WEEK 2 · FINAL
THE READ
Buccaneers win the turnover battle and the game
Giveaways decided this one. Buccaneers 21, Saints 7. Cade Otton did the catching for Buccaneers — 5 catches, 101 yards, 1 TD. Juwan Johnson was the target for Saints — 3 catches, 63 yards — in a losing effort. On the ground: Buccaneers 110, Saints 15.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saints | -9.4 | +1.6 | -11.0 | -2 |
| Buccaneers | +4.0 | -1.2 | +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.
Buccaneers —
NFC #6
· 7-3
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IN THE BOOTH
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
New Orleans made this easy for Tampa Bay. The Saints coughed it up 4 times, ran for 15 yards, and got punished accordingly—Otton alone (101 yards) outgained their entire ground game. When you're that careless, 21 points feels inevitable.
Daniel Keller
The numbers guy
· replying
Tampa Bay's 4-1 record masks a team that's barely above water by adjusted margin, yet New Orleans keeps validating the Bucs' mediocrity by playing like they're trying to lose—15 rushing yards and 4 giveaways will get you there every time.
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.
Cade Otton
Buccaneers
5 catches, 101 yards, 1 TD
Juwan Johnson
Saints
3 catches, 63 yards
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Buccaneers 110, Saints 15
Buccaneers
Total yards
Buccaneers 275, Saints 210
Buccaneers
Through the air
Saints 195, Buccaneers 165
Saints
Giveaways
Buccaneers 1, Saints 4
Buccaneers
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 67% · Rush 33% · 19.6 scored, 30.6 allowed
8.1 yds/att
59.0% completions
6.6 yds/carry
312.7 yds/game
1.9 giveaways/game
8.7% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 48 · Aggressive
Balance 83
Ball security 47
Back usage 27%
QB runs 2.4/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.7% 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
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% · 27.8 scored, 22.6 allowed
9.2 yds/att
57.1% completions
5.1 yds/carry
347.1 yds/game
1.1 giveaways/game
6.3% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 66 · Aggressive
Balance 93
Ball security 69
Back usage 37%
QB runs 3.0/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 84
WR 85
TE 77
RB 80
OL 85
DL 85
LB 77
DB 85
Best: Tristan Wirfs LT 95
Fastest: Terry McLaurin WR 95 SPD
7 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
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
Juice
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run69% / 31%
Points for / against17.0 — 33.5
Margin-16.5
Giveaways a game1.8
Sacks taken9.8% of dropbacks
Lead backTravis Etienne Jr · 10.5/g
Top targetJordyn Tyson · 27%
QB carries1.9 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
Juice against Kitolito101 — the men, not the teams
Kitolito101 leads it 2-0.
Kitolito101 has won 2 straight.
2 meetings
avg 7.0 — 24.5
biggest: 21 pts to Kitolito101
S2 · week 8
Juice 7 — 28 Kitolito101
KITOLITO101
S2 · week 2
Juice 7 — 21 Kitolito101
KITOLITO101
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
Saints receivers vs Buccaneers secondary
78 v 85
BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers receivers vs Saints secondary
85 v 85
EVEN
Saints line vs Buccaneers front
79 v 85
BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers line vs Saints front
85 v 80
BUCCANEERS
Saints backs vs Buccaneers run defence
80 v 83
BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers backs vs Saints run defence
80 v 79
EVEN
Saints passer vs Buccaneers secondary
83 v 85
EVEN
Buccaneers passer vs Saints secondary
84 v 85
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
SAINTS
BUCCANEERS
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BUCCANEERS
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BUCCANEERS
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BUCCANEERS
SAINTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 15/24 | 195 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 62.3 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Mayfield QB | 10/12 | 165 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 123.6 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 |
| Wyatt Young WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juwan Johnson TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Devin Neal HB | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Irving HB | 14 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 0 |
| Baker Mayfield QB | 2 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Devin Culp TE | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| Abu Sama III HB | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Josh Williams HB | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juwan Johnson TE | 3 | 63 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 24 |
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Wyatt Young WR | 2 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| Bryce Lance WR | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 9 |
| Oscar Delp TE | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| Devin Neal HB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Otton TE | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 32 |
| Jerry Jeudy WR | 1 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
| Chris Godwin Jr WR | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Josh Williams HB | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| Devin Culp TE | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Stutsman MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Sanker SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chop Robinson REDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matayo Uiagalelei REDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Reid FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denzel Ward CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Werner MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Holmes JR DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaden Elliss WILL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Winfield Jr FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zyon McCollum CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josiah Trotter MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vita Vea DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tykee Smith SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Anzalone WILL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Fiske DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Parrish CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Saints
W
56–21 vs Falcons
WK 1
Buccaneers
L
9–24 vs Lions
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Saints | Buccaneers | |
|---|---|---|
| 210 | TOTAL YARDS | 275 |
| 195 | PASSING YARDS | 165 |
| 15 | RUSHING YARDS | 110 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 4 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | TAKEAWAYS | 4 |
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
SAINTS
—
2
BUCCANEERS