WEEK 2 · FINAL
THE READ
Panthers win the turnover battle and the game
Take care of the football or lose. Cowboys did not, and did. Bryce Young threw for Panthers — 14/17, 338 yards, 3 TD. Dak Prescott threw for Cowboys — 23/32, 315 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. On the ground: Panthers 51, Cowboys 38.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panthers | +13.1 | -2.8 | +15.9 | +8 |
| Cowboys | -3.7 | -1.2 | -2.6 | +5 |
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
#1
Bryce Young
QB · Panthers · 11.3% of the field
#9
Chris Brazzell II
WR · Panthers · 0.7% of the field
#10
Cayden Lee
WR · Panthers · 0.6% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Elise Carter
The insider
Dallas couldn't move the ball on the ground—38 rushing yards—and that kind of dysfunction on one side of the ball tends to snowball into the mess you saw here. Carolina's 4-0 start is the real story, but the Cowboys' inability to establish anything made it easy.
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
· replying
Dallas gave this one away before the game even started—2 turnovers to Carolina's 0, and Dak throwing 2 picks while Bryce Young didn't throw any, makes the ground game look like the problem when really it was the ball security that buried them.
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.
Bryce Young
Panthers
14/17, 338 yards, 3 TD
Dak Prescott
Cowboys
23/32, 315 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
George Pickens
Cowboys
6 catches, 119 yards, 2 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Panthers 51, Cowboys 38
Panthers
Total yards
Panthers 389, Cowboys 380
Panthers
Through the air
Cowboys 342, Panthers 338
Cowboys
Giveaways
Cowboys 2, Panthers 0
Panthers
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 68% · Rush 32% · 37.6 scored, 21.7 allowed
12.5 yds/att
63.5% completions
5.1 yds/carry
401.0 yds/game
1.6 giveaways/game
7.5% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 73 · Efficient
Balance 82
Ball security 54
Back usage 19%
QB runs 5.1/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 85
WR 80
TE 72
RB 78
OL 80
DL 84
LB 78
DB 81
Best: Derrick Brown DT 96
Fastest: Cayden Lee WR 94 SPD
6 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
Pass-heavy
Pass 68% · Rush 32% · 27.2 scored, 29.8 allowed
8.5 yds/att
63.6% completions
5.7 yds/carry
299.6 yds/game
1.7 giveaways/game
5.1% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 66 · Aggressive
Balance 82
Ball security 53
Back usage 28%
QB runs 1.4/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89
WR 80
TE 83
RB 82
OL 80
DL 82
LB 79
DB 83
Best: Quinnen Williams DT 92
Fastest: Tyler Harrell WR 95 SPD
4 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
tomahawkj911
Cowboys · his last 8 games
Throws it
One back
Pass / run67% / 33%
Points for / against27.2 — 29.8
Margin-2.5
Giveaways a game1.6
Sacks taken5.3% of dropbacks
Lead backJaydon Blue · 10.9/g
Top targetGeorge Pickens · 35%
QB carries1.0 a game
TwinDadCardCollector
Panthers · his last 8 games
Throws it
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run66% / 34%
Points for / against37.5 — 23.5
Margin+14.0
Giveaways a game1.5
Sacks taken5.1% of dropbacks
Lead backHollwood Smothers · 8.0/g
Top targetCayden Lee · 29%
QB carries5.2 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
TwinDadCardCollector against tomahawkj911 — the men, not the teams
TwinDadCardCollector leads it 1-0.
TwinDadCardCollector won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 38.0 — 21.0
biggest: 17 pts to TwinDadCardCollector
S2 · week 2
TwinDadCardCollector 38 — 21 tomahawkj911
TWINDADCARDCOLLECTOR
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
Panthers receivers vs Cowboys secondary
80 v 83
COWBOYS
Cowboys receivers vs Panthers secondary
80 v 81
EVEN
Panthers line vs Cowboys front
80 v 82
EVEN
Cowboys line vs Panthers front
80 v 84
PANTHERS
Panthers backs vs Cowboys run defence
78 v 80
EVEN
Cowboys backs vs Panthers run defence
82 v 82
EVEN
Panthers passer vs Cowboys secondary
85 v 83
EVEN
Cowboys passer vs Panthers secondary
89 v 81
COWBOYS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Young QB | 14/17 | 338 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 158.3 |
COWBOYS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dak Prescott QB | 23/32 | 315 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 108.2 |
| Jake Ferguson TE | 1/1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 118.7 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollwood Smothers HB | 3 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 |
| Bryce Young QB | 3 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
COWBOYS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaydon Blue HB | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 |
| Dak Prescott QB | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Brazzell II WR | 5 | 115 | 23 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 44 |
| Hollwood Smothers HB | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 45 |
| Cooper Barkate WR | 2 | 58 | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| Cayden Lee WR | 3 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Xavier Legette WR | 1 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 |
| Ja'Tavion Sanders TE | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
COWBOYS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Pickens WR | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 69 |
| Jake Ferguson TE | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 |
| Jaydon Blue HB | 5 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 9 |
| Mike Mathews WR | 2 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Elijah Higgins TE | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Simmons FS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevin Wallace WILL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaycee Horn CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ifeatu Melifonwu SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'von Moehrig FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chau Smith-Wade CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Lloyd MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Rapp SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Lee III CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lathan Ransom SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Derrick Brown DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Scourton LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COWBOYS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnen Williams DT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dee Winters WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zabien Brown CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alijah Clark FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Downs SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Thompson FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shavon Revel Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Markquese Bell SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zah Frazier CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Clark DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Moore CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Fitzgerald K | 1/1 | 5/5 | 35 |
COWBOYS
nothing recorded
RECENT FORM
Panthers
W
31–18 vs Colts
WK 1
Cowboys
L
27–30 vs Rams
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Panthers | Cowboys | |
|---|---|---|
| 389 | TOTAL YARDS | 380 |
| 338 | PASSING YARDS | 342 |
| 51 | RUSHING YARDS | 38 |
| 4 | SACKS ALLOWED | 2 |
| 2 | SACKS MADE | 3 |
| 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
1
PANTHERS
—
0
COWBOYS