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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
BENGALS 7-10 · 29.0 PPG 34 – 48 FALCONS 8-9 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
Falcons win the turnover battle and the game
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Bengals -4.0 +0.5 -4.5 -3
Falcons -1.4 -3.1 +1.6 -7
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.
Bengals — in the hunt · 7-10 Falcons — in the hunt · 8-9 Playoff picture →
Joe Burrow
Bengals
17/30, 367 yards, 4 TD, 4 INT
Michael Penix Jr
Falcons
17/28, 364 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Tee Higgins
Bengals
5 catches, 142 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Falcons 82, Bengals 48 Falcons
Total yards Falcons 446, Bengals 415 Falcons
Through the air Bengals 367, Falcons 364 Bengals
Giveaways Falcons 2, Bengals 4 Falcons
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 58% · Rush 42% · 29.0 scored, 33.5 allowed
9.8 yds/att 59.2% completions 6.2 yds/carry 317.1 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 7.1% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Ja'Marr Chase WR — 37% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 63 · Aggressive Balance 92 Ball security 42 Back usage 37% QB runs 1.8/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99 WR 88 TE 76 RB 79 OL 75 DL 86 LB 77 DB 81
Best: Joe Burrow QB 99 Fastest: Ja'Marr Chase WR 96 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
SL FeaRz
Falcons · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away One back
Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against27.0 — 25.2 Margin+1.8 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken8.0% of dropbacks Lead backBijan Robinson · 12.8/g Top targetDrake London · 25% QB carries0.8 a game
zach_13.
Bengals · his last 8 games
Balanced One back
Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against33.9 — 34.0 Margin-0.1 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken6.4% of dropbacks Lead backChase Brown · 14.5/g Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 35% QB carries2.1 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 zach_13. against SL FeaRz — the men, not the teams
SL FeaRz leads it 1-0. SL FeaRz won the last one.
1 meeting avg 34.0 — 48.0 biggest: 14 pts to SL FeaRz
S1 · week 9 zach_13. 34 — 48 SL FeaRz SL FEARZ
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
Bengals receivers vs Falcons secondary 88 v 86 EVEN
Falcons receivers vs Bengals secondary 81 v 81 EVEN
Bengals line vs Falcons front 75 v 82 FALCONS
Falcons line vs Bengals front 83 v 86 BENGALS
Bengals backs vs Falcons run defence 79 v 82 FALCONS
Falcons backs vs Bengals run defence 88 v 83 FALCONS
Bengals passer vs Falcons secondary 99 v 86 BENGALS
Falcons passer vs Bengals secondary 78 v 81 BENGALS
TOP PERFORMERS
Joe Burrow QB Bengals 367 pass yds
Michael Penix Jr QB Falcons 364 pass yds
Tee Higgins WR Bengals 142 rec yds
Kyle Pitts Sr TE Falcons 118 rec yds
Drake London WR Falcons 118 rec yds
Jahan Dotson WR Falcons 85 rec yds
Bijan Robinson HB Falcons 68 rush yds
Ja'Marr Chase WR Bengals 56 rec yds
Xavier Watts SS Falcons 1 INTs
A.J. Terrell Jr CB Falcons 2 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BENGALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Joe Burrow QB 17/3036744272100.2
FALCONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Michael Penix Jr QB 17/2836441177129.4
RECENT FORM
Bengals
L 7–35 vs Titans WK 8
L 14–35 vs Ravens WK 7
L 21–37 vs Dolphins WK 5
Falcons
W 35–14 vs Buccaneers WK 8
L 56–59 vs 49ers WK 7
W 28–14 vs Bears WK 6
TEAM STATS
Bengals Falcons
415 TOTAL YARDS 446
367 PASSING YARDS 364
48 RUSHING YARDS 82
2 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 2
4 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 TAKEAWAYS 4

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 BENGALS — 1 FALCONS
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