Panthers @ Buccaneers · Week 10

WEEK 10 · FINAL

THE READ

91 points between Panthers and Buccaneers

91 points, and Panthers had more of them, 49-42. Bryce Young threw for Panthers — 24/32, 531 yards, 5 TD. Baker Mayfield was steady for Buccaneers — 23/41, 493 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Baker Mayfield has now cleared 250 passing yards in 4 in a row. On the ground: Buccaneers 114, Panthers 9.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Panthers	+12.9	-3.0	+15.9	+8
Buccaneers	+3.3	-1.9	+5.2	+9

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.

Panthers — NFC #2 · division · 11-0 Buccaneers — NFC #6 · 7-3 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#1 Bryce Young QB · Panthers · 13.3% of the field

#9 Chris Brazzell II WR · Panthers · 0.6% of the field

#11 Cayden Lee WR · Panthers · 0.6% of the field

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IN THE BOOTH

Ava Collins Beat reporter

Cayden Lee decided this one. 241 yards and 4 touchdowns—nobody could get near him, and the Panthers didn't need to run the ball when one receiver was that open all afternoon.

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.

Bryce Young

Panthers

24/32, 531 yards, 5 TD

Baker Mayfield

Buccaneers

23/41, 493 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT

Cayden Lee

Panthers

7 catches, 241 yards, 4 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Baker Mayfield has now cleared 250 passing yards in 4 straight games.

⭐ Chris Godwin Jr has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Bryce Young has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Cayden Lee has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 Hollwood Smothers is still searching for it: 11 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 41.

WHAT DECIDED IT

On the ground Buccaneers 114, Panthers 9 Buccaneers

Total yards Buccaneers 607, Panthers 540 Buccaneers

Through the air Panthers 531, Buccaneers 493 Panthers

Pressure Buccaneers 2 sacks, Panthers 4 Panthers

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

Pass-heavy Pass 68% · Rush 32% · 37.6 scored, 21.7 allowed

12.5 yds/att 63.5% completions 5.1 yds/carry 401.0 yds/game 1.6 giveaways/game 7.5% sack rate last 5: 5-0

Primary weapon: Chris Brazzell II WR — 31% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 73 · Efficient Balance 82 Ball security 54 Back usage 19% QB runs 5.1/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 85 WR 80 TE 72 RB 78 OL 80 DL 84 LB 78 DB 81

Best: Derrick Brown DT 96 Fastest: Cayden Lee WR 94 SPD 6 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

Kitolito101

Buccaneers · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against31.0 — 24.4 Margin+6.6 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken5.9% of dropbacks Lead backBucky Irving · 13.8/g Top targetCade Otton · 24% QB carries2.4 a game

TwinDadCardCollector

Panthers · his last 8 games

Throws it Runs the quarterback

Pass / run66% / 34% Points for / against37.5 — 23.5 Margin+14.0 Giveaways a game1.5 Sacks taken5.1% of dropbacks Lead backHollwood Smothers · 8.0/g Top targetCayden Lee · 29% QB carries5.2 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 TwinDadCardCollector against Kitolito101 — the men, not the teams

TwinDadCardCollector leads it 1-0. TwinDadCardCollector won the last one.

1 meeting avg 49.0 — 42.0 biggest: 7 pts to TwinDadCardCollector

S2 · week 10 TwinDadCardCollector 49 — 42 Kitolito101 TWINDADCARDCOLLECTOR

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

Panthers receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 80 v 85 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers receivers vs Panthers secondary 85 v 81 BUCCANEERS

Panthers line vs Buccaneers front 80 v 85 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers line vs Panthers front 85 v 84 EVEN

Panthers backs vs Buccaneers run defence 78 v 83 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers backs vs Panthers run defence 80 v 82 EVEN

Panthers passer vs Buccaneers secondary 85 v 85 EVEN

Buccaneers passer vs Panthers secondary 84 v 81 BUCCANEERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Bryce Young QB Panthers 531 pass yds

Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 493 pass yds

Cayden Lee WR Panthers 241 rec yds

Chris Godwin Jr WR Buccaneers 159 rec yds

Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 89 rush yds

Terry McLaurin WR Buccaneers 85 rec yds

Chris Brazzell II WR Panthers 80 rec yds

Xavier Legette WR Panthers 75 rec yds

Devin Culp TE Buccaneers 72 rec yds

Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 72 rec yds

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BOX SCORE

PANTHERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Bryce Young QB	24/32	531	5	0	2	73	156.2

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Baker Mayfield QB	23/41	493	4	1	4	72	121.2

PANTHERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Hollwood Smothers HB	1	8	8	0	0	2	8
Bryce Young QB	3	1	0.3	1	0	1	1
Chris Brazzell II WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tetairoa McMillan WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ja'Tavion Sanders TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Bucky Irving HB	8	89	11.1	1	6	61
Josh Williams HB	2	20	10	0	3	17
Devin Culp TE	1	5	5	1	0	5

PANTHERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Cayden Lee WR	7	241	34.4	4	64	73
Chris Brazzell II WR	5	80	16	0	50	33
Xavier Legette WR	4	75	18.8	0	15	32
Ja'Tavion Sanders TE	3	56	18.7	1	16	26
Tetairoa McMillan WR	2	39	19.5	0	8	20
Hollwood Smothers HB	2	22	11	0	12	13
Jalen Coker WR	1	18	18	0	11	18

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Chris Godwin Jr WR	7	159	22.7	1	61	66
Terry McLaurin WR	5	85	17	0	21	38
Devin Culp TE	1	72	72	1	51	72
Bucky Irving HB	1	72	72	1	54	72
Jerry Jeudy WR	5	58	11.6	1	5	21
Cade Otton TE	3	40	13.3	0	6	18
Josh Williams HB	1	7	7	0	1	7

PANTHERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Tre'von Moehrig FS	6	0	0	0
Taylor Rapp SS	5	0	0	0
Jaelan Phillips REDG	3	2	0	0
Trevin Wallace WILL	2	1	0	2
Isaiah Simmons FS	1	0	0	2
Chau Smith-Wade CB	1	0	0	0
Tyrek Funderburk CB	1	0	1	0
Will Lee III CB	1	1	0	1
Derrick Brown DT	1	0	0	0
Nic Scourton LEDG	1	0	0	0
Ifeatu Melifonwu SS	1	0	0	0
Jaycee Horn CB	0	0	0	1
Devin Lloyd MIKE	0	0	0	1

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Jacob Parrish CB	3	0	0
Rueben Bain Jr. LEDG	2	2	1
Zyon McCollum CB	2	0	1
Antoine Winfield Jr FS	2	0	1
Benjamin Morrison CB	2	0	0
Josiah Trotter MIKE	1	0	0
JJ Roberts SS	1	0	0
Tykee Smith SS	1	0	0
John Bullock WILL	1	0	0
Braden Fiske DT	1	0	0
Keionte Scott CB	1	0	0
Alex Anzalone WILL	1	0	0
Elijah Roberts DT	0	0	1
Vita Vea DT	0	0	1
Cobie Durant CB	0	0	1

RECENT FORM

Panthers

W 34–7 vs Saints WK 9

W 42–13 vs Giants WK 8

W 31–23 vs Texans WK 7

Buccaneers

L 21–38 vs Eagles WK 9

W 28–7 vs Saints WK 8

W 40–35 vs Falcons WK 6

TEAM STATS

Panthers		Buccaneers
540	TOTAL YARDS	607
531	PASSING YARDS	493
9	RUSHING YARDS	114
2	SACKS ALLOWED	4
4	SACKS MADE	2
0	GIVEAWAYS	1
1	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 PANTHERS — 0 BUCCANEERS

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