WEEK 5 · FINAL
THE READ
Daniel Keller
The numbers guy
Rams beat Browns, 21-7
Browns kept it respectable. Rams still won by 14. Byron Young got after the quarterback for Rams — 3 sacks. CeeDee Lamb did the catching for Rams — 6 catches, 68 yards, 1 TD. Worth noting: Ty Simpson, 80 overall, is 5 in the league in passing yards. Total yards: Rams 205, Browns 162.
Daniel Keller
The numbers guy
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rams | +1.2 | +5.2 | -4.0 | -7 |
| Browns | +5.3 | +0.5 | +4.8 | +11 |
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.
Browns —
AFC #3 · division
· 6-3
Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Nicole Santos
Beat reporter
Los Angeles dominated a toothless Cleveland offense that managed just 35 rushing yards and got Simpson knocked down 6 times. Byron Young spent the afternoon in the Browns backfield with 3 sacks, and that's all this game needed to decide it.
Sephen A. Smith
The showman
· replying
Cleveland is the 1 seed in the AFC right now, but this is what happens when your offense stops showing up—you can be undefeated and still look like you're heading somewhere dark, because the playoffs won't care about your record if your line can't keep your quarterback upright long enough to throw.
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.
Byron Young
Rams
3 sacks
CeeDee Lamb
Rams
6 catches, 68 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Rams 205, Browns 162
Rams
Through the air
Rams 156, Browns 127
Rams
On the ground
Rams 49, Browns 35
Rams
Pressure
Browns 0 sacks, Rams 6
Rams
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 66% · Rush 34% · 26.1 scored, 30.1 allowed
7.9 yds/att
57.4% completions
6.7 yds/carry
324.2 yds/game
1.9 giveaways/game
3.7% sack rate
last 5: 0-5
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 56 · Aggressive
Balance 84
Ball security 47
Back usage 26%
QB runs 3.5/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.9 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77
WR 89
TE 78
RB 86
OL 82
DL 89
LB 76
DB 84
Best: Myles Garrett REDG 99
Fastest: Jeff Caldwell WR 95 SPD
8 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% · 28.3 scored, 23.6 allowed
8.0 yds/att
60.1% completions
6.3 yds/carry
315.6 yds/game
1.2 giveaways/game
7.0% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 63 · Efficient
Balance 84
Ball security 66
Back usage 29%
QB runs 2.0/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 80
WR 81
TE 82
RB 84
OL 80
DL 82
LB 83
DB 82
Best: Jared Verse REDG 90
Fastest: Evan Stewart WR 94 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
jakber
Browns · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run69% / 31%
Points for / against25.1 — 23.5
Margin+1.6
Giveaways a game1.2
Sacks taken7.5% of dropbacks
Lead backQuinshon Judkins · 8.0/g
Top targetEmeka Egbuka · 30%
QB carries1.8 a game
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
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
whaat against jakber — the men, not the teams
whaat leads it 1-0.
whaat won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 21.0 — 7.0
biggest: 14 pts to whaat
S2 · week 5
whaat 21 — 7 jakber
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
Rams receivers vs Browns secondary
89 v 82
RAMS
Browns receivers vs Rams secondary
81 v 84
RAMS
Rams line vs Browns front
82 v 82
EVEN
Browns line vs Rams front
80 v 89
RAMS
Rams backs vs Browns run defence
86 v 83
RAMS
Browns backs vs Rams run defence
84 v 84
EVEN
Rams passer vs Browns secondary
77 v 82
BROWNS
Browns passer vs Rams secondary
80 v 84
RAMS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darian Mensah QB | 16/30 | 156 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 61.9 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Simpson QB | 11/28 | 127 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 38.8 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyren Williams HB | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| Blake Corum HB | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Darian Mensah QB | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Terrance Ferguson TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinshon Judkins HB | 4 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| Ty Simpson QB | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CeeDee Lamb WR | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 21 |
| Jeff Caldwell WR | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 30 |
| Kyren Williams HB | 4 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 15 |
| Puka Nacua WR | 2 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 12 |
| Terrance Ferguson TE | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emeka Egbuka WR | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 18 |
| Quinshon Judkins HB | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| Ian Strong WR | 2 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| KC Concepcion Jr WR | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Young LEDG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamren Kinchens FS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Garrett REDG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eugene Asante MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Young LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ McKinney CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent McDuffie CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Schwesinger MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Okada SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel McNeil-Warren FS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah WILL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Verse REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beanie Bishop Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Delpit SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D'Angelo Ponds CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Campbell CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Rams
W
35–21 vs Bengals
WK 4
L
12–45 vs Panthers
WK 3
W
34–13 vs Steelers
WK 2
Browns
W
34–28 vs Broncos
WK 4
W
21–16 vs Steelers
WK 3
W
38–35 vs Ravens
WK 2
TEAM STATS
| Rams | Browns | |
|---|---|---|
| 205 | TOTAL YARDS | 162 |
| 156 | PASSING YARDS | 127 |
| 49 | RUSHING YARDS | 35 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 6 |
| 6 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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
1
RAMS
—
0
BROWNS