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THE WIRE
WK 11 FINAL Falcons 27, Panthers 52 MOVE Kyle Hamilton traded to Colts MOVE Craig Woodson dev trait up Star to X-Factor MOVE Bray Hubbard dev trait up Star to X-Factor WK 11 FINAL Buccaneers 21, Colts 10 WK 11 FINAL Lions 41, Cardinals 20 ON THE BLOCK Jack Jones (CB 77) ON THE BLOCK Dre Greenlaw (WILL 88)
pfl2k27 🏟️ Madden
WEEK 3 · FINAL
DOLPHINS 1-8 · 14.0 PPG 17 – 38 PATRIOTS 6-4 · 25.0 PPG
THE READ
Patriots run away with it, 38-17

Patriots 38, Dolphins 17, and it was not that close. Julian Sayin threw for Dolphins — 21/42, 238 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Kyle Williams moved the ball for Patriots — 6 catches, 60 yards, 1 TD. A season best for TreVeyon Henderson. On the ground: Patriots 224, Dolphins 119.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Dolphins -16.8 +0.7 -17.4 -7
Patriots +6.1 -2.5 +8.6 +7
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 #6 · 6-4 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Luca Santana Analyst
New England's ground game was the difference — 224 yards to Miami's 119 — and it mattered because the Pats controlled this game from start to finish while the Dolphins' passing attack, despite moving the ball through the air, couldn't overcome it.
Ethan Price The numbers guy · replying
New England won a 21-point blowout while turning the ball over zero times and allowing Miami to move the ball nearly as efficiently through the air—238 yards to 153—which means the Pats got away with something closer to a coin flip on execution and won because they simply didn't blink.
Zoe Bell The contrarian · replying
Julian Sayin threw for 238 yards and a touchdown against the league's best pass defense, and New England still won by 21—that's not a passing game problem, that's a team that has nothing left to prove on the ground and chose not to.
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.
Julian Sayin
Dolphins
21/42, 238 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Kyle Williams
Patriots
6 catches, 60 yards, 1 TD
Caleb Douglas
Dolphins
9 catches, 103 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Patriots 224, Dolphins 119 Patriots
Through the air Dolphins 238, Patriots 153 Dolphins
Total yards Patriots 377, Dolphins 357 Patriots
Giveaways Patriots 0, Dolphins 1 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
Balanced Pass 56% · Rush 44% · 14.8 scored, 32.2 allowed
6.0 yds/att 54.7% completions 5.1 yds/carry 258.1 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 10.8% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Mario Craver WR — 20% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY SPREAD
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 25 · Turnover-prone Balance 94 Ball security 41 Back usage 33% QB runs 5.3/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 10.8% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 76 WR 76 TE 73 RB 84 OL 80 DL 79 LB 78 DB 80
Best: De'Von Achane HB 90 Fastest: De'Von Achane HB 96 SPD 1 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
Checo
Patriots · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run61% / 39% Points for / against27.1 — 16.4 Margin+10.8 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken7.0% of dropbacks Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 8.9/g Top targetKyle Williams · 30% QB carries2.6 a game
Indiassopolis Colts
Dolphins · his last 8 games
Balanced Gives it away Runs the quarterback Takes sacks
Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against16.6 — 31.9 Margin-15.2 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken9.0% of dropbacks Lead backDe'Von Achane · 9.1/g Top targetMario Craver · 21% QB carries5.5 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 Indiassopolis Colts against Checo — the men, not the teams
Checo leads it 1-0. Checo won the last one.
1 meeting avg 17.0 — 38.0 biggest: 21 pts to Checo
S2 · week 3 Indiassopolis Colts 17 — 38 Checo 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
Dolphins receivers vs Patriots secondary 76 v 88 PATRIOTS
Patriots receivers vs Dolphins secondary 83 v 80 PATRIOTS
Dolphins line vs Patriots front 80 v 83 PATRIOTS
Patriots line vs Dolphins front 84 v 79 PATRIOTS
Dolphins backs vs Patriots run defence 84 v 82 EVEN
Patriots backs vs Dolphins run defence 86 v 79 PATRIOTS
Dolphins passer vs Patriots secondary 76 v 88 PATRIOTS
Patriots passer vs Dolphins secondary 97 v 80 PATRIOTS
TOP PERFORMERS
Julian Sayin QB Dolphins 238 pass yds
Drake Maye QB Patriots 153 pass yds
Caleb Douglas WR Dolphins 103 rec yds
TreVeyon Henderson HB Patriots 80 rush yds
Jam Miller HB Patriots 76 rush yds
Dorian Fleming TE Dolphins 61 rec yds
Kyle Williams WR Patriots 60 rec yds
Rhamondre Stevenson HB Patriots 51 rush yds
Craig Woodson SS Patriots 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
DOLPHINS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Julian Sayin QB 21/422381113065.3
PATRIOTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drake Maye QB 24/2815330120125.1
RECENT FORM
Dolphins
L 21–24 vs Bills WK 2
L 0–35 vs Commanders WK 1
Patriots
W 24–18 vs Commanders WK 2
L 17–23 vs Bills WK 1
TEAM STATS
Dolphins Patriots
357 TOTAL YARDS 377
238 PASSING YARDS 153
119 RUSHING YARDS 224
1 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 1
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 DOLPHINS — 1 PATRIOTS
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