WEEK 5 · FINAL
THE READ
Lions edge 49ers by 1
Lions 28, 49ers 27. Nobody watching sat down. Demond William Jr. did the damage for Lions — 28/45, 279 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT. Brock Purdy threw for 49ers — 18/27, 229 yards, 1 TD — in a losing effort. Make it 5 consecutive games past 250 for Demond William Jr.. Through the air: Lions 279, 49ers 229.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49ers | -8.3 | +6.0 | -14.3 | -9 |
| Lions | +15.1 | -1.1 | +16.3 | +18 |
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.
Lions —
NFC #1 · division
· 11-0
Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#2
Demond William Jr.
QB · Lions · 8.5% of the field
#5
Nyck Harbor
WR · Lions · 1.7% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
San Francisco had every chance to steal this one—the Niners held Detroit to 122 yards on the ground and got after Williams 5 times—but Purdy couldn't keep pace through the air, finishing 229 yards to Williams' 279, and one turnover in a 1-point game is one too many.
Daniel Keller
The numbers guy
· replying
San Francisco ran the ball 25 times for 165 yards and still couldn't close it out—Detroit's 5-0 record wasn't built on ground game dominance, and the Niners' willingness to lean on theirs in a 1-point game suggests they knew what they were up against but lacked the aerial firepower to match it.
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.
Demond William Jr.
Lions
28/45, 279 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Brock Purdy
49ers
18/27, 229 yards, 1 TD
Jameson Williams
Lions
7 catches, 98 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Lions 279, 49ers 229
Lions
On the ground
49ers 165, Lions 122
49ers
Total yards
Lions 401, 49ers 394
Lions
Pressure
Lions 3 sacks, 49ers 5
49ers
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 60% · Rush 40% · 18.5 scored, 32.7 allowed
7.5 yds/att
56.2% completions
6.1 yds/carry
305.6 yds/game
2.1 giveaways/game
7.6% sack rate
last 5: 0-5
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 42 · Turnover-prone
Balance 90
Ball security 41
Back usage 36%
QB runs 2.0/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- De'Zhaun Stribling takes 44% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87
WR 84
TE 95
RB 88
OL 83
DL 83
LB 87
DB 81
Best: Fred Warner MIKE 98
Fastest: De'Zhaun Stribling WR 94 SPD
6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 71% · Rush 29% · 39.4 scored, 23.1 allowed
12.5 yds/att
68.1% completions
5.2 yds/carry
422.6 yds/game
0.8 giveaways/game
6.2% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 82 · Efficient
Balance 79
Ball security 77
Back usage 23%
QB runs 2.2/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 88
WR 85
TE 89
RB 88
OL 83
DL 84
LB 78
DB 82
Best: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 99
Fastest: Nyck Harbor WR 99 SPD
8 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
Stuuu
Lions · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run72% / 28%
Points for / against38.1 — 26.5
Margin+11.6
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken6.6% of dropbacks
Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 7.4/g
Top targetNyck Harbor · 28%
QB carries2.4 a game
KiLLaGueRiLLa21
49ers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Gives it away
One back
One target
Pass / run60% / 40%
Points for / against14.1 — 31.8
Margin-17.6
Giveaways a game2.2
Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks
Lead backChristian McCaffrey · 14.5/g
Top targetDe'Zhaun Stribling · 43%
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
KiLLaGueRiLLa21 against Stuuu — the men, not the teams
Stuuu leads it 1-0.
Stuuu won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 27.0 — 28.0
biggest: 1 pts to Stuuu
S2 · week 5
KiLLaGueRiLLa21 27 — 28 Stuuu
STUUU
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
49ers receivers vs Lions secondary
84 v 82
EVEN
Lions receivers vs 49ers secondary
85 v 81
LIONS
49ers line vs Lions front
83 v 84
EVEN
Lions line vs 49ers front
83 v 83
EVEN
49ers backs vs Lions run defence
88 v 83
49ERS
Lions backs vs 49ers run defence
88 v 85
LIONS
49ers passer vs Lions secondary
87 v 82
49ERS
Lions passer vs 49ers secondary
88 v 81
LIONS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Purdy QB | 18/27 | 229 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 105.3 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demond William Jr. QB | 28/45 | 279 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 92.7 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 19 | 82 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 0 |
| Brock Purdy QB | 3 | 69 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 58 | 0 |
| De'Zhaun Stribling WR | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kaelon Black HB | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stefon Diggs WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Pearsall WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 12 | 82 | 6.8 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| Isiah Pacheco HB | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Demond William Jr. QB | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Nyck Harbor WR | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefon Diggs WR | 10 | 98 | 9.8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| De'Zhaun Stribling WR | 5 | 80 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| Ricky Pearsall WR | 1 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 43 |
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Dorian Thomas TE | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Williams WR | 7 | 98 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 23 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown WR | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
| Nyck Harbor WR | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Sam LaPorta TE | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Jaren Kanak TE | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| KeAndre Lambert-Smith WR | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Isiah Pacheco HB | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renardo Green CB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Nick Bosa LEDG | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Hooker FS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Warner MIKE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Marques Sigle SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Martin SAM | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Deommodore Lenoir CB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dre Greenlaw WILL | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mykel Williams REDG | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Moore CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Romello Height LEDG | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin White SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Walker DT | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaden Dugger MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gracen Halton DT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damone Clark MIKE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Campbell MIKE | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Boo Carter CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Aidan Hutchinson LEDG | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korie Black CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Derrick Moore REDG | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Amare Barno REDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Cine SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Alim McNeill DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerby Joseph FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rolder WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelley Jones CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy Pineiro K | 2/3 | 3/3 | 53 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Bates K | 2/2 | 2/2 | 46 |
RECENT FORM
49ers
L
23–42 vs Cardinals
WK 4
W
45–21 vs Packers
WK 3
L
17–20 vs Eagles
WK 2
Lions
W
38–17 vs Vikings
WK 4
W
38–7 vs Chargers
WK 3
W
66–26 vs Giants
WK 2
TEAM STATS
| 49ers | Lions | |
|---|---|---|
| 394 | TOTAL YARDS | 401 |
| 229 | PASSING YARDS | 279 |
| 165 | RUSHING YARDS | 122 |
| 3 | SACKS ALLOWED | 5 |
| 5 | SACKS MADE | 3 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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
0
49ERS
—
1
LIONS