Patriots @ Dolphins · Week 11

WEEK 11 · FINAL

THE READ

Patriots run away with it, 33-3

The Patriots dismantled Miami 33-3, with Drake Maye completing 16 of 19 passes for 292 yards and 5 touchdowns while A.J. Brown caught 5 passes for 127 yards and 3 of those scores. New England's defense held the Dolphins to 150 total yards and 3.5 sacks, while Miami managed just 24 rushing yards and turned the ball over twice. The Dolphins' ground game collapsed entirely, and their offense never found any rhythm in dropping to 1-9.

Nicole Santos Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Patriots	+6.5	-4.1	+10.6	+9
Dolphins	-17.4	+1.3	-18.7	-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.

Patriots — AFC #3 · division · 7-4 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#10 Drake Maye QB · Patriots · 0.7% of the field

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IN THE BOOTH

Talia Morgan Beat reporter

Miami came out and couldn't move the ball or protect it — 24 rushing yards and 2 giveaways against a Patriots defense that looked awake for the first time in weeks. Drake Maye threw 5 touchdowns and A.J. Brown caught 3 of them, which is what happens when one side shows up and the other doesn't.

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter · replying

This wasn't an aberration. Miami is 1-9 because they can't sustain anything — 24 yards on the ground, 3 points total — while New England, sitting at 7-4, has the pieces to execute when it matters, which Drake Maye proved with 5 touchdown passes.

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.

Drake Maye

Patriots

16/19, 292 yards, 5 TD

A.J. Brown

Patriots

5 catches, 127 yards, 3 TD

Caleb Douglas

Dolphins

4 catches, 70 yards

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ A.J. Brown has not had a better afternoon this season.

🧊 De'Von Achane — 90 overall — was held to 24 rushing yards, against an average of 57.

📉 TreVeyon Henderson is still searching for it: 32 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 48.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Patriots 375, Dolphins 150 Patriots

Through the air Patriots 292, Dolphins 126 Patriots

On the ground Patriots 83, Dolphins 24 Patriots

Pressure Dolphins 0 sacks, Patriots 3.5 Patriots

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 62% · Rush 38% · 26.5 scored, 15.9 allowed

9.3 yds/att 64.6% completions 5.9 yds/carry 316.2 yds/game 1.4 giveaways/game 7.9% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Kyle Williams WR — 26% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 76 · Efficient Balance 88 Ball security 62 Back usage 31% QB runs 2.8/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 97 WR 83 TE 87 RB 86 OL 84 DL 83 LB 73 DB 88

Best: Christian Gonzalez CB 99 Fastest: TreVeyon Henderson HB 95 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

Indiassopolis Colts

Dolphins · his last 8 games

Balanced Gives it away Runs the quarterback Takes sacks

Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against14.4 — 33.0 Margin-18.6 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken10.3% of dropbacks Lead backDe'Von Achane · 9.4/g Top targetChris Bell · 21% QB carries4.5 a game

Checo

Patriots · his last 8 games

Throws it

Pass / run63% / 37% Points for / against26.5 — 14.6 Margin+11.9 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken6.9% of dropbacks Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 8.6/g Top targetKyle Williams · 26% QB carries2.6 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 Checo against Indiassopolis Colts — the men, not the teams

Checo leads it 2-0. Checo has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 35.5 — 10.0 biggest: 30 pts to Checo

S2 · week 11 Checo 33 — 3 Indiassopolis Colts CHECO

S2 · week 3 Checo 38 — 17 Indiassopolis Colts CHECO

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

Patriots receivers vs Dolphins secondary 83 v 80 PATRIOTS

Dolphins receivers vs Patriots secondary 76 v 88 PATRIOTS

Patriots line vs Dolphins front 84 v 79 PATRIOTS

Dolphins line vs Patriots front 80 v 83 PATRIOTS

Patriots backs vs Dolphins run defence 86 v 79 PATRIOTS

Dolphins backs vs Patriots run defence 85 v 82 DOLPHINS

Patriots passer vs Dolphins secondary 97 v 80 PATRIOTS

Dolphins passer vs Patriots secondary 76 v 88 PATRIOTS

TOP PERFORMERS

Drake Maye QB Patriots 292 pass yds

A.J. Brown WR Patriots 127 rec yds

Malik Willis QB Dolphins 126 pass yds

Caleb Douglas WR Dolphins 70 rec yds

Hunter Henry TE Patriots 64 rec yds

TreVeyon Henderson HB Patriots 52 rec yds

Milton Williams DT Patriots 1.5 sacks

Carlton Davis III CB Patriots 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Drake Maye QB	16/19	292	5	0	0	48	158.3

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Malik Willis QB	11/15	126	0	1	3	30	70.4

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	YAC	LNG
TreVeyon Henderson HB	7	46	6.6	9	13
Drake Maye QB	3	24	8	0	17
Reggie Gilliam FB	1	13	13	2	13

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
De'Von Achane HB	8	24	3	0	15	12	0
Mario Craver WR	2	0	0	1	1	3	0
Miles Boykin TE	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
A.J. Brown WR	5	127	25.4	3	55	36
Hunter Henry TE	4	64	16	2	32	48
TreVeyon Henderson HB	4	52	13	0	39	20
Kyle Williams WR	2	27	13.5	0	5	24
Zachariah Branch WR	1	22	22	0	14	22

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	LNG
Caleb Douglas WR	4	70	17.5	44	30
Mario Craver WR	2	18	9	1	13
Miles Boykin TE	1	17	17	1	17
De'Von Achane HB	3	15	5	26	11
DeMario Douglas WR	1	6	6	1	6

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF
Ji'Ayir Brown SS	4	0	0	0	0
Yhonzae Pierre REDG	3	1	0	0	0
Carlton Davis III CB	2	0	1	0	0
Milton Williams DT	1	1.5	0	0	0
Craig Woodson SS	1	0	0	0	0
Christian Barmore DT	1	0	0	0	0
Koi Perich FS	1	0	0	0	1
Robert Spillane MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Christian Gonzalez CB	1	0	0	1	0
Harold Landry III REDG	0	0.5	0	1	0
Bear Alexander DT	0	0.5	0	0	0

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	CMP ALW	TD
Kenneth Grant DT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyrel Dodson WILL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Johnson CB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garrett Williams CB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Clark FS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Murphy-Bunting SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Da'Shawn Hand DT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Johnson SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordyn Brooks SAM	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Louis WILL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

PATRIOTS

nothing recorded

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Daniel Carlson K	1/1	0/0	35

RECENT FORM

Patriots

W 21–7 vs Jets WK 10

L 3–17 vs Cowboys WK 9

L 7–26 vs Ravens WK 8

Dolphins

W 27–17 vs Steelers WK 10

L 10–52 vs Bills WK 9

L 0–31 vs Eagles WK 8

TEAM STATS

Patriots		Dolphins
375	TOTAL YARDS	150
292	PASSING YARDS	126
83	RUSHING YARDS	24
0	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3.5	SACKS MADE	0
0	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	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

2 PATRIOTS — 0 DOLPHINS

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