WEEK 4 · FINAL
THE READ
Sierra Vaughn
Analyst
Bills beat Jets, 27-17
27-17 to Bills, and it went about how it looked. Josh Allen threw for Bills — 12/21, 341 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT. Will McDonald IV was the problem for Jets — 2 sacks — in a losing effort. Josh Allen's high-water mark for the year. Through the air: Bills 341, Jets 181.
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jets | +1.6 | -2.2 | +3.8 | +7 |
| Bills | +2.9 | -3.0 | +5.9 | -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.
IN THE BOOTH
Sephen A. Smith
The showman
New York gave this thing away — 4 turnovers against a team that didn't need the help, and that's the whole story right there.
Luca Santana
Analyst
· replying
Buffalo's real problem isn't turnovers—it's that they managed 10 rushing yards and still won a game where both teams looked broken, which tells you the Jets' 4 giveaways were the actual deciding factor, not New York's inability to run.
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.
Josh Allen
Bills
12/21, 341 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
Will McDonald IV
Jets
2 sacks
James Cook III
Bills
3 catches, 119 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Bills 341, Jets 181
Bills
On the ground
Jets 108, Bills 10
Jets
Total yards
Bills 351, Jets 289
Bills
Pressure
Bills 2 sacks, Jets 4
Jets
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 61% · Rush 39% · 28.0 scored, 24.2 allowed
7.9 yds/att
56.1% completions
7.3 yds/carry
274.4 yds/game
2.1 giveaways/game
7.0% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 52 · Aggressive
Balance 89
Ball security 41
Back usage 33%
QB runs 2.1/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 70
WR 82
TE 76
RB 82
OL 79
DL 80
LB 82
DB 81
Best: Breece Hall HB 89
Fastest: KaVontae Turpin WR 97 SPD
2 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 56% · Rush 44% · 29.7 scored, 23.8 allowed
8.8 yds/att
63.3% completions
4.8 yds/carry
335.1 yds/game
1.9 giveaways/game
3.6% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 69 · Aggressive
Balance 94
Ball security 47
Back usage 35%
QB runs 4.5/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.9 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 85
TE 82
RB 86
OL 82
DL 83
LB 81
DB 85
Best: Josh Allen QB 99
Fastest: Jeremiah Smith WR 94 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
Huddy
Bills · his last 8 games
Balanced
Gives it away
Pass / run59% / 41%
Points for / against31.2 — 25.0
Margin+6.2
Giveaways a game2.0
Sacks taken3.7% of dropbacks
Lead backJames Cook III · 10.1/g
Top targetJeremiah Smith · 31%
QB carries3.5 a game
acal817
Jets · his last 8 games
Throws it
Gives it away
One back
Pass / run62% / 38%
Points for / against27.6 — 24.5
Margin+3.1
Giveaways a game2.2
Sacks taken7.3% of dropbacks
Lead backBreece Hall · 10.9/g
Top targetCam Coleman · 25%
QB carries1.6 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
acal817 against Huddy — the men, not the teams
Huddy leads it 1-0.
Huddy won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 17.0 — 27.0
biggest: 10 pts to Huddy
S2 · week 4
acal817 17 — 27 Huddy
HUDDY
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
Jets receivers vs Bills secondary
82 v 85
BILLS
Bills receivers vs Jets secondary
85 v 81
BILLS
Jets line vs Bills front
79 v 83
BILLS
Bills line vs Jets front
82 v 80
EVEN
Jets backs vs Bills run defence
82 v 82
EVEN
Bills backs vs Jets run defence
86 v 81
BILLS
Jets passer vs Bills secondary
70 v 85
BILLS
Bills passer vs Jets secondary
99 v 81
BILLS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byrum Brown QB | 13/27 | 181 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 63.9 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Allen QB | 12/21 | 341 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 78 | 101.7 |
JETS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byrum Brown QB | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Breece Hall HB | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 0 |
| Braelon Allen HB | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Cam Coleman WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cook III HB | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Austin Hooper TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Allen QB | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenyon Sadiq TE | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| Omar Cooper Jr. WR | 4 | 76 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| Cam Coleman WR | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Breece Hall HB | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cook III HB | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 1 | 96 | 0 | 78 |
| Jeremiah Smith WR | 4 | 88 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 29 |
| Dalton Kincaid TE | 2 | 68 | 34 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 56 |
| Dawson Knox TE | 1 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 55 |
| Parker Washington WR | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
JETS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Peal CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minkah Fitzpatrick SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drue Tranquill SAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will McDonald IV LEDG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Bailey LEDG | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Green REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Cisco FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Belton SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashtyn Davis SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Po Llock CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Brownlee Jr CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrel Bernard MIKE | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Cashman WILL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxwell Hairston CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javon Bullard SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Benford CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Oliver DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Parker REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Elarms-Orr WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Bishop FS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deone Walker DT | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Rousseau LEDG | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kam Curl SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JETS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cade York K | 1/1 | 0/0 | 57 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Myers K | 2/2 | 3/3 | 59 |
RECENT FORM
Jets
W
56–14 vs Giants
WK 3
W
38–35 vs Jaguars
WK 2
W
31–22 vs Texans
WK 1
Bills
L
14–41 vs Jaguars
WK 3
W
24–21 vs Dolphins
WK 2
W
23–17 vs Patriots
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Jets | Bills | |
|---|---|---|
| 289 | TOTAL YARDS | 351 |
| 181 | PASSING YARDS | 341 |
| 108 | RUSHING YARDS | 10 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 4 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 4 | GIVEAWAYS | 3 |
| 3 | TAKEAWAYS | 4 |
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
JETS
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1
BILLS