WEEK 1 · FINAL
THE READ
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
Browns run away with it, 54-24
Cleveland routed Las Vegas 54-24, a 30-point margin that came down to execution on both sides of the ball. Ty Simpson threw 4 touchdown passes on 22 of 30 for 324 yards, while Fernando Mendoza's 3 interceptions and Fernando Mendoza's 22 of 36 for 282 yards told the story for the Raiders. The Browns controlled the line of scrimmage with 142 rushing yards to the Raiders' 74, and Las Vegas' 3 giveaways versus Cleveland's 1 decided the rout. Makai Lemon caught 7 for 125 yards and 2 touchdowns in a losing effort.
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raiders | -11.8 | +1.7 | -13.5 | -16 |
| Browns | +5.8 | +1.0 | +4.8 | +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.
Browns —
AFC #3 · division
· 6-3
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IN THE BOOTH
Sephen A. Smith
The showman
Cleveland rolled into this one like a team that knows exactly what it is, and Las Vegas looked like they were playing a different sport entirely — 54 to 24 is not a game, it's a statement. Ty Simpson with 4 touchdown passes is the kind of afternoon that changes how defenses sleep at night.
Jordan Hayes
The armchair coach
· replying
Cleveland's defense gave up 282 passing yards and only got 1 sack — that's the margin for error in a 30-point game, and it won't look this forgiving when they face a quarterback who doesn't beat himself with 3 turnovers.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers —
none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that
did not happen.
Ty Simpson
Browns
22/30, 324 yards, 4 TD
Fernando Mendoza
Raiders
22/36, 282 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
Makai Lemon
Raiders
7 catches, 125 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Browns 466, Raiders 356
Browns
On the ground
Browns 142, Raiders 74
Browns
Through the air
Browns 324, Raiders 282
Browns
Giveaways
Browns 1, Raiders 3
Browns
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
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 57% · Rush 43% · 18.7 scored, 32.2 allowed
6.8 yds/att
56.7% completions
6.0 yds/carry
317.7 yds/game
2.8 giveaways/game
8.4% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 36 · Turnover-prone
Balance 93
Ball security 22
Back usage 36%
QB runs 3.3/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.8 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81
WR 79
TE 94
RB 80
OL 82
DL 82
LB 78
DB 82
Best: Brock Bowers TE 94
Fastest: Tre Tucker WR 95 SPD
6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 66% · Rush 34% · 28.3 scored, 23.6 allowed
8.0 yds/att
60.1% completions
6.3 yds/carry
315.6 yds/game
1.2 giveaways/game
7.0% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 63 · Efficient
Balance 84
Ball security 66
Back usage 29%
QB runs 2.0/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 80
WR 81
TE 82
RB 84
OL 80
DL 82
LB 83
DB 82
Best: Jared Verse REDG 90
Fastest: Evan Stewart WR 94 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
jakber
Browns · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run69% / 31%
Points for / against25.1 — 23.5
Margin+1.6
Giveaways a game1.2
Sacks taken7.5% of dropbacks
Lead backQuinshon Judkins · 8.0/g
Top targetEmeka Egbuka · 30%
QB carries1.8 a game
drippin_flash10
Raiders · his last 8 games
Balanced
Gives it away
Pass / run57% / 43%
Points for / against16.9 — 29.6
Margin-12.8
Giveaways a game2.9
Sacks taken8.0% of dropbacks
Lead backMike Washington Jr. · 13.1/g
Top targetTre Tucker · 33%
QB carries2.4 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
drippin_flash10 against jakber — the men, not the teams
jakber leads it 1-0.
jakber won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 24.0 — 54.0
biggest: 30 pts to jakber
S2 · week 1
drippin_flash10 24 — 54 jakber
JAKBER
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
Raiders receivers vs Browns secondary
79 v 82
BROWNS
Browns receivers vs Raiders secondary
81 v 82
EVEN
Raiders line vs Browns front
82 v 82
EVEN
Browns line vs Raiders front
80 v 82
EVEN
Raiders backs vs Browns run defence
80 v 83
BROWNS
Browns backs vs Raiders run defence
84 v 81
BROWNS
Raiders passer vs Browns secondary
81 v 82
EVEN
Browns passer vs Raiders secondary
80 v 82
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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RAIDERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Mendoza QB | 22/36 | 282 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 69.4 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Simpson QB | 22/30 | 324 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 147.7 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Washington Jr. HB | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 30 | 0 |
| Fernando Mendoza QB | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| LJ Martin HB | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Makai Lemon WR | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brock Bowers TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Laube HB | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinshon Judkins HB | 20 | 91 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 24 | 0 |
| Antwan Raymond HB | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 26 | 1 |
| Ty Simpson QB | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jake Rendina FB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| KC Concepcion Jr WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emeka Egbuka WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Strong WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makai Lemon WR | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 51 |
| Tre Tucker WR | 5 | 85 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 24 |
| Brock Bowers TE | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| Connor Heyward TE | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 |
| Jaylin Lane WR | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Jack Bech WR | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| Dylan Laube HB | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Malik Benson WR | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Strong WR | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 56 |
| Emeka Egbuka WR | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 31 |
| KC Concepcion Jr WR | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 70 |
| Trey'Dez Green TE | 3 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Jake Rendina FB | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Quinshon Judkins HB | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Antwan Raymond HB | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakobe Dean MIKE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Quay Walker WILL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Taron Johnson CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Keyron Crawford REDG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kwity Paye REDG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonah Laulu DT | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Amos CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Treydan Stukes FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeremy Chinn SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jermod McCoy CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Will Echoles DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Redmond DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Bosa DT | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Schwesinger MIKE | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tyson Campbell CB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Sainristil CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hickman FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Arnold Ebiketie LEDG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D'Angelo Ponds CB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jared Verse REDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jer'Zhan Newton DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Wright LEDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Graham DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hall Jr DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel McNeil-Warren FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Grant Delpit SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas Harper SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
| Raiders | Browns | |
|---|---|---|
| 356 | TOTAL YARDS | 466 |
| 282 | PASSING YARDS | 324 |
| 74 | RUSHING YARDS | 142 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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
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