM
Steelers
L 43–45 vs Colts WK 5
W 19–13 vs Browns WK 4
W 49–28 vs Bengals WK 3
Buccaneers
L 27–45 vs Cowboys WK 5
W 41–33 vs Packers WK 4
W 33–28 vs Vikings WK 3
TEAM STATS
Steelers Buccaneers
315 TOTAL YARDS 412
177 PASSING YARDS 290
138 RUSHING YARDS 122
4 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 4
1 GIVEAWAYS 2
3 TAKEAWAYS 1

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 STEELERS — 0 BUCCANEERS
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