WEEK 1 · FINAL
THE READ
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
Saints run away with it, 56-21
The Saints demolished Atlanta 56-21, running through a defense that had no answer for Travis Etienne Jr. Etienne carried 14 times for 308 yards and 4 touchdowns while New Orleans piled up 380 rushing yards overall, nearly triple Atlanta's 146. Marcel Reed threw 3 interceptions and no touchdowns for the Falcons, who also coughed it up twice more on the ground, while the Saints offense converted without mistake on 0 giveaways.
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saints | -9.7 | +1.3 | -11.0 | -2 |
| Falcons | -4.0 | +0.8 | -4.8 | -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.
IN THE BOOTH
Sierra Vaughn
Analyst
Travis Etienne Jr. broke this game open on the ground with 308 yards and 4 touchdowns, but what actually decided it was Marcel Reed throwing 3 interceptions with nothing to show—New Orleans' turnover margin flipped the entire game.
Nicole Santos
Beat reporter
· replying
Bijan Robinson had a quiet afternoon relative to the game's blowout nature—18 carries for 126 yards is workmanlike, but he was the only Falcons offensive weapon that stayed upright, and that mattered nothing when Marcel Reed couldn't stay off the turf long enough to use him.
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.
Travis Etienne Jr
Saints
14 carries, 308 yards, 4 TD
Bijan Robinson
Falcons
18 carries, 126 yards, 1 TD
Bryce Lance
Saints
4 catches, 113 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Saints 380, Falcons 146
Saints
Total yards
Saints 549, Falcons 324
Saints
Through the air
Falcons 178, Saints 169
Falcons
Giveaways
Falcons 3, Saints 0
Saints
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
Pass-heavy
Pass 67% · Rush 33% · 18.6 scored, 29.6 allowed
7.6 yds/att
60.0% completions
6.5 yds/carry
304.6 yds/game
2.0 giveaways/game
8.5% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 44 · Aggressive
Balance 83
Ball security 44
Back usage 27%
QB runs 2.5/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.5% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 83
WR 78
TE 79
RB 80
OL 79
DL 80
LB 77
DB 85
Best: Denzel Ward CB 93
Fastest: Bryce Lance WR 94 SPD
2 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 29.7 scored, 34.5 allowed
8.5 yds/att
55.9% completions
5.7 yds/carry
359.3 yds/game
2.3 giveaways/game
4.5% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 59 · Aggressive
Balance 93
Ball security 36
Back usage 37%
QB runs 3.1/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.3 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77
WR 81
TE 83
RB 88
OL 85
DL 83
LB 76
DB 84
Best: Bijan Robinson HB 98
Fastest: Ryan Wlliams WR 95 SPD
5 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
TDS-_-IamQ
Falcons · his last 8 games
Balanced
Gives it away
One back
Pass / run59% / 41%
Points for / against31.5 — 32.8
Margin-1.2
Giveaways a game2.4
Sacks taken4.9% of dropbacks
Lead backBijan Robinson · 16.2/g
Top targetDrake London · 31%
QB carries2.1 a game
Juice
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it
Gives it away
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run68% / 32%
Points for / against15.4 — 31.8
Margin-16.4
Giveaways a game2.0
Sacks taken9.0% of dropbacks
Lead backTravis Etienne Jr · 10.8/g
Top targetWyatt Young · 27%
QB carries2.2 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
Juice against TDS-_-IamQ — the men, not the teams
All square at 1-1.
TDS-_-IamQ won the last one.
2 meetings
avg 33.0 — 24.5
biggest: 35 pts to Juice
S2 · week 4
Juice 10 — 28 TDS-_-IamQ
TDS-_-IAMQ
S2 · week 1
Juice 56 — 21 TDS-_-IamQ
JUICE
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
Saints receivers vs Falcons secondary
78 v 84
FALCONS
Falcons receivers vs Saints secondary
81 v 85
SAINTS
Saints line vs Falcons front
79 v 83
FALCONS
Falcons line vs Saints front
85 v 80
FALCONS
Saints backs vs Falcons run defence
80 v 80
EVEN
Falcons backs vs Saints run defence
88 v 79
FALCONS
Saints passer vs Falcons secondary
83 v 84
EVEN
Falcons passer vs Saints secondary
77 v 85
SAINTS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 9/13 | 169 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 151.4 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Reed QB | 9/21 | 178 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 33.5 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 14 | 308 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 72 | 0 |
| Bryce Lance WR | 3 | 66 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 0 |
| Tyler Shough QB | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson HB | 18 | 126 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 34 | 0 |
| Marcel Reed QB | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommy Tremble TE | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Lance WR | 4 | 113 | 28.2 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 65 |
| Juwan Johnson TE | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 14 |
| Wyatt Young WR | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Pitts Sr TE | 5 | 125 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| Tommy Tremble TE | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Ryan Wlliams WR | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Drake London WR | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chop Robinson REDG | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Reid FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Kirkpatrick FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Sanker SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Stutsman MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christen Miller DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matayo Uiagalelei REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denzel Ward CB | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Terrell Jr CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trenton Simpson WILL | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Dorlus DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Watts SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaki Starks FS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avieon Terrell CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maason Smith DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Millard Bradford FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendal Daniels WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nnamdi Madubuike DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Perkins Jr. MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalon Walker LEDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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TEAM STATS
| Saints | Falcons | |
|---|---|---|
| 549 | TOTAL YARDS | 324 |
| 169 | PASSING YARDS | 178 |
| 380 | RUSHING YARDS | 146 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 1.5 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 3 |
| 3 | TAKEAWAYS | 1 |
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
SAINTS
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1
FALCONS