Packers @ Lions · Week 7 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 7 · FINAL

THE READ

Packers run away with it, 30-0

The Packers shut out Detroit 30-0, a result that reads worse than the underlying numbers suggest but still represents a complete breakdown for the Lions. Jordan Love completed 18 of 25 passes for 220 yards and 2 touchdowns with 1 interception, while Matthew Golden caught 8 passes for 89 yards and 2 scores in his best afternoon of the season. Detroit managed just 139 total yards against 288 for Green Bay, and Jared Goff threw 3 interceptions without a touchdown—the Lions' turnover margin of minus-2 in this game erased what has been a plus-4 advantage on the season. Green Bay's superior turnover differential overall, at plus-11 compared to Detroit's plus-4, reflects a fundamental gap in ball security that shows up in blowouts like this one.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Packers	+3.3	-4.4	+7.7	+11
Lions	+4.8	-3.7	+8.5	+4

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 Packers — NFC #6 · 11-6 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Ava Collins Beat reporter

Green Bay made this look effortless—30-0 is a shutout, but it felt worse than the scoreboard, Detroit's offense completely broken with Jared Goff throwing 3 picks and the Lions managing just 139 yards. Matthew Golden caught 8 passes for 89 yards and 2 touchdowns, and that alone tells you where the advantage lived.

Jordan Hayes The armchair coach · replying

Green Bay's defense got after Detroit just 3 times and still forced 3 turnovers—that's efficiency bordering on luck, and the Packers know they won't get away with that kind of pass rush workload against everybody else.

They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.

Jordan Love

Packers

18/25, 220 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Matthew Golden

Packers

8 catches, 89 yards, 2 TD

Micah Parsons

Packers

2 sacks

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Matthew Golden has not had a better afternoon this season.

🧊 Jahmyr Gibbs — 99 overall — was held to 23 receiving yards, against an average of 50.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Packers 288, Lions 139 Packers

Through the air Packers 220, Lions 73 Packers

On the ground Packers 68, Lions 66 Packers

Giveaways Lions 3, Packers 1 Packers

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% · 34.1 scored, 26.4 allowed

8.9 yds/att 66.0% completions 5.8 yds/carry 349.3 yds/game 1.7 giveaways/game 3.7% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Jayden Reed WR — 25% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 77 · Aggressive Balance 93 Ball security 52 Back usage 36% QB runs 3.1/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 90 WR 83 TE 87 RB 90 OL 77 DL 84 LB 77 DB 84

Best: Micah Parsons REDG 99 Fastest: Christian Watson WR 96 SPD 4 at star dev or better

Out: Aaron Banks LG 74 · 3wk

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

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

Study Problems

Packers · his last 8 games

Balanced Gives it away One back

Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against33.9 — 29.5 Margin+4.4 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken3.9% of dropbacks Lead backAshton Jeanty · 16.5/g Top targetTucker Kraft · 31% QB carries2.1 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 Study Problems against MurdaCW — the men, not the teams

All square at 1-1. MurdaCW won the last one.

2 meetings avg 30.5 — 17.0 biggest: 30 pts to Study Problems

S1 · week 18 Study Problems 31 — 34 MurdaCW MURDACW

S1 · week 7 Study Problems 30 — 0 MurdaCW STUDY PROBLEMS

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

Packers receivers vs Lions secondary 83 v 87 LIONS

Lions receivers vs Packers secondary 87 v 84 LIONS

Packers line vs Lions front 77 v 85 LIONS

Lions line vs Packers front 81 v 84 PACKERS

Packers backs vs Lions run defence 90 v 83 PACKERS

Lions backs vs Packers run defence 87 v 82 LIONS

Packers passer vs Lions secondary 90 v 87 PACKERS

Lions passer vs Packers secondary 87 v 84 LIONS

TOP PERFORMERS

Jordan Love QB Packers 220 pass yds

Matthew Golden WR Packers 89 rec yds

Ashton Jeanty HB Packers 72 rush yds

Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 69 rush yds

Tucker Kraft TE Packers 60 rec yds

Micah Parsons REDG Packers 2 sacks

Isaiah McDuffie SAM Packers 1 INTs

Kerby Joseph FS Lions 1 INTs

Edgerrin Cooper MIKE Packers 2 INTs

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BOX SCORE

PACKERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jordan Love QB	18/25	220	2	1	1	23	108.7

LIONS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jared Goff QB	7/18	73	0	3	3	17	11.8

PACKERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Ashton Jeanty HB	14	72	5.1	0	18	34
Christian Watson WR	1	0	0	0	2	0
Tucker Kraft TE	0	0	0	1	0	0
Matthew Golden WR	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jordan Love QB	4	-1	-0.2	0	0	1
Josh Jacobs HB	2	-3	-1.5	0	1	0

LIONS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	11	69	6.3	0	2	18	23	0
Jared Goff QB	3	-3	-1	0	0	0	0	0

PACKERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Matthew Golden WR	8	89	11.1	2	42	23
Tucker Kraft TE	4	60	15	0	25	23
Christian Watson WR	3	33	11	0	9	17
Jayden Reed WR	2	22	11	0	3	14
Ashton Jeanty HB	1	16	16	0	13	16

LIONS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	LNG
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	2	23	11.5	15	15
Jameson Williams WR	2	21	10.5	3	17
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	2	16	8	15	12
Isaac TeSlaa WR	1	13	13	8	13

PACKERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Xavier McKinney SS	3	0	0	0	0
Edgerrin Cooper MIKE	3	0	2	0	1
Micah Parsons REDG	2	2	0	0	0
Carrington Valentine CB	2	0	0	2	0
Javon Bullard FS	1	0	0	0	0
Brandon Cisse CB	1	0	0	0	0
Dani Dennis-Sutton LEDG	1	0	0	0	0
Javon Hargrave DT	1	1	0	0	0
Ty'Ron Hopper WILL	1	0	0	0	0
Isaiah McDuffie SAM	0	0	1	0	0

LIONS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Alim McNeill DT	5	1	0	0
Stephen Griffin FS	4	0	0	0
Jimmy Rolder WILL	4	0	0	0
Kerby Joseph FS	2	0	1	0
Brian Branch SS	2	0	0	1
Jack Campbell MIKE	1	0	0	0
Kelee Ringo CB	1	0	0	0
D.J. Reed CB	1	0	0	0
D.J. Wonnum REDG	1	0	0	0
Ephesians Prysock CB	1	0	0	0
Mekhi Wingo DT	1	0	0	0
Marques Sigle SS	0	0	0	1
Damone Clark MIKE	0	0	0	1

PACKERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Trey Smack K	3/3	3/3	59

LIONS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Packers

L 35–42 vs Cowboys WK 6

W 31–7 vs Bears WK 5

L 33–41 vs Buccaneers WK 4

Lions

W 22–17 vs Cardinals WK 5

W 44–10 vs Panthers WK 4

W 28–23 vs Jets WK 3

TEAM STATS

Packers		Lions
288	TOTAL YARDS	139
220	PASSING YARDS	73
68	RUSHING YARDS	66
1	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	1
1	GIVEAWAYS	3
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 PACKERS — 1 LIONS

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