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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
PATRIOTS 9-8 · 28.0 PPG 10 – 13 DOLPHINS 12-5 · 26.0 PPG
THE READ
Dolphins edge Patriots by 3
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Patriots +3.1 -0.3 +3.5 +1
Dolphins +5.8 -0.8 +6.7 +11
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.
Dolphins — AFC #3 · division · 12-5 Patriots — in the hunt · 9-8 Playoff picture →
De'Von Achane
Dolphins
18 carries, 89 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Dolphins 112, Patriots 23 Dolphins
Total yards Dolphins 229, Patriots 144 Dolphins
Through the air Patriots 121, Dolphins 117 Patriots
Giveaways Dolphins 1, Patriots 0 Patriots
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 60% · Rush 40% · 28.5 scored, 25.0 allowed
9.4 yds/att 67.5% completions 5.6 yds/carry 350.9 yds/game 1.6 giveaways/game 6.4% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: Kyle Williams WR — 30% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 73 · Aggressive Balance 90 Ball security 56 Back usage 35% QB runs 2.4/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 96 WR 88 TE 87 RB 84 OL 79 DL 82 LB 77 DB 88
Best: Christian Gonzalez CB 99 Fastest: TreVeyon Henderson HB 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
Peckin
Dolphins · his last 8 games
Runs it Protects it Runs the quarterback
Pass / run52% / 48% Points for / against28.6 — 19.2 Margin+9.4 Giveaways a game0.5 Sacks taken7.6% of dropbacks Lead backDe'Von Achane · 14.8/g Top targetCaleb Douglas · 24% QB carries6.6 a game
Connor
Patriots · his last 8 games
Balanced One back
Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against29.6 — 25.6 Margin+4.0 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken5.7% of dropbacks Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 14.4/g Top targetKyle Williams · 28% QB carries3.0 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 Connor against Peckin — the men, not the teams
Peckin leads it 2-0. Peckin has won 2 straight.
2 meetings avg 13.5 — 19.5 biggest: 9 pts to Peckin
S1 · week 18 Connor 17 — 26 Peckin PECKIN
S1 · week 8 Connor 10 — 13 Peckin PECKIN
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
Patriots receivers vs Dolphins secondary 88 v 76 PATRIOTS
Dolphins receivers vs Patriots secondary 78 v 88 PATRIOTS
Patriots line vs Dolphins front 79 v 80 EVEN
Dolphins line vs Patriots front 82 v 82 EVEN
Patriots backs vs Dolphins run defence 84 v 80 PATRIOTS
Dolphins backs vs Patriots run defence 84 v 81 DOLPHINS
Patriots passer vs Dolphins secondary 96 v 76 PATRIOTS
Dolphins passer vs Patriots secondary 76 v 88 PATRIOTS
TOP PERFORMERS
Drake Maye QB Patriots 121 pass yds
De'Von Achane HB Dolphins 89 rush yds
Terry McLaurin WR Patriots 50 rec yds
Carlton Davis III CB Patriots 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
PATRIOTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drake Maye QB 8/171211002690.5
DOLPHINS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Malik Willis QB 11/171170112660.1
RECENT FORM
Patriots
W 42–14 vs Bears WK 7
L 22–34 vs Jets WK 6
W 42–40 vs Raiders WK 5
Dolphins
W 31–10 vs Jets WK 7
W 37–21 vs Bengals WK 5
W 49–17 vs Vikings WK 4
TEAM STATS
Patriots Dolphins
144 TOTAL YARDS 229
121 PASSING YARDS 117
23 RUSHING YARDS 112
0 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 0
0 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 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
0 PATRIOTS — 2 DOLPHINS
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