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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 8 · FINAL
CARDINALS 13-4 · 31.0 PPG 21 – 31 COWBOYS 14-3 · 37.0 PPG
THE READ
Cowboys beat Cardinals, 31-21
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cardinals +10.3 +1.8 +8.5 +19
Cowboys +15.6 +0.0 +15.6 +34
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.
Cardinals — NFC #3 · division · 13-4 Cowboys — NFC #5 · 14-3 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#1 Jaydon Blue HB · Cowboys · 17.0% of the field
#2 Jeremiyah Love HB · Cardinals · 6.6% of the field
The whole board →
Jaydon Blue
Cowboys
18 carries, 143 yards, 3 TD
Dak Prescott
Cowboys
12/23, 230 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT
Jeremiyah Love
Cardinals
12 carries, 116 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Cowboys 379, Cardinals 302 Cowboys
Through the air Cowboys 230, Cardinals 175 Cowboys
On the ground Cowboys 149, Cardinals 127 Cowboys
Giveaways Cowboys 3, Cardinals 2 Cardinals
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 8 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
Balanced Pass 50% · Rush 50% · 31.4 scored, 22.9 allowed
9.0 yds/att 60.1% completions 7.3 yds/carry 354.1 yds/game 0.9 giveaways/game 6.3% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Trey McBride TE — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 70 · Efficient Balance 100 Ball security 76 Back usage 42% QB runs 3.2/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 73 WR 81 TE 99 RB 85 OL 84 DL 82 LB 76 DB 81
Best: Trey McBride TE 99 Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 SPD 7 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
Billyw0928
Cowboys · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run49% / 51% Points for / against37.1 — 16.8 Margin+20.4 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks Lead backJaydon Blue · 13.1/g Top targetCeeDee Lamb · 24% QB carries2.5 a game
Jonathan
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run54% / 46% Points for / against28.8 — 21.6 Margin+7.1 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken8.5% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 14.6/g Top targetTrey McBride · 30% QB carries4.4 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 Jonathan against Billyw0928 — the men, not the teams
Billyw0928 leads it 1-0. Billyw0928 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 21.0 — 31.0 biggest: 10 pts to Billyw0928
S1 · week 8 Jonathan 21 — 31 Billyw0928 BILLYW0928
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
Cardinals receivers vs Cowboys secondary 81 v 85 COWBOYS
Cowboys receivers vs Cardinals secondary 87 v 81 COWBOYS
Cardinals line vs Cowboys front 84 v 86 EVEN
Cowboys line vs Cardinals front 78 v 82 CARDINALS
Cardinals backs vs Cowboys run defence 85 v 84 EVEN
Cowboys backs vs Cardinals run defence 88 v 79 COWBOYS
Cardinals passer vs Cowboys secondary 73 v 85 COWBOYS
Cowboys passer vs Cardinals secondary 90 v 81 COWBOYS
TOP PERFORMERS
Dak Prescott QB Cowboys 230 pass yds
Jacoby Brissett QB Cardinals 175 pass yds
Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 143 rush yds
Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 116 rush yds
KaVontae Turpin WR Cowboys 76 rec yds
Marvin Harrison Jr WR Cardinals 71 rec yds
Michael Wilson WR Cardinals 63 rec yds
Budda Baker SS Cardinals 1 INTs
Max Melton CB Cardinals 1 INTs
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS Cardinals 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
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jacoby Brissett QB 14/231750022784.5
COWBOYS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Dak Prescott QB 12/232301317662.1
RECENT FORM
Cardinals
W 41–6 vs Broncos WK 7
W 31–28 vs Rams WK 6
L 17–22 vs Lions WK 5
Cowboys
L 24–27 vs Eagles WK 7
W 42–35 vs Packers WK 6
W 45–27 vs Buccaneers WK 5
TEAM STATS
Cardinals Cowboys
302 TOTAL YARDS 379
175 PASSING YARDS 230
127 RUSHING YARDS 149
2 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 2
2 GIVEAWAYS 3
3 TAKEAWAYS 2

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 CARDINALS — 1 COWBOYS
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