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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
BROWNS 4-13 · 26.0 PPG 35 – 42 SAINTS 8-9 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
77 points between Browns and Saints
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Browns -4.3 +0.9 -5.2 -2
Saints -5.2 -1.1 -4.1 +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.
Saints — in the hunt · 8-9 Playoff picture →
Taylen Green
Browns
16/31, 317 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
Tyler Shough
Saints
15/23, 248 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Chase Young
Saints
3 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Browns 497, Saints 287 Browns
On the ground Browns 180, Saints 39 Browns
Through the air Browns 317, Saints 248 Browns
Giveaways Saints 2, Browns 3 Saints
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 9 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
AL-Saints
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it Runs the quarterback Takes sacks
Pass / run82% / 18% Points for / against32.2 — 29.0 Margin+3.2 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken11.9% of dropbacks Lead backAlvin Kamara · 0.5/g Top targetChris Olave · 35% QB carries4.8 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 AL-Saints — the men, not the teams
AL-Saints leads it 1-0. AL-Saints won the last one.
1 meeting avg 35.0 — 42.0 biggest: 7 pts to AL-Saints
S1 · week 9 Coke 35 — 42 AL-Saints AL-SAINTS
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 Saints secondary 82 v 80 EVEN
Saints receivers vs Browns secondary 81 v 86 BROWNS
Browns line vs Saints front 79 v 79 EVEN
Saints line vs Browns front 81 v 82 EVEN
Browns backs vs Saints run defence 77 v 79 EVEN
Saints backs vs Browns run defence 75 v 81 BROWNS
Browns passer vs Saints secondary 77 v 80 SAINTS
Saints passer vs Browns secondary 81 v 86 BROWNS
TOP PERFORMERS
Taylen Green QB Browns 317 pass yds
Tyler Shough QB Saints 248 pass yds
Zachariah Branch WR Browns 155 rec yds
Dylan Sampson HB Browns 108 rush yds
Oscar Delp TE Saints 104 rec yds
Bryce Lance WR Saints 94 rec yds
Jaren Kanak TE Browns 87 rec yds
Taylen Green QB Browns 72 rush yds
KC Concepcion Jr WR Browns 55 rec yds
Jared Verse REDG Browns 3 sacks
🎬 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 16/313173344980.3
SAINTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Tyler Shough QB 15/2324832531104.7
RECENT FORM
Browns
L 25–26 vs Steelers WK 8
L 31–35 vs Titans WK 7
L 42–55 vs Ravens WK 6
Saints
L 17–55 vs Steelers WK 7
L 21–40 vs Giants WK 6
W 29–7 vs Vikings WK 5
TEAM STATS
Browns Saints
497 TOTAL YARDS 287
317 PASSING YARDS 248
180 RUSHING YARDS 39
4 SACKS ALLOWED 5
5 SACKS MADE 4
3 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 TAKEAWAYS 3

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 — 1 SAINTS
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