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THE WIRE
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pfl2k27 🏟️ Madden
WEEK 5 · FINAL
BILLS 7-3 · 29.0 PPG 38 – 20 BENGALS 3-6 · 22.0 PPG
THE READ
Bills beat Bengals, 38-20

Bills got it done 38-20 over Bengals. Josh Allen was steady for Bills — 19/25, 268 yards, 2 TD. Joe Burrow threw for Bengals — 27/39, 269 yards — in a losing effort. Tee Higgins's high-water mark for the year. On the ground: Bills 187, Bengals 78.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Bills +2.9 -3.0 +5.9 -1
Bengals -7.9 +2.4 -10.3 -1
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.
Bills — AFC #2 · division · 7-3 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Devon Walker Beat reporter
Buffalo's ground game decided this one. The Bills ran for 187 yards while holding Cincinnati to 78, and that kind of dominance on the line of scrimmage is how you win by 18 without needing to beat someone through the air.
Zoe Bell The contrarian · replying
Cincinnati threw 39 times for 269 yards and still got run off the field—that's what happens when you abandon the run at 78 yards and your defense can't manufacture pressure when it matters.
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.
Josh Allen
Bills
19/25, 268 yards, 2 TD
Joe Burrow
Bengals
27/39, 269 yards
Jeremiah Smith
Bills
3 catches, 114 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Bills 187, Bengals 78 Bills
Total yards Bills 455, Bengals 347 Bills
Through the air Bengals 269, Bills 268 Bengals
Pressure Bengals 1 sacks, Bills 2 Bills
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 5 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
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% · 29.7 scored, 23.8 allowed
8.8 yds/att 63.3% completions 4.8 yds/carry 335.1 yds/game 1.9 giveaways/game 3.6% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: Jeremiah Smith WR — 30% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 69 · Aggressive Balance 94 Ball security 47 Back usage 35% QB runs 4.5/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.9 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99 WR 85 TE 82 RB 86 OL 82 DL 83 LB 81 DB 85
Best: Josh Allen QB 99 Fastest: Jeremiah Smith WR 94 SPD 8 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
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
Huddy
Bills · his last 8 games
Balanced Gives it away
Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against31.2 — 25.0 Margin+6.2 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken3.7% of dropbacks Lead backJames Cook III · 10.1/g Top targetJeremiah Smith · 31% QB carries3.5 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 Huddy against WhoDFCares — the men, not the teams
Huddy leads it 1-0. Huddy won the last one.
1 meeting avg 38.0 — 20.0 biggest: 18 pts to Huddy
S2 · week 5 Huddy 38 — 20 WhoDFCares HUDDY
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
Bills receivers vs Bengals secondary 85 v 78 BILLS
Bengals receivers vs Bills secondary 90 v 85 BENGALS
Bills line vs Bengals front 82 v 86 BENGALS
Bengals line vs Bills front 77 v 83 BILLS
Bills backs vs Bengals run defence 86 v 82 BILLS
Bengals backs vs Bills run defence 82 v 82 EVEN
Bills passer vs Bengals secondary 99 v 78 BILLS
Bengals passer vs Bills secondary 98 v 85 BENGALS
TOP PERFORMERS
Joe Burrow QB Bengals 269 pass yds
Josh Allen QB Bills 268 pass yds
Jeremiah Smith WR Bills 114 rec yds
James Cook III HB Bills 89 rush yds
Tee Higgins WR Bengals 89 rec yds
Chase Brown HB Bengals 70 rush yds
Ja'Marr Chase WR Bengals 61 rec yds
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BILLS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Josh Allen QB 19/2526820162136.7
BENGALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Joe Burrow QB 27/392690022988.5
RECENT FORM
Bills
W 27–17 vs Jets WK 4
L 14–41 vs Jaguars WK 3
W 24–21 vs Dolphins WK 2
Bengals
L 21–35 vs Rams WK 4
W 45–39 vs Ravens WK 3
L 17–35 vs Cardinals WK 2
TEAM STATS
Bills Bengals
455 TOTAL YARDS 347
268 PASSING YARDS 269
187 RUSHING YARDS 78
1 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 1
0 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 TAKEAWAYS 0

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 BILLS — 0 BENGALS
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