WEEK 11 · FINAL
THE READ
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
⚔️ WAGER WAR
Lions run away with it, 41-20
Lions were never troubled, putting Cardinals away 41-20. Demond William Jr. was steady for Lions — 18/23, 428 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT. Dante Moore did the damage for Cardinals — 15/26, 299 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. That is 5 straight games over 250 for Demond William Jr.. Total yards: Lions 493, Cardinals 358.
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions | +14.9 | -1.4 | +16.3 | +18 |
| Cardinals | +10.2 | +2.2 | +8.0 | +13 |
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 MVP race
#2
Demond William Jr.
QB · Lions · 10.7% of the field
#5
Nyck Harbor
WR · Lions · 2.2% of the field
#6
Dante Moore
QB · Cardinals · 0.9% of the field
#8
Jeremiyah Love
HB · Cardinals · 0.7% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Sephen A. Smith
The showman
Arizona came in 8-2 and left looking pedestrian—when you surrender 428 passing yards to a quarterback running hot, there is no defensive scheme that saves you, only regret.
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.
Demond William Jr.
Lions
18/23, 428 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Dante Moore
Cardinals
15/26, 299 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Amon-Ra St. Brown
Lions
6 catches, 146 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Lions 493, Cardinals 358
Lions
Through the air
Lions 428, Cardinals 299
Lions
On the ground
Lions 65, Cardinals 59
Lions
Pressure
Cardinals 3 sacks, Lions 1
Cardinals
$11,200,000 in the pot · $1,000,000 each · settled
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 71% · Rush 29% · 39.4 scored, 23.1 allowed
12.5 yds/att
68.1% completions
5.2 yds/carry
422.6 yds/game
0.8 giveaways/game
6.2% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 82 · Efficient
Balance 79
Ball security 77
Back usage 23%
QB runs 2.2/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 88
WR 85
TE 89
RB 88
OL 83
DL 84
LB 78
DB 82
Best: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 99
Fastest: Nyck Harbor WR 99 SPD
8 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
Balanced
Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 33.8 scored, 25.8 allowed
11.2 yds/att
62.2% completions
7.2 yds/carry
347.4 yds/game
0.9 giveaways/game
5.0% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 73 · Efficient
Balance 93
Ball security 75
Back usage 37%
QB runs 2.2/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 83
WR 79
TE 99
RB 86
OL 79
DL 82
LB 76
DB 82
Best: Trey McBride TE 99
Fastest: Nyziah Hunter 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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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
yungbav234
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Balanced
One back
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against30.6 — 25.8
Margin+4.9
Giveaways a game0.9
Sacks taken4.4% of dropbacks
Lead backJeremiyah Love · 11.5/g
Top targetNyziah Hunter · 33%
QB carries2.6 a game
stuuumouuu
Lions · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run72% / 28%
Points for / against38.1 — 26.5
Margin+11.6
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken6.6% of dropbacks
Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 7.4/g
Top targetNyck Harbor · 28%
QB carries2.4 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
stuuumouuu against yungbav234 — the men, not the teams
stuuumouuu leads it 1-0.
stuuumouuu won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 41.0 — 20.0
biggest: 21 pts to stuuumouuu
S2 · week 11
stuuumouuu 41 — 20 yungbav234
STUUUMOUUU
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
Lions receivers vs Cardinals secondary
85 v 82
LIONS
Cardinals receivers vs Lions secondary
79 v 82
LIONS
Lions line vs Cardinals front
83 v 82
EVEN
Cardinals line vs Lions front
79 v 84
LIONS
Lions backs vs Cardinals run defence
88 v 81
LIONS
Cardinals backs vs Lions run defence
86 v 83
CARDINALS
Lions passer vs Cardinals secondary
88 v 82
LIONS
Cardinals passer vs Lions secondary
83 v 82
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
LIONS
CARDINALS
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demond William Jr. QB | 18/23 | 428 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 92 | 122.1 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Moore QB | 15/26 | 299 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 104.4 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
| Demond William Jr. QB | 1 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 0 |
| Dante Moore QB | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Trey McBride TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amon-Ra St. Brown WR | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 51 |
| Jameson Williams WR | 2 | 129 | 64.5 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 92 |
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 30 |
| Sam LaPorta TE | 2 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| Nyck Harbor WR | 1 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyziah Hunter WR | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 53 |
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 5 | 80 | 16 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 67 |
| Jayden Reed WR | 1 | 65 | 65 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 65 |
| Trey McBride TE | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| Michael Wilson WR | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerby Joseph FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damone Clark MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Hutchinson LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amare Barno REDG | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jelani McDonald FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kei'Trel Clark CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boo Carter CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelley Jones CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korie Black CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alim McNeill DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Nolen III DT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kitan Crawford SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Budda Baker SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamari Sharpe CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Johnson FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Sweat REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Wilson Sr MIKE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Cisse CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Lions
W
45–37 vs Packers
WK 10
W
35–27 vs Vikings
WK 9
W
35–32 vs Rams
WK 8
Cardinals
W
35–14 vs 49ers
WK 10
W
41–36 vs Rams
WK 9
W
28–18 vs Seahawks
WK 8
TEAM STATS
| Lions | Cardinals | |
|---|---|---|
| 493 | TOTAL YARDS | 358 |
| 428 | PASSING YARDS | 299 |
| 65 | RUSHING YARDS | 59 |
| 3 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 3 |
| 2 | GIVEAWAYS | 2 |
| 2 | TAKEAWAYS | 2 |
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
LIONS
—
0
CARDINALS