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THE WIRE
WK 11 FINAL Falcons 27, Panthers 52 MOVE Kyle Hamilton traded to Colts MOVE Craig Woodson dev trait up Star to X-Factor MOVE Bray Hubbard dev trait up Star to X-Factor WK 11 FINAL Buccaneers 21, Colts 10 WK 11 FINAL Lions 41, Cardinals 20 ON THE BLOCK Jack Jones (CB 77) ON THE BLOCK Dre Greenlaw (WILL 88)
pfl2k27 🏟️ Madden
WEEK 1 · FINAL
BILLS 7-3 · 29.0 PPG 23 – 17 PATRIOTS 6-4 · 25.0 PPG
THE READ
Bills beat Patriots, 23-17

Bills did what they needed to, 23-17. Greg Rousseau was the problem for Bills — 3 sacks. Ray Davis did the work on the ground for Bills — 11 carries, 85 yards. On the ground: Bills 207, Patriots 170.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Bills +2.5 -3.4 +5.9 -1
Patriots +6.1 -2.5 +8.6 +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.
Bills — AFC #2 · division · 7-3 Patriots — AFC #6 · 6-4 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Talia Morgan Beat reporter
Buffalo won a slugfest 23-17 that came down to discipline on both lines. Greg Rousseau lived in New England's backfield with 3 sacks, and it showed: the Pats couldn't find space to run, so they abandoned it for 34 pass attempts, which meant they had no answers when the pressure came.
Sierra Vaughn Analyst · replying
Buffalo's ground game has been the story all season—they're built to run—and today they proved it matters: 207 yards on the ground against a Patriots team that couldn't match that philosophy, even when the scoreboard was close.
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.
Greg Rousseau
Bills
3 sacks
Ray Davis
Bills
11 carries, 85 yards
DJ Moore
Bills
6 catches, 80 yards
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Bills 207, Patriots 170 Bills
Through the air Patriots 191, Bills 157 Patriots
Total yards Bills 364, Patriots 361 Bills
Pressure Patriots 2 sacks, Bills 5 Bills
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 56% · Rush 44% · 29.7 scored, 23.8 allowed
8.8 yds/att 63.3% completions 4.8 yds/carry 335.1 yds/game 1.9 giveaways/game 3.6% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: Jeremiah Smith WR — 30% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 69 · Aggressive Balance 94 Ball security 47 Back usage 35% QB runs 4.5/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.9 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99 WR 85 TE 82 RB 86 OL 82 DL 83 LB 81 DB 85
Best: Josh Allen QB 99 Fastest: Jeremiah Smith WR 94 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
Checo
Patriots · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run61% / 39% Points for / against27.1 — 16.4 Margin+10.8 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken7.0% of dropbacks Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 8.9/g Top targetKyle Williams · 30% QB carries2.6 a game
Huddy
Bills · his last 8 games
Balanced Gives it away
Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against31.2 — 25.0 Margin+6.2 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken3.7% of dropbacks Lead backJames Cook III · 10.1/g Top targetJeremiah Smith · 31% QB carries3.5 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 Huddy against Checo — the men, not the teams
All square at 1-1. Checo won the last one.
2 meetings avg 25.5 — 33.0 biggest: 21 pts to Checo
S2 · week 6 Huddy 28 — 49 Checo CHECO
S2 · week 1 Huddy 23 — 17 Checo HUDDY
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
Bills receivers vs Patriots secondary 85 v 88 PATRIOTS
Patriots receivers vs Bills secondary 83 v 85 EVEN
Bills line vs Patriots front 82 v 83 EVEN
Patriots line vs Bills front 84 v 83 EVEN
Bills backs vs Patriots run defence 86 v 82 BILLS
Patriots backs vs Bills run defence 86 v 82 PATRIOTS
Bills passer vs Patriots secondary 99 v 88 BILLS
Patriots passer vs Bills secondary 97 v 85 PATRIOTS
TOP PERFORMERS
Drake Maye QB Patriots 191 pass yds
Josh Allen QB Bills 157 pass yds
Ray Davis HB Bills 85 rush yds
DJ Moore WR Bills 80 rec yds
James Cook III HB Bills 78 rush yds
Rhamondre Stevenson HB Patriots 64 rush yds
TreVeyon Henderson HB Patriots 60 rush yds
A.J. Brown WR Patriots 54 rec yds
Greg Rousseau LEDG Bills 3 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BILLS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Josh Allen QB 14/291571022876.3
PATRIOTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drake Maye QB 21/341911052286.7
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Bills Patriots
364 TOTAL YARDS 361
157 PASSING YARDS 191
207 RUSHING YARDS 170
2 SACKS ALLOWED 5
5 SACKS MADE 2
1 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 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 BILLS — 1 PATRIOTS
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