Browns @ Ravens · Week 2 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 2 · FINAL

THE READ

Browns win the turnover battle and the game

Take care of the football or lose. Ravens did not, and did. Ty Simpson was steady for Browns — 16/30, 330 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT. Lamar Jackson did the damage for Ravens — 19/30, 362 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT — in a losing effort. Ty Simpson is 79 overall and sits 4 in the league in passing yards. Somebody undervalued him. Total yards: Ravens 474, Browns 372.

Jaylen Rivers The insider

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Browns	+5.3	+0.5	+4.8	+11
Ravens	+9.4	-0.0	+9.4	-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.

Browns — AFC #3 · division · 6-3 Ravens — AFC #5 · 6-4 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#3 Jonathan Taylor HB · Ravens · 4.4% of the field

#4 Lamar Jackson QB · Ravens · 2.8% of the field

#12 Duce Robinson WR · Ravens · 0.5% of the field

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IN THE BOOTH

Sierra Vaughn Analyst

Cleveland's receivers were untouchable and Baltimore couldn't stop giving the ball away—Lamar Jackson threw 4 interceptions in a game the Ravens had no business losing, outgaining the Browns 474 to 372 but losing the turnover battle 5 to 1.

Daniel Keller The numbers guy · replying

Cleveland won a game it had no business winning—outgained 474 to 372 and nearly shut out on the ground, kept alive entirely by Ty Simpson's 5 touchdowns and Lamar Jackson's willingness to gift away 4 interceptions. The Ravens were the better football team for 60 minutes.

Kayla James The showman · replying

Baltimore had the better football team on the field—Mark Andrews unstoppable at 191 yards, Lamar Jackson's arm still working—but 4 interceptions aren't a mistake, they're a choice, and the Ravens made theirs while Cleveland's Ty Simpson was making 5 touchdowns look like the easiest decision of his life.

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.

Ty Simpson

Browns

16/30, 330 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT

Lamar Jackson

Ravens

19/30, 362 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT

Emeka Egbuka

Browns

6 catches, 184 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

💎 Ty Simpson is 80 overall and sits 5 in the league in passing yards.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Ravens 572, Browns 372 Ravens

On the ground Ravens 210, Browns 42 Ravens

Through the air Ravens 362, Browns 330 Ravens

Giveaways Ravens 4, Browns 1 Browns

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 66% · Rush 34% · 28.3 scored, 23.6 allowed

8.0 yds/att 60.1% completions 6.3 yds/carry 315.6 yds/game 1.2 giveaways/game 7.0% sack rate last 5: 2-3

Primary weapon: Emeka Egbuka WR — 30% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 63 · Efficient Balance 84 Ball security 66 Back usage 29% QB runs 2.0/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 80 WR 81 TE 82 RB 84 OL 80 DL 82 LB 83 DB 82

Best: Jared Verse REDG 90 Fastest: Evan Stewart WR 94 SPD 5 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

treyshiesty956

Ravens · his last 8 games

Balanced Runs the quarterback One back

Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against34.9 — 27.4 Margin+7.5 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken5.5% of dropbacks Lead backJonathan Taylor · 19.5/g Top targetMark Andrews · 26% QB carries5.0 a game

jakber

Browns · his last 8 games

Throws it

Pass / run69% / 31% Points for / against25.1 — 23.5 Margin+1.6 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken7.5% of dropbacks Lead backQuinshon Judkins · 8.0/g Top targetEmeka Egbuka · 30% QB carries1.8 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 jakber against treyshiesty956 — the men, not the teams

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

2 meetings avg 31.5 — 28.5 biggest: 3 pts to jakber

S2 · week 9 jakber 25 — 22 treyshiesty956 JAKBER

S2 · week 2 jakber 38 — 35 treyshiesty956 JAKBER

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

Browns receivers vs Ravens secondary 81 v 87 RAVENS

Ravens receivers vs Browns secondary 78 v 82 BROWNS

Browns line vs Ravens front 80 v 81 EVEN

Ravens line vs Browns front 85 v 82 RAVENS

Browns backs vs Ravens run defence 84 v 83 EVEN

Ravens backs vs Browns run defence 88 v 83 RAVENS

Browns passer vs Ravens secondary 80 v 87 RAVENS

Ravens passer vs Browns secondary 96 v 82 RAVENS

TOP PERFORMERS

Lamar Jackson QB Ravens 362 pass yds

Ty Simpson QB Browns 330 pass yds

Mark Andrews TE Ravens 191 rec yds

Emeka Egbuka WR Browns 184 rec yds

Jonathan Taylor HB Ravens 108 rush yds

Lamar Jackson QB Ravens 102 rush yds

Duce Robinson WR Ravens 60 rec yds

Trey'Dez Green TE Browns 55 rec yds

Emmanuel McNeil-Warren FS Browns 1 INTs

Ronnie Hickman FS Browns 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

BROWNS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Ty Simpson QB	16/30	330	5	1	1	78	118

RAVENS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Lamar Jackson QB	19/30	362	2	4	0	60	87.7

BROWNS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Antwan Raymond HB	3	24	8	0	11	11
Quinshon Judkins HB	5	14	2.8	1	9	11
Ty Simpson QB	3	4	1.3	0	4	5
Trey'Dez Green TE	0	0	0	1	0	0

RAVENS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jonathan Taylor HB	13	108	8.3	1	5	42	22	0
Lamar Jackson QB	6	102	17	2	0	11	65	0

BROWNS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Emeka Egbuka WR	6	184	30.7	2	102	78
Trey'Dez Green TE	4	55	13.8	2	15	38
Ian Strong WR	2	35	17.5	1	6	19
Antwan Raymond HB	1	34	34	0	38	34
Quinshon Judkins HB	3	22	7.3	0	17	17

RAVENS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Mark Andrews TE	7	191	27.3	0	23	1	60
Duce Robinson WR	4	60	15	2	28	0	39
Ja'Kobi Lane WR	1	29	29	0	11	0	29
Jonathan Taylor HB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

BROWNS

PLAYER	TKL	INT	PD	FF
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren FS	3	1	1	0
Arnold Ebiketie LEDG	3	0	0	0
D'Angelo Ponds CB	3	0	0	0
Carson Schwesinger MIKE	3	1	0	0
Tyson Campbell CB	2	0	0	0
Jer'Zhan Newton DT	2	0	0	0
Thomas Harper SS	2	1	0	0
Grant Delpit SS	2	0	0	0
Mike Sainristil CB	1	0	0	0
Ronnie Hickman FS	1	1	1	1
Beanie Bishop Jr CB	1	0	0	0
Mason Graham DT	1	0	0	0

RAVENS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Divine Deablo MIKE	7	0	0	0	4
Bryce Boettcher MIKE	5	0	0	0	1
Jessie Bates III FS	4	0	0	0	2
Nate Wiggins CB	3	0	0	0	2
Tavius Robinson LEDG	2	1	0	0	0
Mike Jackson CB	2	0	0	1	0
Marlon Humphrey CB	1	0	0	2	0
Rashan Gary LEDG	1	1	0	1	0
Zion Young LEDG	1	0	0	0	0
Jyaire Hill CB	1	0	0	2	0
Adetomiwa Adebawore DT	1	0	0	0	0
Chamarri Conner FS	1	0	0	0	0
Roquan Smith MIKE	1	0	1	1	0
T'Vondre Sweat DT	0	0	0	1	0

BROWNS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Matt Gay K	1/1	3/3	41

RAVENS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Browns

W 54–24 vs Raiders WK 1

Ravens

W 65–28 vs 49ers WK 1

TEAM STATS

Browns		Ravens
372	TOTAL YARDS	572
330	PASSING YARDS	362
42	RUSHING YARDS	210
1	SACKS ALLOWED	0
0	SACKS MADE	2
1	GIVEAWAYS	4
5	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

2 BROWNS — 0 RAVENS

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