Commanders @ Vikings · Week 11

WEEK 11 · FINAL

THE READ

Vikings win a 17-7 rockfight

Vikings won it 17-7 the hard way. Jayden Daniels did the damage for Commanders — 13/27, 204 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Caleb Banks lived in the backfield for Vikings — 2 sacks. A season best for Ashton Jeanty. Through the air: Commanders 204, Vikings 137.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Commanders	-1.0	-3.2	+2.2	-4
Vikings	-1.3	+6.6	-7.9	+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.

Commanders — in the hunt · 5-5 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Ethan Price The numbers guy

Washington threw 27 times for 204 yards and couldn't get out of its own way on the ground with 44 rushing yards; Minnesota's defense turned that imbalance into 3 sacks and a win that felt closer than the score because the Commanders still outgained them by 32 yards.

Luca Santana Analyst · replying

Washington's real problem wasn't the sacks—it was that Jayden Daniels had to beat Minnesota alone, throwing 27 times while the ground game mustered 44 yards and forced him into an interception he couldn't afford.

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.

Jayden Daniels

Commanders

13/27, 204 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Caleb Banks

Vikings

2 sacks

Isaac Brown

Vikings

13 carries, 80 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Ashton Jeanty has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Commanders 204, Vikings 137 Commanders

On the ground Vikings 79, Commanders 44 Vikings

Total yards Commanders 248, Vikings 216 Commanders

Pressure Vikings 3 sacks, Commanders 1 Vikings

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

Balanced Pass 59% · Rush 41% · 24.0 scored, 21.8 allowed

8.1 yds/att 63.5% completions 4.7 yds/carry 299.5 yds/game 1.5 giveaways/game 5.1% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Chris Olave WR — 28% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 64 · Aggressive Balance 91 Ball security 58 Back usage 30% QB runs 5.0/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 87 WR 83 TE 79 RB 82 OL 81 DL 84 LB 84 DB 86

Best: Jeffery Simmons DT 95 Fastest: Chris Olave WR 93 SPD 7 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

asqxct

Vikings · his last 8 games

Throws it One back Takes sacks

Pass / run63% / 37% Points for / against21.0 — 27.4 Margin-6.4 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken13.0% of dropbacks Lead backIsaac Brown · 10.6/g Top targetJustin Jefferson · 36% QB carries1.0 a game

gokublack444

Commanders · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against23.4 — 24.2 Margin-0.9 Giveaways a game1.5 Sacks taken5.3% of dropbacks Lead backAshton Jeanty · 11.9/g Top targetChris Olave · 28% QB carries4.2 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 gokublack444 against asqxct — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 7.0 — 17.0 biggest: 10 pts to asqxct

S2 · week 11 gokublack444 7 — 17 asqxct ASQXCT

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

Commanders receivers vs Vikings secondary 83 v 84 EVEN

Vikings receivers vs Commanders secondary 86 v 86 EVEN

Commanders line vs Vikings front 81 v 79 EVEN

Vikings line vs Commanders front 82 v 84 EVEN

Commanders backs vs Vikings run defence 82 v 79 COMMANDERS

Vikings backs vs Commanders run defence 78 v 84 COMMANDERS

Commanders passer vs Vikings secondary 87 v 84 COMMANDERS

Vikings passer vs Commanders secondary 80 v 86 COMMANDERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 204 pass yds

J.J. McCarthy QB Vikings 137 pass yds

Isaac Brown HB Vikings 80 rush yds

Ashton Jeanty HB Commanders 65 rec yds

Chigoziem Okonkwo TE Commanders 54 rec yds

T.J. Hockenson TE Vikings 51 rec yds

Caleb Banks DT Vikings 2 sacks

Josh Metellus SS Vikings 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jayden Daniels QB	13/27	204	1	1	3	40	70.6

VIKINGS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
J.J. McCarthy QB	13/22	137	1	0	1	39	92.4

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Ashton Jeanty HB	7	38	5.4	1	9	25
Jayden Daniels QB	2	6	3	0	4	9
Ted Hurst III WR	0	0	0	1	0	0

VIKINGS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Isaac Brown HB	13	80	6.2	1	0	10	39
Justin Jefferson WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
J.J. McCarthy QB	1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Ashton Jeanty HB	5	65	13	0	63	40
Chigoziem Okonkwo TE	2	54	27	0	32	28
Ted Hurst III WR	2	39	19.5	0	3	26
Antonio Williams WR	3	30	10	1	7	14
Chris Olave WR	1	16	16	0	1	16

VIKINGS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
T.J. Hockenson TE	2	51	25.5	0	21	39
Justin Jefferson WR	5	44	8.8	0	21	13
Isaac Brown HB	3	18	6	1	15	11
Josh Oliver TE	1	17	17	0	10	17
Isaiah Sategna III WR	2	7	3.5	0	1	6

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Nick Cross FS	3	0	0
Brian Branch SS	3	0	1
Germaine Pratt SAM	2	0	0
Kristian Fulton CB	2	0	0
Jeffery Simmons DT	1	0	0
Calijah Kancey DT	1	0	0
Odafe Oweh REDG	1	1	0
Leo Chenal WILL	1	0	0
Trey White LEDG	1	0	0
Decamerion Richardson CB	1	0	0
Sonny Styles MIKE	0	0	2

VIKINGS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Josh Metellus SS	4	0	1	2
James Pierre CB	3	0	0	1
Caleb Banks DT	3	2	0	0
Isaiah Rodgers Sr CB	3	0	0	2
Byron Murphy Jr CB	2	0	0	4
Jakobe Thomas FS	1	0	0	0
Troy Andersen MIKE	1	0	0	0
Clev Lubin REDG	1	1	0	0
Jake Golday MIKE	1	0	0	0
Dallas Turner LEDG	0	0	0	1
Jerome Baker SAM	0	0	0	1

COMMANDERS

nothing recorded

VIKINGS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Will Reichard K	1/1	2/2	53

RECENT FORM

Commanders

W 44–37 vs Falcons WK 10

W 31–23 vs Giants WK 9

L 17–35 vs Bills WK 7

Vikings

L 27–35 vs Lions WK 9

W 19–16 vs Falcons WK 8

L 6–21 vs Broncos WK 7

TEAM STATS

Commanders		Vikings
248	TOTAL YARDS	216
204	PASSING YARDS	137
44	RUSHING YARDS	79
3	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	3
1	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	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

0 COMMANDERS — 1 VIKINGS

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