WEEK 10 · FINAL
THE READ
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
62 points between Seahawks and Bengals
Seahawks and Bengals combined for 62. Somebody had to lose it. Sam Darnold was steady for Seahawks — 30/39, 303 yards, 3 TD. Joe Burrow was steady for Bengals — 23/39, 303 yards, 2 TD — in a losing effort. That is 3 straight games over 250 for Joe Burrow. Total yards: Seahawks 406, Bengals 390.
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seahawks | +3.4 | +3.6 | -0.2 | -1 |
| Bengals | -7.9 | +2.4 | -10.3 | -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.
Seahawks —
in the hunt
· 4-6
Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
Cincinnati's offensive line got shredded—6 sacks allowed against a Seattle defense that brought the heat all afternoon. When your quarterback is eating dirt that much, 303 yards means nothing.
Elise Carter
The insider
· replying
Jaxon Smith-Njigba finally showed up when it mattered most—which is fine, except Cincinnati needed him to do that while their line wasn't collapsing underneath them.
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
30/39, 303 yards, 3 TD
Joe Burrow
Bengals
23/39, 303 yards, 2 TD
DeMarcus Lawrence
Seahawks
2.5 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Seahawks 406, Bengals 390
Seahawks
On the ground
Seahawks 103, Bengals 87
Seahawks
Pressure
Bengals 2 sacks, Seahawks 6
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
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 83
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
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% · 22.6 scored, 32.9 allowed
8.0 yds/att
62.4% completions
4.7 yds/carry
327.8 yds/game
0.9 giveaways/game
9.9% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 60 · Efficient
Balance 84
Ball security 75
Back usage 29%
QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.9% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 98
WR 90
TE 76
RB 82
OL 77
DL 86
LB 77
DB 78
Best: Ja'Marr Chase WR 99
Fastest: Ja'Marr Chase WR 96 SPD
3 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
WhoDFCares
Bengals · his last 8 games
Throws it
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run66% / 34%
Points for / against25.4 — 30.9
Margin-5.5
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken9.4% of dropbacks
Lead backChase Brown · 11.4/g
Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 33%
QB carries1.5 a game
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.
THE SERIES
XBluecheeseX against WhoDFCares — the men, not the teams
XBluecheeseX leads it 1-0.
XBluecheeseX won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 34.0 — 28.0
biggest: 6 pts to XBluecheeseX
S2 · week 10
XBluecheeseX 34 — 28 WhoDFCares
XBLUECHEESEX
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
Seahawks receivers vs Bengals secondary
86 v 78
SEAHAWKS
Bengals receivers vs Seahawks secondary
90 v 86
BENGALS
Seahawks line vs Bengals front
80 v 86
BENGALS
Bengals line vs Seahawks front
77 v 83
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks backs vs Bengals run defence
83 v 82
EVEN
Bengals backs vs Seahawks run defence
82 v 81
EVEN
Seahawks passer vs Bengals secondary
87 v 78
SEAHAWKS
Bengals passer vs Seahawks secondary
98 v 86
BENGALS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Darnold QB | 30/39 | 303 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 124.1 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Burrow QB | 23/39 | 303 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 74 | 100.6 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 18 | 97 | 5.4 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 13 | 0 |
| Jadarian Price HB | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Terrance Carter Jr. TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Darnold QB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Brown HB | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 0 |
| Ahmad Hardy HB | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Burrow QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ja'Marr Chase WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 50 |
| Terrance Carter Jr. TE | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 22 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 7 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| Cooper Kupp WR | 3 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| A.J. Barner TE | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Marquise Brown WR | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Jadarian Price HB | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Robbie Ouzts FB | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ja'Marr Chase WR | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 74 |
| Tee Higgins WR | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 25 |
| Mike Gesicki TE | 4 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| Chase Brown HB | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| Tyreek Hill WR | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Ahmad Hardy HB | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| Brett Norfleet TE | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Clark FS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Nick Emmanwori SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Devon Witherspoon CB | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Jobe CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Adams SS | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Byron Murphy II DT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernest Jones IV MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tyrice Knight WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Pola-Mao FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Lawrence LEDG | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clark Phillips III CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrique Tucker DT | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derick Hall REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rylie Mills DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Neal CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sione Takitaki SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Simmons REDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tacario Davis CB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Josh Newton CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Deonte Banks CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Milano WILL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jordan Battle SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bryan Cook FS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jonathan Allen DT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Lawrence II DT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cashius Howell LEDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Wonnum REDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ja'Whaun Bentley MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shemar Stewart REDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boye Mafe REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrett Carter MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drayk Bowen MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McKinnley Jackson DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Taylor K | 2/3 | 4/4 | 50 |
BENGALS
nothing recorded
RECENT FORM
Seahawks
W
35–6 vs 49ers
WK 9
L
18–28 vs Cardinals
WK 8
L
31–56 vs Lions
WK 7
Bengals
W
31–24 vs Steelers
WK 8
L
17–35 vs Chiefs
WK 7
W
24–7 vs 49ers
WK 6
TEAM STATS
| Seahawks | Bengals | |
|---|---|---|
| 406 | TOTAL YARDS | 390 |
| 303 | PASSING YARDS | 303 |
| 103 | RUSHING YARDS | 87 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 6 |
| 6 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | TAKEAWAYS | 0 |
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
SEAHAWKS
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0
BENGALS