Giants @ Texans · Week 7 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 7 · FINAL

THE READ

Giants run away with it, 38-0

Houston threw it 36 times and ran it 12 times and still managed to get shut out, which is the kind of thing that doesn't happen often enough to ignore. C.J. Stroud threw 4 interceptions on 17 completions for 216 yards, a ratio that erases whatever Marlin Klein (9 catches, 112 yards) and Emmett Johnson (11 carries, 104 yards) managed to do on a day when the Texans out-gained New York 332 to 226 and still lost 38-0. Four turnovers and zero points is not a performance problem, it's an identity crisis, and at 2-15 Houston ran out of excuses weeks ago.

Riley Parker The chaos merchant

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Giants	+4.2	+0.9	+3.3	+3
Texans	-12.0	+2.0	-14.0	-17

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.

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IN THE BOOTH

Elise Carter The insider

This wasn't a game, it was a gauntlet. The Giants walked out with 38 and Houston walked out with nothing—but what actually decided it was Stroud throwing 4 interceptions into a defense that didn't have to guess what was coming.

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.

C.J. Stroud

Texans

17/36, 216 yards, 4 INT

Marlin Klein

Texans

9 catches, 112 yards

Emmett Johnson

Texans

11 carries, 104 yards

THE STORY SO FAR

📉 Theo Johnson is still searching for it: 55 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 77.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Texans 332, Giants 226 Texans

Through the air Texans 216, Giants 134 Texans

On the ground Texans 116, Giants 92 Texans

Giveaways Texans 4, Giants 0 Giants

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 63% · Rush 37% · 29.4 scored, 26.1 allowed

8.8 yds/att 58.8% completions 6.8 yds/carry 344.7 yds/game 1.7 giveaways/game 8.8% sack rate last 5: 1-4

Primary weapon: Theo Johnson TE — 27% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 62 · Aggressive Balance 87 Ball security 53 Back usage 28% QB runs 3.6/game

Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.8% of dropbacks

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 87 WR 82 TE 80 RB 84 OL 83 DL 81 LB 83 DB 82

Best: Andrew Thomas LT 94 Fastest: Malik Nabers WR 96 SPD 6 at star dev or better

Out: Brian Burns REDG 90 · 4wk

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

Trollstradamus - Texans

Texans · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away One back One target

Pass / run70% / 30% Points for / against19.8 — 39.8 Margin-20.0 Giveaways a game4.2 Sacks taken6.0% of dropbacks Lead backEmmett Johnson · 13.1/g Top targetRome Odunze · 42% QB carries0.6 a game

CAM

Giants · his last 8 games

Throws it

Pass / run68% / 32% Points for / against25.1 — 29.0 Margin-3.9 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken6.1% of dropbacks Lead backQuinshon Judkins · 10.0/g Top targetMalik Nabers · 27% 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 CAM against Trollstradamus - Texans — the men, not the teams

CAM leads it 1-0. CAM won the last one.

1 meeting avg 38.0 — 0.0 biggest: 38 pts to CAM

S1 · week 7 CAM 38 — 0 Trollstradamus - Texans CAM

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

Giants receivers vs Texans secondary 82 v 90 TEXANS

Texans receivers vs Giants secondary 86 v 82 TEXANS

Giants line vs Texans front 83 v 87 TEXANS

Texans line vs Giants front 79 v 81 EVEN

Giants backs vs Texans run defence 84 v 83 EVEN

Texans backs vs Giants run defence 70 v 82 GIANTS

Giants passer vs Texans secondary 87 v 90 TEXANS

Texans passer vs Giants secondary 83 v 82 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

C.J. Stroud QB Texans 216 pass yds

Jaxson Dart QB Giants 134 pass yds

Marlin Klein TE Texans 112 rec yds

Emmett Johnson HB Texans 104 rush yds

Quinshon Judkins HB Giants 57 rush yds

Theo Johnson TE Giants 52 rec yds

Tyler Nubin SS Giants 1 INTs

Paulson Adebo CB Giants 2 INTs

Deonte Banks CB Giants 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

GIANTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jaxson Dart QB	13/21	134	2	0	1	18	112

TEXANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
C.J. Stroud QB	17/36	216	0	4	1	30	26.8

GIANTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Quinshon Judkins HB	11	57	5.2	1	0	14	38
Jaxson Dart QB	4	35	8.8	0	0	9	17
Malik Nabers WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Theo Johnson TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Emmett Johnson HB	11	104	9.5	0	1	12	78	0
C.J. Stroud QB	1	12	12	0	0	0	12	0

GIANTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Theo Johnson TE	5	52	10.4	1	31	0	18
Malik Nabers WR	3	23	7.7	1	3	1	17
Quinshon Judkins HB	2	19	9.5	0	23	0	16
Malachi Fields WR	1	16	16	0	3	0	16
Isaiah Likely TE	1	13	13	0	6	0	13
Calvin Austin WR	1	11	11	0	8	0	11

TEXANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	DRP	LNG
Marlin Klein TE	9	112	12.4	47	2	30
Nico Collins WR	3	43	14.3	8	0	25
Rome Odunze WR	3	33	11	11	0	12
Emmett Johnson HB	1	15	15	14	0	15
Tank Dell WR	1	13	13	5	0	13

GIANTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Tyler Nubin SS	3	0	1	2	0
Deonte Banks CB	3	0	1	1	1
Arvell Reese MIKE	2	0	0	2	0
Tremaine Edmunds MIKE	2	0	0	1	0
Darius Alexander DT	1	1	0	0	0
Micah McFadden WILL	1	0	0	0	0
Shelby Harris DT	1	0	0	0	0
Colton Hood CB	1	0	0	1	0
Paulson Adebo CB	1	0	2	1	1
Chauncey Golston REDG	1	0	0	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Derek Stingley Jr CB	3	0	1
Calen Bullock FS	2	0	0
Jalen Pitre CB	2	0	0
Will Anderson Jr LEDG	1	0.5	0
Tommy Togiai DT	1	0	0
Kayden McDonald DT	1	0	0
Reed Blankenship SS	1	0	0
Wade Woodaz WILL	1	0	0
Danielle Hunter REDG	1	0.5	0
Kamari Lassiter CB	0	0	1
Kamari Ramsey FS	0	0	1

GIANTS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Ben Sauls K	1/1	5/5	39

TEXANS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Giants

W 40–21 vs Saints WK 6

W 49–16 vs Commanders WK 5

L 17–31 vs Cardinals WK 4

Texans

L 23–24 vs Jaguars WK 6

W 23–7 vs Titans WK 5

L 26–44 vs Cowboys WK 4

TEAM STATS

Giants		Texans
226	TOTAL YARDS	332
134	PASSING YARDS	216
92	RUSHING YARDS	116
1	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	1
0	GIVEAWAYS	4
4	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 GIANTS — 0 TEXANS

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