WEEK 3 · FINAL
THE READ
Ava Collins
Beat reporter
Panthers run away with it, 45-12
Carolina routed Los Angeles 45-12, with Chris Brazzell II catching 6 passes for 177 yards and 3 touchdowns to decide it. Bryce Young completed 13 of 25 for 272 yards and 3 scores, while the Panthers' defense forced the Rams into 5 turnovers. Darian Mensah threw 4 interceptions in the loss, and Los Angeles managed just 298 total yards to Carolina's 365. The Panthers improved to 3-0 while the Rams fell to 2-1.
Ava Collins
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panthers | +13.2 | -2.7 | +15.9 | +8 |
| Rams | +2.8 | +4.0 | -1.2 | -3 |
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
#2
Bryce Young
QB · Panthers · 10.5% of the field
#12
Darian Mensah
QB · Rams · 0.6% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Sephen A. Smith
The showman
Carolina made it look like a preseason game out there—45 points, and nobody in Los Angeles could lay a hand on Chris Brazzell II, who put up 177 yards and 3 touchdowns because the Rams' secondary was playing a different sport. When your quarterback throws 4 interceptions and your team coughs it up 5 times total, you don't get to compete; you get to pack it in.
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
· replying
Bryce Young threw 2 interceptions and still moved the ball at will—the real story is that Los Angeles couldn't stay on the field long enough to matter, and now sits 2-1 watching a team that doesn't turn it over run away with the division.
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
13/25, 272 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Chris Brazzell II
Panthers
6 catches, 177 yards, 3 TD
Darian Mensah
Rams
14/35, 227 yards, 1 TD, 4 INT
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Panthers 365, Rams 298
Panthers
Through the air
Panthers 272, Rams 227
Panthers
On the ground
Panthers 93, Rams 71
Panthers
Giveaways
Rams 5, Panthers 3
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
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 67% · Rush 33% · 26.2 scored, 27.4 allowed
8.2 yds/att
57.5% completions
6.7 yds/carry
325.4 yds/game
1.8 giveaways/game
3.7% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 58 · Aggressive
Balance 83
Ball security 49
Back usage 25%
QB runs 3.3/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.8 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77
WR 89
TE 79
RB 86
OL 82
DL 89
LB 76
DB 85
Best: Myles Garrett REDG 99
Fastest: Jeff Caldwell WR 95 SPD
8 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
whaat
Rams · his last 8 games
Throws it
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run69% / 31%
Points for / against26.5 — 27.0
Margin-0.5
Giveaways a game1.5
Sacks taken3.5% of dropbacks
Lead backKyren Williams · 7.0/g
Top targetCeeDee Lamb · 23%
QB carries3.1 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 whaat — the men, not the teams
TwinDadCardCollector leads it 1-0.
TwinDadCardCollector won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 45.0 — 12.0
biggest: 33 pts to TwinDadCardCollector
S2 · week 3
TwinDadCardCollector 45 — 12 whaat
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 Rams secondary
80 v 85
RAMS
Rams receivers vs Panthers secondary
89 v 81
RAMS
Panthers line vs Rams front
80 v 89
RAMS
Rams line vs Panthers front
82 v 84
EVEN
Panthers backs vs Rams run defence
78 v 84
RAMS
Rams backs vs Panthers run defence
86 v 82
RAMS
Panthers passer vs Rams secondary
85 v 85
EVEN
Rams passer vs Panthers secondary
77 v 81
PANTHERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Young QB | 13/25 | 272 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 96.9 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darian Mensah QB | 14/35 | 227 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 32.3 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollwood Smothers HB | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 0 |
| Bryce Young QB | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Cayden Lee WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyren Williams HB | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 0 |
| Darian Mensah QB | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Blake Corum HB | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Brazzell II WR | 6 | 177 | 29.5 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 69 |
| Cayden Lee WR | 2 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Hollwood Smothers HB | 2 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| Xavier Legette WR | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Ja'Tavion Sanders TE | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Trevor Etienne HB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Caldwell WR | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 54 |
| Terrance Ferguson TE | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 42 |
| Eric Singleton Jr. WR | 2 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| Puka Nacua WR | 3 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 11 |
| Kyren Williams HB | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevin Wallace WILL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Simmons FS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ifeatu Melifonwu SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Rapp SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Lee III CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| **** Chambliss WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'von Moehrig FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Lloyd MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaelan Phillips REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaycee Horn CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Hunter DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chau Smith-Wade CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lathan Ransom SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ McKinney CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Faletau Satuala SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Young LEDG | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamren Kinchens FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Garrett REDG | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Landman MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobie Turner DT | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Nwankpa FS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent McDuffie CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Fitzgerald K | 1/1 | 6/6 | 61 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Mevis K | 2/3 | 0/0 | 55 |
RECENT FORM
Panthers
W
38–21 vs Cowboys
WK 2
W
31–18 vs Colts
WK 1
Rams
W
34–13 vs Steelers
WK 2
W
30–27 vs Cowboys
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Panthers | Rams | |
|---|---|---|
| 365 | TOTAL YARDS | 298 |
| 272 | PASSING YARDS | 227 |
| 93 | RUSHING YARDS | 71 |
| 4 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 4 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 5 |
| 5 | TAKEAWAYS | 2 |
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
RAMS