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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
COLTS 6-4 · 24.0 PPG 27 – 17 SAINTS 2-8 · 18.0 PPG
THE READ
Colts win the turnover battle and the game

Colts took the ball away and took the game with it, 27-17. Jonathan Taylor carried the load for Colts — 21 carries, 265 yards, 2 TD. Tyler Shough did the damage for Saints — 17/28, 270 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. A season best for Tyler Shough. Through the air: Saints 270, Colts 42.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Colts -1.5 -2.8 +1.3 +10
Saints -9.7 +1.3 -11.0 -2
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.
Colts — AFC #4 · division · 6-4 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Kayla James The showman
Indianapolis turned this into a grind, and Jonathan Taylor made sure that grind went their way—265 rushing yards is the kind of afternoon that settles arguments, and it settled this one by 10.
Riley Parker The chaos merchant · replying
New Orleans threw it 28 times and still got out-yardsed 307 to 336—that's not a scheme problem, that's 3 turnovers deciding a game where the Saints actually had more total yards and should've won it.
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.
Tyler Shough
Saints
17/28, 270 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT
Juwan Johnson
Saints
4 catches, 83 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Saints 336, Colts 42 Saints
Through the air Saints 270, Colts 42 Saints
On the ground Saints 66, Colts 0 Saints
Giveaways Saints 3, Colts 1 Colts
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 55% · Rush 45% · 24.9 scored, 23.6 allowed
7.4 yds/att 55.2% completions 4.4 yds/carry 136.1 yds/game 0.7 giveaways/game 7.4% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: Mark Fletcher HB — 22% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 46 · Turnover-prone Balance 95 Ball security 80 Back usage 43% QB runs 0.3/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 76 WR 85 TE 85 RB 74 OL 80 DL 78 LB 77 DB 90
Best: Kyle Hamilton SS 94 Fastest: Deion Burks 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
Juice
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away One back Takes sacks
Pass / run68% / 32% Points for / against15.4 — 31.8 Margin-16.4 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken9.0% of dropbacks Lead backTravis Etienne Jr · 10.8/g Top targetWyatt Young · 27% QB carries2.2 a game
INDY/COLTS
Colts · his last 8 games
Runs it Takes sacks
Pass / run49% / 51% Points for / against25.5 — 22.6 Margin+2.9 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken10.2% of dropbacks Lead backMark Fletcher · 5.8/g Top targetMark Fletcher · 29% QB carries0.1 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 INDY/COLTS against Juice — the men, not the teams
INDY/COLTS leads it 1-0. INDY/COLTS won the last one.
1 meeting avg 27.0 — 17.0 biggest: 10 pts to INDY/COLTS
S2 · week 3 INDY/COLTS 27 — 17 Juice INDY/COLTS
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
Colts receivers vs Saints secondary 85 v 85 EVEN
Saints receivers vs Colts secondary 78 v 90 COLTS
Colts line vs Saints front 80 v 80 EVEN
Saints line vs Colts front 79 v 78 EVEN
Colts backs vs Saints run defence 74 v 79 SAINTS
Saints backs vs Colts run defence 80 v 78 EVEN
Colts passer vs Saints secondary 76 v 85 SAINTS
Saints passer vs Colts secondary 83 v 90 COLTS
TOP PERFORMERS
Tyler Shough QB Saints 270 pass yds
Juwan Johnson TE Saints 83 rec yds
Jordyn Tyson WR Saints 70 rec yds
Wyatt Young WR Saints 64 rec yds
Cam Taylor-Britt CB Colts 1 INTs
Laiatu Latu LEDG Colts 1 INTs
CJ Allen MIKE Colts 1 INTs
Lorenzo Styles Jr. SS Saints 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
COLTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Trinidad Chambliss QB 4/6421111786.8
SAINTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Tyler Shough QB 17/282701314365.1
RECENT FORM
Colts
W 27–24 vs Falcons WK 2
L 18–31 vs Panthers WK 1
Saints
L 7–21 vs Buccaneers WK 2
W 56–21 vs Falcons WK 1
TEAM STATS
Colts Saints
42 TOTAL YARDS 336
42 PASSING YARDS 270
0 RUSHING YARDS 66
1 SACKS ALLOWED 1
0 SACKS MADE 1
1 GIVEAWAYS 3
3 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
1 COLTS — 0 SAINTS
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