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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 9 · FINAL
COWBOYS 14-3 · 37.0 PPG 48 – 25 COLTS 12-5 · 38.0 PPG
THE READ
Cowboys run away with it, 48-25
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cowboys +15.6 +0.0 +15.6 +34
Colts +8.1 -0.3 +8.4 +5
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.
Colts — AFC #6 · 12-5 Cowboys — NFC #5 · 14-3 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#1 Jaydon Blue HB · Cowboys · 17.0% of the field
#10 Anthony Richardson Sr QB · Colts · 1.7% of the field
The whole board →
Dak Prescott
Cowboys
12/19, 250 yards, 3 TD
Jaydon Blue
Cowboys
18 carries, 216 yards, 3 TD
George Pickens
Cowboys
2 catches, 96 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Cowboys 482, Colts 326 Cowboys
On the ground Cowboys 232, Colts 148 Cowboys
Through the air Cowboys 250, Colts 178 Cowboys
Giveaways Colts 4, Cowboys 0 Cowboys
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 51% · Rush 49% · 37.9 scored, 22.3 allowed
10.0 yds/att 67.3% completions 6.8 yds/carry 345.4 yds/game 1.0 giveaways/game 8.8% sack rate last 5: 5-0
Primary weapon: CeeDee Lamb WR — 21% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY SPREAD
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 75 · Efficient Balance 99 Ball security 72 Back usage 44% QB runs 2.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.8% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90 WR 87 TE 84 RB 88 OL 78 DL 86 LB 80 DB 85
Best: CeeDee Lamb WR 93 Fastest: KaVontae Turpin WR 95 SPD 8 at star dev or better
Out: CeeDee Lamb WR 93 · 4wk
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
Ukulelelink
Colts · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against39.2 — 28.5 Margin+10.8 Giveaways a game1.4 Sacks taken7.5% of dropbacks Lead backJonathan Taylor · 14.4/g Top targetAlec Pierce · 34% QB carries4.6 a game
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
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 Billyw0928 against Ukulelelink — the men, not the teams
Billyw0928 leads it 1-0. Billyw0928 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 48.0 — 25.0 biggest: 23 pts to Billyw0928
S1 · week 9 Billyw0928 48 — 25 Ukulelelink 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
Cowboys receivers vs Colts secondary 87 v 87 EVEN
Colts receivers vs Cowboys secondary 81 v 85 COWBOYS
Cowboys line vs Colts front 78 v 80 EVEN
Colts line vs Cowboys front 81 v 86 COWBOYS
Cowboys backs vs Colts run defence 88 v 77 COWBOYS
Colts backs vs Cowboys run defence 84 v 84 EVEN
Cowboys passer vs Colts secondary 90 v 87 COWBOYS
Colts passer vs Cowboys secondary 82 v 85 COWBOYS
TOP PERFORMERS
Dak Prescott QB Cowboys 250 pass yds
Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 216 rush yds
Anthony Richardson Sr QB Colts 178 pass yds
George Pickens WR Cowboys 96 rec yds
Deion Burks WR Colts 91 rec yds
CeeDee Lamb WR Cowboys 76 rec yds
Anthony Richardson Sr QB Colts 73 rush yds
Jonathan Taylor HB Colts 73 rush yds
Quinnen Williams DT Cowboys 1.5 sacks
Caleb Downs SS Cowboys 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
COWBOYS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Dak Prescott QB 12/1925030380146.3
COLTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Anthony Richardson Sr QB 10/211781324753.3
RECENT FORM
Cowboys
W 31–21 vs Cardinals WK 8
L 24–27 vs Eagles WK 7
W 42–35 vs Packers WK 6
Colts
W 55–20 vs Jaguars WK 8
W 52–7 vs Vikings WK 7
L 26–37 vs Titans WK 6
TEAM STATS
Cowboys Colts
482 TOTAL YARDS 326
250 PASSING YARDS 178
232 RUSHING YARDS 148
3 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 2.5
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 COWBOYS — 0 COLTS
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