WEEK 4 · FINAL
THE READ
Eagles beat Patriots, 23-13
Patriots kept it respectable. Eagles still won by 10. Jayden Maiava was steady for Eagles — 22/38, 283 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Drake Maye was steady for Patriots — 18/37, 211 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Jayden Maiava has not had a better afternoon this season. Through the air: Eagles 283, Patriots 211.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriots | +6.1 | -2.5 | +8.6 | +7 |
| Eagles | +11.0 | -4.6 | +15.6 | +15 |
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
Marcus Reyes
The numbers guy
New England's turnover margin swung the wrong way—3 giveaways to 2—but the real difference was DeVonta Smith's 160 yards on 6 catches, a clean outlet against coverage that Maiava exploited at 283 passing yards while Maye managed only 211. The Pats had no answer.
Luca Santana
Analyst
· replying
Philadelphia's +7 turnover margin this season—they're forcing mistakes at a rate that's becoming structural, not luck—means this win matters less for today than for how the Eagles are built to win close games the rest of the way. New England can't keep up in that department, and it's going to cost them more than this 10-point gap suggests.
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 Maiava
Eagles
22/38, 283 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Drake Maye
Patriots
18/37, 211 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
DeVonta Smith
Eagles
6 catches, 160 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Eagles 283, Patriots 211
Eagles
Total yards
Eagles 395, Patriots 339
Eagles
On the ground
Patriots 128, Eagles 112
Patriots
Pressure
Eagles 2 sacks, Patriots 0
Eagles
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% · 25.8 scored, 17.2 allowed
8.8 yds/att
63.1% completions
5.8 yds/carry
310.3 yds/game
1.5 giveaways/game
8.5% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 72 · Efficient
Balance 89
Ball security 58
Back usage 32%
QB runs 2.8/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.5% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 97
WR 83
TE 87
RB 86
OL 84
DL 83
LB 73
DB 88
Best: Christian Gonzalez CB 99
Fastest: TreVeyon Henderson HB 95 SPD
6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 59% · Rush 41% · 29.2 scored, 13.7 allowed
8.5 yds/att
61.4% completions
6.6 yds/carry
352.1 yds/game
1.4 giveaways/game
6.2% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 66 · Aggressive
Balance 91
Ball security 60
Back usage 36%
QB runs 2.6/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 84
WR 81
TE 88
RB 82
OL 81
DL 89
LB 83
DB 86
Best: Maxx Crosby LEDG 97
Fastest: Ryan Wingo WR 97 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
Boski
Eagles · his last 8 games
Balanced
One back
Pass / run60% / 40%
Points for / against27.9 — 14.6
Margin+13.2
Giveaways a game1.5
Sacks taken6.2% of dropbacks
Lead backSaquon Barkley · 14.4/g
Top targetRyan Wingo · 34%
QB carries2.4 a game
Checo
Patriots · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run61% / 39%
Points for / against27.1 — 16.4
Margin+10.8
Giveaways a game1.9
Sacks taken7.0% of dropbacks
Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 8.9/g
Top targetKyle Williams · 30%
QB carries2.6 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
Checo against Boski — the men, not the teams
Boski leads it 1-0.
Boski won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 13.0 — 23.0
biggest: 10 pts to Boski
S2 · week 4
Checo 13 — 23 Boski
BOSKI
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
Patriots receivers vs Eagles secondary
83 v 86
EAGLES
Eagles receivers vs Patriots secondary
81 v 88
PATRIOTS
Patriots line vs Eagles front
84 v 89
EAGLES
Eagles line vs Patriots front
81 v 83
EVEN
Patriots backs vs Eagles run defence
86 v 87
EVEN
Eagles backs vs Patriots run defence
82 v 82
EVEN
Patriots passer vs Eagles secondary
97 v 86
PATRIOTS
Eagles passer vs Patriots secondary
84 v 88
PATRIOTS
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BOX SCORE
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PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Maye QB | 18/37 | 211 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 64.1 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayden Maiava QB | 22/38 | 283 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 79.1 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TreVeyon Henderson HB | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 2 |
| Rhamondre Stevenson HB | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Drake Maye QB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hunter Henry TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saquon Barkley HB | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| Isaac Guerendo HB | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Jayden Maiava QB | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ryan Wingo WR | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DeVonta Smith WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Henry TE | 7 | 98 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| Zachariah Branch WR | 4 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| Kyle Williams WR | 2 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| A.J. Brown WR | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| TreVeyon Henderson HB | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 8 |
| Rhamondre Stevenson HB | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeVonta Smith WR | 6 | 160 | 26.7 | 1 | 101 | 0 | 73 |
| Ryan Wingo WR | 5 | 70 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| Dallas Goedert TE | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| Saquon Barkley HB | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Isaac Guerendo HB | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Dont'e Thornton Jr WR | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Eli Stowers TE | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Spillane MIKE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Koi Perich FS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Craig Woodson SS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Christian Gonzalez CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Carlton Davis III CB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gabe Jacas LEDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yhonzae Pierre REDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bear Alexander DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milton Williams DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Jones CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Amari Gainer MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Harold Landry III REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Barmore DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dre'Mont Jones LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Baun WILL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Kaiir Elam CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Quinyon Mitchell CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cooper DeJean FS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jihaad Campbell MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Maxx Crosby LEDG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Greenard REDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riq Woolen CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Mukuba SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jalen Carter DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Davis DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Borregales K | 2/2 | 1/1 | 33 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Elliott K | 3/3 | 2/2 | 44 |
RECENT FORM
Patriots
W
38–17 vs Dolphins
WK 3
W
24–18 vs Commanders
WK 2
L
17–23 vs Bills
WK 1
Eagles
L
15–23 vs Commanders
WK 3
W
20–17 vs 49ers
WK 2
W
40–6 vs Giants
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Patriots | Eagles | |
|---|---|---|
| 339 | TOTAL YARDS | 395 |
| 211 | PASSING YARDS | 283 |
| 128 | RUSHING YARDS | 112 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 2 |
| 2 | 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
PATRIOTS
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1
EAGLES