WEEK 10 · FINAL
THE READ
69 points between Bills and Saints
69 points, and Bills had more of them, 42-27. James Cook III carried the load for Bills — 15 carries, 121 yards, 4 TD. Josh Allen was steady for Bills — 24/32, 265 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Wyatt Young's high-water mark for the year. On the ground: Saints 183, Bills 158.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bills | +3.1 | -2.8 | +5.9 | -1 |
| Saints | -9.6 | +1.4 | -11.0 | -2 |
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
Playoff picture →
James Cook III
Bills
15 carries, 121 yards, 4 TD
Josh Allen
Bills
24/32, 265 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Tyler Shough
Saints
24/46, 243 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Saints 183, Bills 158
Saints
Through the air
Bills 265, Saints 243
Bills
Total yards
Saints 426, Bills 423
Saints
Giveaways
Saints 2, Bills 1
Bills
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 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
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
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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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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
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
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 Juice — the men, not the teams
Huddy leads it 1-0.
Huddy won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 42.0 — 27.0
biggest: 15 pts to Huddy
S2 · week 10
Huddy 42 — 27 Juice
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 Saints secondary
85 v 85
EVEN
Saints receivers vs Bills secondary
78 v 85
BILLS
Bills line vs Saints front
82 v 80
EVEN
Saints line vs Bills front
79 v 83
BILLS
Bills backs vs Saints run defence
86 v 79
BILLS
Saints backs vs Bills run defence
80 v 82
EVEN
Bills passer vs Saints secondary
99 v 85
BILLS
Saints passer vs Bills secondary
83 v 85
EVEN
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Allen QB | 24/32 | 265 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 96.4 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 24/46 | 243 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 65.7 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cook III HB | 15 | 121 | 8.1 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 43 | 0 |
| Josh Allen QB | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Aaron Jones Sr HB | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Parker Washington WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Kincaid TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khalil Shakir WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawson Knox TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Moore WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 18 | 88 | 4.9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 1 |
| Tyler Shough QB | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 57 | 0 |
| Devin Neal HB | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Wyatt Young WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Listorti FB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Moore WR | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 54 |
| Jeremiah Smith WR | 5 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| Khalil Shakir WR | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| Dalton Kincaid TE | 3 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| Parker Washington WR | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Dawson Knox TE | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| James Cook III HB | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Austin Hooper TE | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt Young WR | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 30 |
| Juwan Johnson TE | 3 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Oscar Delp TE | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Mason Tipton WR | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Bryce Lance WR | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Vic Listorti FB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrel Bernard MIKE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Christian Benford CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cole Bishop FS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kam Curl SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Blake Cashman WILL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Maxwell Hairston CB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Greg Rousseau LEDG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Davison Igbinosun CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Deone Walker DT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Luvu SAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Sanders DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Oliver DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Parker REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. SS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kaden Elliss WILL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Reid FS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pete Werner MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Danny Stutsman MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Denzel Ward CB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Sanker SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Quincy Riley CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Bresee DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christen Miller DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Kirkpatrick FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matayo Uiagalelei REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chop Robinson REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BILLS
nothing recorded
SAINTS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smyth K | 2/2 | 3/3 | 52 |
RECENT FORM
Bills
W
52–10 vs Dolphins
WK 9
L
14–19 vs Texans
WK 8
W
35–17 vs Commanders
WK 7
Saints
L
7–34 vs Panthers
WK 9
L
7–28 vs Buccaneers
WK 8
W
28–23 vs 49ers
WK 7
TEAM STATS
| Bills | Saints | |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | TOTAL YARDS | 426 |
| 265 | PASSING YARDS | 243 |
| 158 | RUSHING YARDS | 183 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 2 |
| 2 | 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
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0
SAINTS