Commanders @ Cowboys · Week 4

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

Cowboys beat Commanders, 27-21

Commanders could not stop handing it over, and Cowboys made it count — 27-21. Jayden Daniels threw for Commanders — 14/20, 204 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Jaydon Blue did the work on the ground for Cowboys — 13 carries, 123 yards, 2 TD. A season best for Jaydon Blue. Through the air: Commanders 204, Cowboys 163.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Commanders	+0.5	-3.1	+3.6	-3
Cowboys	-3.7	-1.2	-2.6	+5

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.

Commanders — in the hunt · 5-4 Cowboys — in the hunt · 4-5 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Ethan Price The numbers guy

Washington had more yards and better field position but couldn't stop giving it away; Dallas's 2 turnovers became 6 points, and Jaydon Blue's 123 yards on the ground erased whatever edge the Commanders built through the air.

Daniel Keller The numbers guy · replying

Jeffery Simmons was the only Washington defender who showed up—2 sacks on 1 Dallas sack—but a pass rush means nothing when your quarterback hands the ball away 2 times and your offense can't move it on the ground (97 yards, 20 carries).

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.

Jayden Daniels

Commanders

14/20, 204 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT

Jaydon Blue

Cowboys

13 carries, 123 yards, 2 TD

Jeffery Simmons

Commanders

2 sacks

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Jaydon Blue has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Ashton Jeanty has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Chigoziem Okonkwo has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Commanders 204, Cowboys 163 Commanders

On the ground Cowboys 126, Commanders 97 Cowboys

Total yards Commanders 301, Cowboys 289 Commanders

Giveaways Cowboys 0, Commanders 2 Cowboys

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 57% · Rush 43% · 25.9 scored, 22.3 allowed

8.2 yds/att 65.3% completions 4.6 yds/carry 305.2 yds/game 1.6 giveaways/game 4.5% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Chris Olave WR — 30% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 67 · Aggressive Balance 93 Ball security 56 Back usage 31% QB runs 5.3/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 87 WR 83 TE 79 RB 82 OL 81 DL 84 LB 84 DB 86

Best: Jeffery Simmons DT 95 Fastest: Chris Olave WR 93 SPD 7 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

tomahawkj911

Cowboys · his last 8 games

Throws it One back

Pass / run67% / 33% Points for / against27.2 — 29.8 Margin-2.5 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken5.3% of dropbacks Lead backJaydon Blue · 10.9/g Top targetGeorge Pickens · 35% QB carries1.0 a game

gokublack444

Commanders · his last 8 games

Balanced Runs the quarterback

Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against24.8 — 25.1 Margin-0.4 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken4.9% of dropbacks Lead backAshton Jeanty · 12.0/g Top targetChris Olave · 32% QB carries4.9 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 gokublack444 against tomahawkj911 — the men, not the teams

tomahawkj911 leads it 1-0. tomahawkj911 won the last one.

1 meeting avg 21.0 — 27.0 biggest: 6 pts to tomahawkj911

S2 · week 4 gokublack444 21 — 27 tomahawkj911 TOMAHAWKJ911

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

Commanders receivers vs Cowboys secondary 83 v 83 EVEN

Cowboys receivers vs Commanders secondary 80 v 86 COMMANDERS

Commanders line vs Cowboys front 81 v 82 EVEN

Cowboys line vs Commanders front 80 v 84 COMMANDERS

Commanders backs vs Cowboys run defence 82 v 80 EVEN

Cowboys backs vs Commanders run defence 82 v 84 EVEN

Commanders passer vs Cowboys secondary 87 v 83 COMMANDERS

Cowboys passer vs Commanders secondary 89 v 86 COWBOYS

TOP PERFORMERS

Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 204 pass yds

Joe Milton QB Cowboys 160 pass yds

Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 123 rush yds

Chigoziem Okonkwo TE Commanders 88 rec yds

Ashton Jeanty HB Commanders 77 rush yds

Jeffery Simmons DT Commanders 2 sacks

Kamari Lassiter CB Commanders 1 INTs

Dee Winters WILL Cowboys 1 INTs

Bobby Okereke MIKE Cowboys 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jayden Daniels QB	14/20	204	2	2	1	31	96.6

COWBOYS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Joe Milton QB	10/12	160	0	0	1	28	118.7
Dak Prescott QB	1/4	3	0	0	1	3	39.5

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Ashton Jeanty HB	14	77	5.5	1	0	21	16
Jayden Daniels QB	5	19	3.8	0	0	1	6
Kaytron Allen HB	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Antonio Williams WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chigoziem Okonkwo TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

COWBOYS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jaydon Blue HB	13	123	9.5	2	1	16	65
Joe Milton QB	1	3	3	1	0	0	3
Jake Ferguson TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Chigoziem Okonkwo TE	3	88	29.3	1	21	31
Antonio Williams WR	3	35	11.7	0	19	23
Ashton Jeanty HB	4	23	5.8	0	21	10
Kylen Granson TE	1	21	21	0	20	21
Chris Olave WR	2	19	9.5	0	6	11
Ted Hurst III WR	1	18	18	1	0	18

COWBOYS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	LNG
Jaydon Blue HB	3	49	16.3	39	22
George Pickens WR	3	42	14	21	21
Jake Ferguson TE	3	34	11.3	7	19
Mike Mathews WR	1	10	10	5	10

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Kamari Lassiter CB	3	0	1	0	2
Jeffery Simmons DT	2	2	0	0	0
Calijah Kancey DT	2	0	0	0	0
Sonny Styles MIKE	2	0	0	0	0
Quan Martin FS	1	0	0	0	0
Kristian Fulton CB	1	0	0	0	0
Amik Robertson CB	1	0	0	0	0
Noah Sewell MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Germaine Pratt SAM	1	0	0	0	0
Trey White LEDG	1	0	0	0	0
Brian Branch SS	1	0	0	1	0
Odafe Oweh REDG	0	0	0	1	0

COWBOYS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Zabien Brown CB	5	0	0	1
Jalen Thompson FS	3	0	0	0
Devin Moore CB	3	1	0	0
Quinnen Williams DT	3	0	0	0
Caleb Downs SS	2	0	0	0
LT Overton DT	2	0	0	0
Julius Wood SS	1	0	0	0
Shavon Revel Jr CB	1	0	0	0
Dee Winters WILL	1	0	1	0
Malachi Lawrence LEDG	1	0	0	0
DaRon Bland CB	0	0	0	1
Bobby Okereke MIKE	0	0	1	0

COMMANDERS

nothing recorded

COWBOYS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Brandon Aubrey K	2/2	3/3	60

RECENT FORM

Commanders

W 23–15 vs Eagles WK 3

L 18–24 vs Patriots WK 2

W 35–0 vs Dolphins WK 1

Cowboys

L 28–51 vs Falcons WK 3

L 21–38 vs Panthers WK 2

L 27–30 vs Rams WK 1

TEAM STATS

Commanders		Cowboys
301	TOTAL YARDS	289
204	PASSING YARDS	163
97	RUSHING YARDS	126
1	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	1
2	GIVEAWAYS	0
1	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 COMMANDERS — 1 COWBOYS

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