49ers @ Cardinals · Week 4

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

65 points between 49ers and Cardinals

42-23, and neither defence wants to watch it back. Brock Purdy was steady for 49ers — 17/27, 222 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. De'Zhaun Stribling moved the ball for 49ers — 6 catches, 114 yards, 2 TD. A season best for Nyziah Hunter. Through the air: 49ers 222, Cardinals 182.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
49ers	-8.3	+6.0	-14.3	-9
Cardinals	+10.7	+2.7	+8.0	+13

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.

Cardinals — NFC #3 · division · 8-2 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#7 Dante Moore QB · Cardinals · 0.9% of the field

#11 Jeremiyah Love HB · Cardinals · 0.6% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Jaylen Rivers The insider

San Francisco's defense got run over for 171 yards by Jeremiyah Love while the offense couldn't keep pace—McCaffrey had 160 on the ground but it wasn't enough in a 42-23 loss that leaves the Niners at 1-3 watching Arizona run the table at 4-0.

Luca Santana Analyst · replying

Arizona's turnover margin of plus-7 tells you everything: San Francisco beat itself as much as Arizona beat them, and that margin decides playoff positioning in a season like this one. The Niners' expected win rate based on points alone sits at 34.5 percent—they're fundamentally outmatched right now.

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.

Brock Purdy

49ers

17/27, 222 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT

De'Zhaun Stribling

49ers

6 catches, 114 yards, 2 TD

Jeremiyah Love

Cardinals

11 carries, 171 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Nyziah Hunter has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Christian McCaffrey has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air 49ers 222, Cardinals 182 49ers

On the ground Cardinals 195, 49ers 160 Cardinals

Total yards 49ers 382, Cardinals 377 49ers

Giveaways Cardinals 0, 49ers 3 Cardinals

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% · 18.5 scored, 32.7 allowed

7.5 yds/att 56.2% completions 6.1 yds/carry 305.6 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 7.6% sack rate last 5: 0-5

Primary weapon: De'Zhaun Stribling WR — 44% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY VERY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 42 · Turnover-prone Balance 90 Ball security 41 Back usage 36% QB runs 2.0/game

Most exposed: one-man passing game -- De'Zhaun Stribling takes 44% of the receiving yards

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 87 WR 84 TE 95 RB 88 OL 83 DL 83 LB 87 DB 81

Best: Fred Warner MIKE 98 Fastest: De'Zhaun Stribling WR 94 SPD 6 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

yungbav234

Cardinals · his last 8 games

Balanced One back

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against30.6 — 25.8 Margin+4.9 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken4.4% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 11.5/g Top targetNyziah Hunter · 33% QB carries2.6 a game

KiLLaGueRiLLa21

49ers · his last 8 games

Balanced Gives it away One back One target

Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against14.1 — 31.8 Margin-17.6 Giveaways a game2.2 Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks Lead backChristian McCaffrey · 14.5/g Top targetDe'Zhaun Stribling · 43% QB carries1.5 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 KiLLaGueRiLLa21 against yungbav234 — the men, not the teams

yungbav234 leads it 2-0. yungbav234 has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 18.5 — 38.5 biggest: 21 pts to yungbav234

S2 · week 10 KiLLaGueRiLLa21 14 — 35 yungbav234 YUNGBAV234

S2 · week 4 KiLLaGueRiLLa21 23 — 42 yungbav234 YUNGBAV234

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

49ers receivers vs Cardinals secondary 84 v 82 EVEN

Cardinals receivers vs 49ers secondary 79 v 81 EVEN

49ers line vs Cardinals front 83 v 82 EVEN

Cardinals line vs 49ers front 79 v 83 49ERS

49ers backs vs Cardinals run defence 88 v 81 49ERS

Cardinals backs vs 49ers run defence 86 v 85 EVEN

49ers passer vs Cardinals secondary 87 v 82 49ERS

Cardinals passer vs 49ers secondary 83 v 81 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Brock Purdy QB 49ers 222 pass yds

Dante Moore QB Cardinals 182 pass yds

Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 171 rush yds

Christian McCaffrey HB 49ers 160 rush yds

De'Zhaun Stribling WR 49ers 114 rec yds

Nyziah Hunter WR Cardinals 93 rec yds

Jayden Reed WR Cardinals 62 rec yds

Trey McBride TE Cardinals 58 rec yds

Christian McCaffrey HB 49ers 53 rec yds

Josh Sweat REDG Cardinals 2 sacks

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BOX SCORE

49ERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Brock Purdy QB	17/27	222	2	3	3	41	73.9

CARDINALS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Dante Moore QB	10/16	182	2	0	1	40	141.1

49ERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Christian McCaffrey HB	12	160	13.3	1	2	19	68	0
De'Zhaun Stribling WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

CARDINALS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jeremiyah Love HB	11	171	15.5	1	0	18	96	0
Dante Moore QB	2	24	12	1	0	2	13	0

49ERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
De'Zhaun Stribling WR	6	114	19	2	23	41
Christian McCaffrey HB	6	53	8.8	0	57	18
Stefon Diggs WR	3	38	12.7	0	20	25
Ricky Pearsall WR	1	17	17	0	13	17
Kaelon Black HB	1	0	0	0	2	0

CARDINALS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Nyziah Hunter WR	3	93	31	1	22	0	40
Jayden Reed WR	3	62	20.7	0	8	3	26
Trey McBride TE	4	58	14.5	0	22	0	16
Jeremiyah Love HB	3	31	10.3	1	31	0	19

49ERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Matthew Bailey SS	2	0	0
Upton Stout CB	2	0	1
Dre Greenlaw WILL	2	0	0
Renardo Green CB	2	0	0
Malik Hooker FS	1	0	0
Leonard Moore CB	1	0	0
Fred Warner MIKE	1	0	0
Deommodore Lenoir CB	1	0	0
Gracen Halton DT	1	1	0

CARDINALS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW	TD
Brandon Cisse CB	7	0	0	0	6	0
Will Johnson FS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS	3	0	1	0	0	0
Cody Simon WILL	3	0	1	1	0	1
Max Melton CB	3	0	0	2	0	0
Anthony Smith LEDG	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mack Wilson Sr MIKE	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jamari Sharpe CB	2	0	0	2	0	0
Josh Sweat REDG	2	2	0	0	0	0
Grover Stewart DT	2	1	0	0	0	0
Budda Baker SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Denzel Burke CB	1	0	1	0	0	1
Austin Keys WILL	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walter Nolen III DT	1	0	0	0	0	0

49ERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Eddy Pineiro K	1/1	2/2	45

CARDINALS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

49ers

W 45–21 vs Packers WK 3

L 17–20 vs Eagles WK 2

L 28–65 vs Ravens WK 1

Cardinals

W 36–24 vs Seahawks WK 3

W 35–17 vs Bengals WK 2

W 58–35 vs Bears WK 1

TEAM STATS

49ers		Cardinals
382	TOTAL YARDS	377
222	PASSING YARDS	182
160	RUSHING YARDS	195
3	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	3
3	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	TAKEAWAYS	3

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 49ERS — 2 CARDINALS

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