Dolphins @ Texans · Week 4

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

Texans beat Dolphins, 38-20

Texans took care of Dolphins, 38-20. C.J. Stroud did the damage for Texans — 22/34, 289 yards, 1 TD. Malik Willis did the damage for Dolphins — 23/37, 200 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. A season best for C.J. Stroud. Total yards: Texans 444, Dolphins 312.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Dolphins	-16.8	+0.7	-17.4	-7
Texans	-2.8	-1.2	-1.6	-9

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.

Texans — in the hunt · 4-6 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Luca Santana Analyst

Houston's turnover margin decided this one—the Texans didn't give the ball away once while Miami coughed it up 3 times, which at 0-5 is the difference between staying close and getting run out of the building by 18.

Nicole Santos Beat reporter · replying

Houston's defense held Miami to 4 sacks and 200 passing yards—nothing spectacular—but the Texans' pass rush looked almost competent by comparison, and that's what mattered against a backup QB who had nowhere to go.

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.

C.J. Stroud

Texans

22/34, 289 yards, 1 TD

Malik Willis

Dolphins

23/37, 200 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Antonio Gibson

Texans

12 carries, 107 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ C.J. Stroud has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Antonio Gibson has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Jonnu Smith has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Chris Bell has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 De'Von Achane is still searching for it: 40 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 73.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Texans 444, Dolphins 312 Texans

Through the air Texans 289, Dolphins 200 Texans

On the ground Texans 155, Dolphins 112 Texans

Giveaways Texans 0, Dolphins 3 Texans

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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 56% · Rush 44% · 14.8 scored, 32.2 allowed

6.0 yds/att 54.7% completions 5.1 yds/carry 258.1 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 10.8% sack rate last 5: 1-4

Primary weapon: Mario Craver WR — 20% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY SPREAD

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 25 · Turnover-prone Balance 94 Ball security 41 Back usage 33% QB runs 5.3/game

Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 10.8% of dropbacks

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 76 WR 76 TE 73 RB 84 OL 80 DL 79 LB 78 DB 80

Best: De'Von Achane HB 90 Fastest: De'Von Achane HB 96 SPD 1 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

SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG

Texans · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against27.4 — 29.1 Margin-1.8 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken5.8% of dropbacks Lead backAntonio Gibson · 8.9/g Top targetNico Collins · 31% QB carries2.4 a game

Indiassopolis Colts

Dolphins · his last 8 games

Balanced Gives it away Runs the quarterback Takes sacks

Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against16.6 — 31.9 Margin-15.2 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken9.0% of dropbacks Lead backDe'Von Achane · 9.1/g Top targetMario Craver · 21% QB carries5.5 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 Indiassopolis Colts against SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG — the men, not the teams

SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG leads it 1-0. SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG won the last one.

1 meeting avg 20.0 — 38.0 biggest: 18 pts to SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG

S2 · week 4 Indiassopolis Colts 20 — 38 SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG

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

Dolphins receivers vs Texans secondary 76 v 87 TEXANS

Texans receivers vs Dolphins secondary 82 v 80 EVEN

Dolphins line vs Texans front 80 v 83 TEXANS

Texans line vs Dolphins front 83 v 79 TEXANS

Dolphins backs vs Texans run defence 84 v 82 EVEN

Texans backs vs Dolphins run defence 80 v 79 EVEN

Dolphins passer vs Texans secondary 76 v 87 TEXANS

Texans passer vs Dolphins secondary 81 v 80 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

C.J. Stroud QB Texans 289 pass yds

Malik Willis QB Dolphins 200 pass yds

Antonio Gibson HB Texans 107 rush yds

Jonnu Smith TE Texans 103 rec yds

KJ Duff WR Texans 91 rec yds

Chris Bell WR Dolphins 70 rec yds

Nico Collins WR Texans 69 rec yds

De'Von Achane HB Dolphins 64 rush yds

Dorian Fleming TE Dolphins 56 rec yds

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BOX SCORE

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Malik Willis QB	23/37	200	2	1	2	63	83.1

TEXANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
C.J. Stroud QB	22/34	289	1	0	4	30	101.2

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
De'Von Achane HB	10	64	6.4	3	26	21	1
Malik Willis QB	10	49	4.9	1	13	15	0
Rachaad White HB	1	2	2	0	0	2	0
Caleb Douglas WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jonathon Brooks HB	2	-3	-1.5	1	0	2	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Antonio Gibson HB	12	107	8.9	1	4	63	27
Jeremiah Cobb HB	8	27	3.4	2	0	0	6
C.J. Stroud QB	5	21	4.2	1	1	5	11
Jonnu Smith TE	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Nico Collins WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Chris Bell WR	3	70	23.3	1	61	1	63
Dorian Fleming TE	6	56	9.3	0	20	1	15
Mario Craver WR	3	37	12.3	0	8	0	20
Jonathon Brooks HB	2	17	8.5	1	15	0	9
Caleb Douglas WR	3	16	5.3	0	4	0	11
De'Von Achane HB	6	4	0.7	0	7	0	6

TEXANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Jonnu Smith TE	6	103	17.2	0	28	1	30
KJ Duff WR	6	91	15.2	0	25	0	22
Nico Collins WR	5	69	13.8	0	8	0	23
Dalton Schultz TE	1	11	11	1	0	0	11
Cade Stover TE	1	8	8	0	7	0	8
Jayden Higgins WR	1	8	8	0	0	0	8
Jeremiah Cobb HB	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Antonio Gibson HB	1	-2	-2	0	0	0	0

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Garrett Williams CB	7	0.5	0	0	4
Tyrel Dodson WILL	6	0.5	0	0	3
Antonio Johnson SS	5	0	0	0	4
Chuck Clark FS	4	0	0	0	3
Zach Sieler DT	4	1	0	0	0
Darrell Baker Jr CB	3	0	0	0	3
Myles Murphy LEDG	3	0.5	0	0	1
Jordyn Brooks SAM	2	0	1	0	3
Kenneth Grant DT	2	0.5	0	0	0
Chris Johnson CB	1	0	0	0	1
Da'Shawn Hand DT	1	0	0	0	0
Ethan Wesloski SAM	1	0	0	0	0
Malik Harrison MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Kiko Mauigoa MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Trey Moore REDG	1	0.5	0	0	0
Owen Pappoe MIKE	1	0	0	1	0
Jordan Phillips DT	0	0.5	0	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	FF	CMP ALW
Reed Blankenship SS	8	0	0	5
Azeez Al-Shaair MIKE	5	0	1	3
Derek Stingley Jr CB	4	0	1	1
Calen Bullock FS	4	0	0	4
Dylan Stewart REDG	4	1	0	0
Henry To'oTo'o WILL	3	0	0	1
Will Anderson Jr LEDG	3	1	0	0
Jalen Pitre CB	2	0	0	1
Marte Mapu SAM	2	0	0	1
Marshon Lattimore CB	1	0	0	0
Kamari Ramsey FS	1	0	0	2
Wit Weeks MIKE	1	0	0	0

DOLPHINS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Daniel Carlson K	2/2	2/2	47

TEXANS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Ka'imi Fairbairn K	1/1	5/5	25

RECENT FORM

Dolphins

L 17–38 vs Patriots WK 3

L 21–24 vs Bills WK 2

L 0–35 vs Commanders WK 1

Texans

L 14–38 vs Broncos WK 3

W 24–17 vs Titans WK 2

L 22–31 vs Jets WK 1

TEAM STATS

Dolphins		Texans
312	TOTAL YARDS	444
200	PASSING YARDS	289
112	RUSHING YARDS	155
2	SACKS ALLOWED	4
4	SACKS MADE	2
3	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 DOLPHINS — 1 TEXANS

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