WEEK 4 · FINAL
THE READ
Elise Carter
The insider
Buccaneers win the turnover battle and the game
Buccaneers took the ball away and took the game with it, 44-28. Jaxson Dart did the damage for Giants — 24/42, 384 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Baker Mayfield did the damage for Buccaneers — 21/35, 240 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. A season best for Jaxson Dart. Through the air: Giants 384, Buccaneers 240.
Elise Carter
The insider
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers | +2.5 | -2.0 | +4.6 | +9 |
| Giants | -13.4 | +3.3 | -16.7 | -26 |
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.
Buccaneers —
NFC #7
· 6-3
Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
The Giants beat themselves. Jaxson Dart threw 4 touchdown passes on his best afternoon of the season, but 5 turnovers against a team that only gave the ball up once decided this by 16 points—the kind of math that doesn't require anything else to go right for Tampa Bay.
Jaylen Rivers
The insider
· replying
The Giants are in freefall now—0-4 is the kind of hole where individual performances stop mattering, because no single afternoon saves a season that's hemorrhaging possessions. Tampa Bay's already thinking playoffs.
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.
Jaxson Dart
Giants
24/42, 384 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT
Baker Mayfield
Buccaneers
21/35, 240 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Malik Nabers
Giants
8 catches, 168 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Giants 384, Buccaneers 240
Giants
On the ground
Buccaneers 166, Giants 76
Buccaneers
Total yards
Giants 460, Buccaneers 406
Giants
Giveaways
Giants 5, Buccaneers 1
Buccaneers
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
Balanced
Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 28.6 scored, 24.0 allowed
9.4 yds/att
57.4% completions
5.1 yds/carry
359.6 yds/game
1.1 giveaways/game
6.9% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 64 · Aggressive
Balance 93
Ball security 69
Back usage 36%
QB runs 3.1/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 84
WR 85
TE 77
RB 80
OL 85
DL 85
LB 77
DB 85
Best: Tristan Wirfs LT 95
Fastest: Terry McLaurin WR 95 SPD
7 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 66% · Rush 34% · 22.2 scored, 38.9 allowed
8.4 yds/att
52.4% completions
4.9 yds/carry
337.0 yds/game
3.8 giveaways/game
8.3% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive
Balance 84
Ball security 0
Back usage 30%
QB runs 1.6/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 3.8 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 84
WR 84
TE 78
RB 82
OL 82
DL 82
LB 81
DB 82
Best: Andrew Thomas LT 94
Fastest: Malik Nabers WR 96 SPD
5 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
CSav3105
Giants · his last 8 games
Throws it
Gives it away
One target
Pass / run64% / 36%
Points for / against23.8 — 35.4
Margin-11.6
Giveaways a game3.1
Sacks taken7.9% of dropbacks
Lead backCam Skattebo · 12.2/g
Top targetMalik Nabers · 45%
QB carries1.0 a game
Kitolito101
Buccaneers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against31.0 — 24.0
Margin+7.0
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken6.1% of dropbacks
Lead backBucky Irving · 13.4/g
Top targetCade Otton · 26%
QB carries2.5 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
Kitolito101 against CSav3105 — the men, not the teams
Kitolito101 leads it 1-0.
Kitolito101 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 44.0 — 28.0
biggest: 16 pts to Kitolito101
S2 · week 4
Kitolito101 44 — 28 CSav3105
KITOLITO101
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
Buccaneers receivers vs Giants secondary
85 v 82
BUCCANEERS
Giants receivers vs Buccaneers secondary
84 v 85
EVEN
Buccaneers line vs Giants front
85 v 82
BUCCANEERS
Giants line vs Buccaneers front
82 v 85
BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers backs vs Giants run defence
80 v 82
EVEN
Giants backs vs Buccaneers run defence
82 v 83
EVEN
Buccaneers passer vs Giants secondary
84 v 82
EVEN
Giants passer vs Buccaneers secondary
84 v 85
EVEN
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BOX SCORE
BUCCANEERS
GIANTS
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GIANTS
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BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Mayfield QB | 21/35 | 240 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 87.7 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaxson Dart QB | 24/42 | 384 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 89.7 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Irving HB | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Baker Mayfield QB | 5 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 38 | 0 |
| Abu Sama III HB | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Josh Williams HB | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Devin Culp TE | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Skattebo HB | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Tyrone Tracy Jr HB | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| Malik Nabers WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tank Dell WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry McLaurin WR | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| Chris Godwin Jr WR | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| Cade Otton TE | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| Jerry Jeudy WR | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| Devin Culp TE | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Bucky Irving HB | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Abu Sama III HB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Nabers WR | 8 | 168 | 21 | 2 | 94 | 1 | 58 |
| Malachi Fields WR | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 30 |
| Tank Dell WR | 2 | 38 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Isaiah Likely TE | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Tyrone Tracy Jr HB | 3 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Luke Schoonmaker TE | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Cam Skattebo HB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Theo Johnson TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josiah Trotter MIKE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr FS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jacob Parrish CB | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Vita Vea DT | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yaya Diaby REDG | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Anzalone WILL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Braden Fiske DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tykee Smith SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cobie Durant CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Zyon McCollum CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rueben Bain Jr. LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benjamin Morrison CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Dugger SS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Arvell Reese WILL | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Newsome II CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dru Phillips CB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Abdul Carter LEDG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tremaine Edmunds MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Darius Muasau WILL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jevon Holland FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paulson Adebo CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Darius Alexander DT | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Burns REDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Jamison-Travis DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Stone DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Brade SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Nubin SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keeanu Benton DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chase McLaughlin K | 3/4 | 5/5 | 50 |
GIANTS
nothing recorded
RECENT FORM
Buccaneers
W
25–7 vs Titans
WK 3
W
21–7 vs Saints
WK 2
L
9–24 vs Lions
WK 1
Giants
L
14–56 vs Jets
WK 3
L
26–66 vs Lions
WK 2
L
6–40 vs Eagles
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Buccaneers | Giants | |
|---|---|---|
| 406 | TOTAL YARDS | 460 |
| 240 | PASSING YARDS | 384 |
| 166 | RUSHING YARDS | 76 |
| 3 | SACKS ALLOWED | 4 |
| 4 | SACKS MADE | 3 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 5 |
| 5 | TAKEAWAYS | 1 |
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
1
BUCCANEERS
—
0
GIANTS