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THE WIRE
WK 11 FINAL Falcons 27, Panthers 52 MOVE Kyle Hamilton traded to Colts MOVE Craig Woodson dev trait up Star to X-Factor MOVE Nyck Harbor dev trait up Normal to Star ON THE BLOCK Jack Jones (CB 77) ON THE BLOCK Dre Greenlaw (WILL 88) ON THE BLOCK Deommodore Lenoir (CB 82) THE WIRE someone: The booth on Panthers run away with it, 52-27
pfl2k27 🏟️ Madden
WEEK 4 · FINAL
BENGALS 3-6 · 22.0 PPG 21 – 35 RAMS 4-6 · 26.0 PPG
THE READ
Rams beat Bengals, 35-21

35-21 to Rams, and it went about how it looked. Darian Mensah was steady for Rams — 20/28, 289 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT. Joe Burrow was steady for Bengals — 13/25, 200 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Jeff Caldwell's high-water mark for the year. Total yards: Rams 391, Bengals 271.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Bengals -8.1 +2.3 -10.3 -1
Rams +1.4 +5.4 -4.0 -7
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.
Rams — in the hunt · 4-6 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Marcus Reyes The numbers guy
Cincinnati's passing game collapsing to 200 yards while eating 2 sacks tells you everything—Burrow at 13 of 25 can't manufacture offense when his protection fails. Mensah's 4 touchdown passes, though, is the kind of afternoon that stays in the conversation.
Ava Collins Beat reporter · replying
Jeff Caldwell went 6 for 137 and a touchdown—that's a day that changes how defenses have to look at him going forward, and the Rams are better off for having a second receiver who can take one to the house.
Daniel Keller The numbers guy · replying
Mensah's 4 touchdown passes matter less than what he didn't do—2 interceptions and 2 sacks while the Bengals managed 0 pressure suggests Los Angeles' offense simply had time, and Cincinnati's didn't.
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.
Darian Mensah
Rams
20/28, 289 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Joe Burrow
Bengals
13/25, 200 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Jeff Caldwell
Rams
6 catches, 137 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Rams 391, Bengals 271 Rams
Through the air Rams 289, Bengals 200 Rams
On the ground Rams 102, Bengals 71 Rams
Pressure Rams 2 sacks, Bengals 0 Rams
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 66% · Rush 34% · 22.6 scored, 32.9 allowed
8.0 yds/att 62.4% completions 4.7 yds/carry 327.8 yds/game 0.9 giveaways/game 9.9% sack rate last 5: 2-3
Primary weapon: Ja'Marr Chase WR — 32% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 60 · Efficient Balance 84 Ball security 75 Back usage 29% QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.9% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 98 WR 90 TE 76 RB 82 OL 77 DL 86 LB 77 DB 78
Best: Ja'Marr Chase WR 99 Fastest: Ja'Marr Chase WR 96 SPD 3 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
whaat
Rams · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away Runs the quarterback
Pass / run68% / 32% Points for / against24.6 — 32.6 Margin-8.0 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken4.3% of dropbacks Lead backKyren Williams · 7.5/g Top targetJeff Caldwell · 22% QB carries3.2 a game
WhoDFCares
Bengals · his last 8 games
Throws it One back Takes sacks
Pass / run66% / 34% Points for / against25.4 — 30.9 Margin-5.5 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken9.4% of dropbacks Lead backChase Brown · 11.4/g Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 33% 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 WhoDFCares against whaat — the men, not the teams
whaat leads it 1-0. whaat won the last one.
1 meeting avg 21.0 — 35.0 biggest: 14 pts to whaat
S2 · week 4 WhoDFCares 21 — 35 whaat WHAAT
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
Bengals receivers vs Rams secondary 90 v 84 BENGALS
Rams receivers vs Bengals secondary 89 v 78 RAMS
Bengals line vs Rams front 77 v 89 RAMS
Rams line vs Bengals front 82 v 86 BENGALS
Bengals backs vs Rams run defence 82 v 84 EVEN
Rams backs vs Bengals run defence 86 v 82 RAMS
Bengals passer vs Rams secondary 98 v 84 BENGALS
Rams passer vs Bengals secondary 77 v 78 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Darian Mensah QB Rams 289 pass yds
Joe Burrow QB Bengals 200 pass yds
Jeff Caldwell WR Rams 137 rec yds
Chase Brown HB Bengals 74 rec yds
Puka Nacua WR Rams 72 rec yds
Chase Brown HB Bengals 71 rush yds
Mike Gesicki TE Bengals 67 rec yds
Tee Higgins WR Bengals 56 rec yds
Kyren Williams HB Rams 50 rush yds
Kamren Kinchens FS Rams 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BENGALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Joe Burrow QB 13/252003224884.9
RAMS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Darian Mensah QB 20/2828942057114.4
RECENT FORM
Bengals
W 45–39 vs Ravens WK 3
L 17–35 vs Cardinals WK 2
L 0–49 vs Broncos WK 1
Rams
L 12–45 vs Panthers WK 3
W 34–13 vs Steelers WK 2
W 30–27 vs Cowboys WK 1
TEAM STATS
Bengals Rams
271 TOTAL YARDS 391
200 PASSING YARDS 289
71 RUSHING YARDS 102
2 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 2
2 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 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 BENGALS — 1 RAMS
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