WEEK 1 · FINAL
THE READ
Seahawks run away with it, 30-7
A long afternoon for Steelers. Seahawks by 23. Sam Darnold threw for Seahawks — 10/14, 209 yards, 3 TD. Cooper Kupp moved the ball for Seahawks — 2 catches, 99 yards, 2 TD. Total yards: Seahawks 291, Steelers 136.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelers | -12.2 | -1.1 | -11.2 | -7 |
| Seahawks | +3.5 | +3.7 | -0.2 | -1 |
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
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
Seattle's offense moved the ball at will while Pittsburgh's couldn't function at ground level—11 rushing yards says everything about which team was built for this matchup. Darnold was efficient when it mattered, but the Steelers simply had no answer on either line.
Riley Parker
The chaos merchant
· replying
Seattle's 82 rushing yards against Pittsburgh's 11 isn't a matchup problem—it's what happens when one team actually has a running game and the other is so broken it's panicking into the pass on 73% of plays. This wasn't a clinic. This was a team revealing it has nothing to lean on.
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.
Sam Darnold
Seahawks
10/14, 209 yards, 3 TD
Cooper Kupp
Seahawks
2 catches, 99 yards, 2 TD
Michael Pittman
Steelers
3 catches, 112 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Seahawks 291, Steelers 136
Seahawks
Through the air
Seahawks 209, Steelers 125
Seahawks
On the ground
Seahawks 82, Steelers 11
Seahawks
Giveaways
Seahawks 0, Steelers 3
Seahawks
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 61% · Rush 39% · 16.9 scored, 28.1 allowed
6.9 yds/att
58.7% completions
4.5 yds/carry
291.3 yds/game
1.3 giveaways/game
5.7% sack rate
last 5: 0-5
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 50 · Conservative
Balance 89
Ball security 64
Back usage 33%
QB runs 2.6/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 94
WR 84
TE 80
RB 84
OL 80
DL 86
LB 78
DB 86
Best: Matthew Stafford QB 94
Fastest: DK Metcalf WR 94 SPD
5 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 58% · Rush 42% · 29.5 scored, 29.7 allowed
8.6 yds/att
61.4% completions
5.2 yds/carry
363.3 yds/game
1.4 giveaways/game
9.0% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 68 · Efficient
Balance 92
Ball security 61
Back usage 37%
QB runs 2.4/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.0% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87
WR 86
TE 78
RB 84
OL 80
DL 83
LB 79
DB 86
Best: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 99
Fastest: Rashid Shaheed WR 95 SPD
6 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
XBluecheeseX
Seahawks · his last 5 games
Balanced
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run60% / 40%
Points for / against33.4 — 30.0
Margin+3.4
Giveaways a game1.4
Sacks taken11.2% of dropbacks
Lead backZach Charbonnet · 14.8/g
Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 33%
QB carries3.2 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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Steelers receivers vs Seahawks secondary
84 v 86
EVEN
Seahawks receivers vs Steelers secondary
86 v 86
EVEN
Steelers line vs Seahawks front
80 v 83
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks line vs Steelers front
80 v 86
STEELERS
Steelers backs vs Seahawks run defence
84 v 81
STEELERS
Seahawks backs vs Steelers run defence
84 v 83
EVEN
Steelers passer vs Seahawks secondary
94 v 86
STEELERS
Seahawks passer vs Steelers secondary
87 v 86
EVEN
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Stafford QB | 7/19 | 125 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 38.1 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Darnold QB | 10/14 | 209 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 153.2 |
STEELERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kewan Lacy HB | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 21 | 52 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 0 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 2 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
STEELERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pittman WR | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 63 |
| DK Metcalf WR | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Jaylen Warren HB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Kupp WR | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 93 |
| Terrance Carter Jr. TE | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 30 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
STEELERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Ramsey FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylen Everette CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaquan Brisker SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Queen MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Harmon DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Highsmith REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poona Ford DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeShon Elliott SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Bruener MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamel Dean CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeMarcus Lawrence LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Simmons REDG | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Trotter Jr SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Jobe CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Gant MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Witherspoon CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Phillips III CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Clark FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Love SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrique Tucker DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gideon Lampron MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Emmanwori SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
STEELERS
nothing recorded
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Taylor K | 3/3 | 3/3 | 38 |
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
| Steelers | Seahawks | |
|---|---|---|
| 136 | TOTAL YARDS | 291 |
| 125 | PASSING YARDS | 209 |
| 11 | RUSHING YARDS | 82 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 1 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | 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.