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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
BROWNS 4-13 · 26.0 PPG 25 – 26 STEELERS 14-3 · 33.0 PPG
THE READ
Steelers edge Browns by 1
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Browns -4.3 +0.9 -5.2 -2
Steelers +10.7 -1.9 +12.6 +24
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 →
Taylen Green
Browns
21/37, 301 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Eli Heidenreich
Steelers
14 carries, 100 yards, 1 TD
Zachariah Branch
Browns
6 catches, 75 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Browns 301, Steelers 88 Browns
Total yards Browns 380, Steelers 210 Browns
On the ground Steelers 122, Browns 79 Steelers
Giveaways Steelers 2, Browns 1 Browns
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
Pass-heavy Pass 69% · Rush 31% · 26.3 scored, 31.5 allowed
9.5 yds/att 56.4% completions 7.7 yds/carry 391.4 yds/game 2.5 giveaways/game 10.4% sack rate last 5: 0-5
Primary weapon: KC Concepcion Jr WR — 28% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 58 · Aggressive Balance 81 Ball security 29 Back usage 25% QB runs 2.7/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 10.4% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77 WR 82 TE 82 RB 77 OL 79 DL 82 LB 77 DB 86
Best: Denzel Ward CB 93 Fastest: Zachariah Branch WR 95 SPD 8 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
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
Coke
Browns · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away One back One target Takes sacks
Pass / run66% / 34% Points for / against24.0 — 33.6 Margin-9.6 Giveaways a game2.6 Sacks taken13.3% of dropbacks Lead backDylan Sampson · 11.9/g Top targetKC Concepcion Jr · 46% QB carries2.5 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 Coke against Bigytulips — the men, not the teams
Bigytulips leads it 2-0. Bigytulips has won 2 straight.
2 meetings avg 19.0 — 22.5 biggest: 6 pts to Bigytulips
S1 · week 8 Coke 25 — 26 Bigytulips BIGYTULIPS
S1 · week 4 Coke 13 — 19 Bigytulips 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
Browns receivers vs Steelers secondary 82 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers receivers vs Browns secondary 84 v 86 EVEN
Browns line vs Steelers front 79 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers line vs Browns front 79 v 82 BROWNS
Browns backs vs Steelers run defence 77 v 83 STEELERS
Steelers backs vs Browns run defence 84 v 81 STEELERS
Browns passer vs Steelers secondary 77 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers passer vs Browns secondary 81 v 86 BROWNS
TOP PERFORMERS
Taylen Green QB Browns 301 pass yds
Eli Heidenreich HB Steelers 100 rush yds
Zachariah Branch WR Browns 75 rec yds
Jaren Kanak TE Browns 67 rec yds
Isaiah Bond WR Browns 62 rec yds
Jailin Walker MIKE Browns 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
BROWNS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Taylen Green QB 21/3730141457108
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 7/14881132463.9
RECENT FORM
Browns
L 31–35 vs Titans WK 7
L 42–55 vs Ravens WK 6
L 17–27 vs Jets WK 5
Steelers
W 55–17 vs Saints WK 7
W 28–24 vs Buccaneers WK 6
L 43–45 vs Colts WK 5
TEAM STATS
Browns Steelers
380 TOTAL YARDS 210
301 PASSING YARDS 88
79 RUSHING YARDS 122
4 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 3
1 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 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 BROWNS — 2 STEELERS
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