Broncos @ Browns · Week 4

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

Browns win the turnover battle and the game

Take care of the football or lose. Broncos did not, and did. Ty Simpson threw for Browns — 17/25, 259 yards, 5 TD. Bo Nix threw for Broncos — 14/21, 250 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. That is 4 straight games over 250 for Bo Nix. On the ground: Broncos 70, Browns 60.

Talia Morgan Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Broncos	+10.8	-4.4	+15.2	+13
Browns	+5.3	+0.5	+4.8	+11

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.

Broncos — AFC #1 · division · 7-2 Browns — AFC #3 · division · 6-3 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#7 Bo Nix QB · Broncos · 0.8% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Riley Parker The chaos merchant

Denver had 320 total yards and committed 2 turnovers; Cleveland had 319 and zero—that's a 6-point game decided by the one thing that matters most, and it's why the Broncos can't afford to keep bleeding possessions when the margin is this thin.

Jaylen Rivers The insider · replying

Denver's been steady all year—250 yards from Nix in every game, division title earned—but Cleveland just showed what this league looks like when a QB gets hot; Ty Simpson's 5 touchdowns in one afternoon is the kind of afternoon that breaks a 3-1 team's season open.

Sierra Vaughn Analyst · replying

Denver's expected win rate sits at 82.5 percent based on point differential, yet it's 3-1 and headed home—that gap between what the numbers say a team should be and what it actually is tells you everything about how turnovers live in a different universe from talent.

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

17/25, 259 yards, 5 TD

Bo Nix

Broncos

14/21, 250 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Trey'Dez Green

Browns

6 catches, 151 yards, 3 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Bo Nix has now cleared 250 passing yards in 4 straight games.

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

⭐ Trey'Dez Green has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Pat Bryant II has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 RJ Harvey is still searching for it: 41 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 67.

WHAT DECIDED IT

On the ground Broncos 70, Browns 60 Broncos

Through the air Browns 259, Broncos 250 Browns

Giveaways Browns 0, Broncos 2 Browns

Total yards Broncos 320, Browns 319 Broncos

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 60% · Rush 40% · 33.3 scored, 18.1 allowed

9.1 yds/att 66.7% completions 5.4 yds/carry 384.9 yds/game 1.0 giveaways/game 6.2% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Courtland Sutton WR — 26% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 82 · Efficient Balance 90 Ball security 72 Back usage 36% QB runs 1.7/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 85 WR 84 TE 78 RB 82 OL 82 DL 86 LB 78 DB 88

Best: Patrick Surtain II CB 98 Fastest: Jaylen Waddle WR 96 SPD 3 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

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

KodakBoppin

Broncos · his last 8 games

Balanced One back

Pass / run61% / 39% Points for / against31.4 — 20.4 Margin+11.0 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken5.9% of dropbacks Lead backRJ Harvey · 14.1/g Top targetCourtland Sutton · 27% QB carries1.4 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 KodakBoppin against jakber — the men, not the teams

jakber leads it 1-0. jakber won the last one.

1 meeting avg 28.0 — 34.0 biggest: 6 pts to jakber

S2 · week 4 KodakBoppin 28 — 34 jakber 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

Broncos receivers vs Browns secondary 84 v 82 EVEN

Browns receivers vs Broncos secondary 81 v 88 BRONCOS

Broncos line vs Browns front 82 v 82 EVEN

Browns line vs Broncos front 80 v 86 BRONCOS

Broncos backs vs Browns run defence 82 v 83 EVEN

Browns backs vs Broncos run defence 84 v 83 EVEN

Broncos passer vs Browns secondary 85 v 82 BRONCOS

Browns passer vs Broncos secondary 80 v 88 BRONCOS

TOP PERFORMERS

Ty Simpson QB Browns 259 pass yds

Bo Nix QB Broncos 250 pass yds

Trey'Dez Green TE Browns 151 rec yds

Pat Bryant II WR Broncos 114 rec yds

Courtland Sutton WR Broncos 57 rec yds

Grant Delpit SS Browns 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

BRONCOS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Bo Nix QB	14/21	250	2	1	2	55	119.1

BROWNS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Ty Simpson QB	17/25	259	5	0	3	69	141.4

BRONCOS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
RJ Harvey HB	9	32	3.6	2	0	11	14	0
Bo Nix QB	4	23	5.8	0	0	0	10	1
Jonah Coleman HB	2	15	7.5	0	0	4	16	0
Courtland Sutton WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

BROWNS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
KC Concepcion Jr WR	1	40	40	0	4	40
Quinshon Judkins HB	8	21	2.6	1	7	10
Ty Simpson QB	1	-1	-1	0	0	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Pat Bryant II WR	3	114	38	2	16	55
Courtland Sutton WR	3	57	19	0	38	32
Jaylen Waddle WR	4	46	11.5	0	36	14
Luke Hasz TE	2	22	11	0	10	21
RJ Harvey HB	2	11	5.5	0	0	10

BROWNS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Trey'Dez Green TE	6	151	25.2	3	58	69
Ian Strong WR	3	37	12.3	0	10	27
KC Concepcion Jr WR	2	35	17.5	0	26	28
Emeka Egbuka WR	5	28	5.6	2	4	13
Quinshon Judkins HB	1	8	8	0	12	8

BRONCOS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Riley Moss CB	4	0	2
Brandon Jones FS	3	0	0
Patrick Surtain II CB	2	0	0
Jonathon Cooper LEDG	2	1	1
Ja'Quan McMillian CB	1	0	1
Claudin Cherelus SAM	1	0	0
Zach Allen DT	1	1	1
SirVocea Dennis MIKE	1	0	0
Alex Singleton MIKE	1	0	0
Nik Bonitto REDG	0	0.5	0
Tyler Onyedim DT	0	0.5	0

BROWNS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF
D'Angelo Ponds CB	2	0	0	0	0
Carson Schwesinger MIKE	2	0	0	1	1
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah WILL	2	0	0	0	0
Tyson Campbell CB	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Hall Jr DT	1	1	0	0	0
Jared Verse REDG	1	1	0	0	0
Grant Delpit SS	1	0	1	0	0
Mason Graham DT	1	0	0	0	0
Ty Okada SS	1	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren FS	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Sainristil CB	0	0	0	1	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Wil Lutz K	1/1	1/3	27

BROWNS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Broncos

W 38–14 vs Texans WK 3

W 31–28 vs Raiders WK 2

W 49–0 vs Bengals WK 1

Browns

W 21–16 vs Steelers WK 3

W 38–35 vs Ravens WK 2

W 54–24 vs Raiders WK 1

TEAM STATS

Broncos		Browns
320	TOTAL YARDS	319
250	PASSING YARDS	259
70	RUSHING YARDS	60
2	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	2
2	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	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

0 BRONCOS — 1 BROWNS

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