WEEK 5 · FINAL
THE READ
Elise Carter
The insider
Packers run away with it, 28-0
Packers were never troubled, putting Cardinals away 28-0. Jordan Love did the damage for Packers — 16/24, 336 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT. Christian Watson was the target for Packers — 3 catches, 140 yards, 1 TD. A season best for Christian Watson. Through the air: Packers 336, Cardinals 35.
Elise Carter
The insider
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | +10.2 | +2.2 | +8.0 | +13 |
| Packers | +13.4 | -0.1 | +13.4 | +6 |
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.
In the MVP race
#6
Dante Moore
QB · Cardinals · 0.9% of the field
#8
Jeremiyah Love
HB · Cardinals · 0.7% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
Arizona came in 4-1 and left with 35 passing yards and nothing on the board—that is not a bad day, that is a total failure of an offense, and a 4-1 team does not recover from being that broken.
Jaylen Rivers
The insider
· replying
Arizona was the division leader coming in, and now Green Bay is the team people have to take seriously in that race. The Packers' passing game showed up when it mattered; Arizona's ground game never did, and that is a gap that does not close itself.
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.
Jordan Love
Packers
16/24, 336 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Christian Watson
Packers
3 catches, 140 yards, 1 TD
Jayden Reed
Cardinals
3 catches, 68 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Packers 336, Cardinals 35
Packers
Total yards
Packers 343, Cardinals 44
Packers
On the ground
Cardinals 9, Packers 7
Cardinals
Giveaways
Packers 1, Cardinals 2
Packers
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
Balanced
Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 33.8 scored, 25.8 allowed
11.2 yds/att
62.2% completions
7.2 yds/carry
347.4 yds/game
0.9 giveaways/game
5.0% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 73 · Efficient
Balance 93
Ball security 75
Back usage 37%
QB runs 2.2/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 83
WR 79
TE 99
RB 86
OL 79
DL 82
LB 76
DB 82
Best: Trey McBride TE 99
Fastest: Nyziah Hunter WR 95 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% · 30.0 scored, 16.6 allowed
8.3 yds/att
59.2% completions
5.5 yds/carry
359.4 yds/game
1.2 giveaways/game
5.6% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 65 · Efficient
Balance 79
Ball security 66
Back usage 25%
QB runs 2.0/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87
WR 81
TE 86
RB 82
OL 76
DL 83
LB 79
DB 83
Best: Micah Parsons REDG 98
Fastest: Christian Watson WR 96 SPD
6 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
nardwick
Packers · his last 7 games
Throws it
Pass / run76% / 24%
Points for / against29.1 — 18.3
Margin+10.9
Giveaways a game1.6
Sacks taken6.1% of dropbacks
Lead backJosh Jacobs · 6.9/g
Top targetChristian Watson · 33%
QB carries1.3 a game
yungbav234
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Balanced
One back
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against30.6 — 25.8
Margin+4.9
Giveaways a game0.9
Sacks taken4.4% of dropbacks
Lead backJeremiyah Love · 11.5/g
Top targetNyziah Hunter · 33%
QB carries2.6 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
yungbav234 against nardwick — the men, not the teams
nardwick leads it 1-0.
nardwick won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 0.0 — 28.0
biggest: 28 pts to nardwick
S2 · week 5
yungbav234 0 — 28 nardwick
NARDWICK
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
Cardinals receivers vs Packers secondary
79 v 83
PACKERS
Packers receivers vs Cardinals secondary
81 v 82
EVEN
Cardinals line vs Packers front
79 v 83
PACKERS
Packers line vs Cardinals front
76 v 82
CARDINALS
Cardinals backs vs Packers run defence
86 v 81
CARDINALS
Packers backs vs Cardinals run defence
82 v 81
EVEN
Cardinals passer vs Packers secondary
83 v 83
EVEN
Packers passer vs Cardinals secondary
87 v 82
PACKERS
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BOX SCORE
CARDINALS
PACKERS
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PACKERS
CARDINALS
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CARDINALS
PACKERS
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Moore QB | 2/14 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
PACKERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Love QB | 16/24 | 336 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 131.9 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Moore QB | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Michael Wilson WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PACKERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Jacobs HB | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Matthew Golden WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Watson WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayden Reed WR | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| Michael Wilson WR | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| Trey McBride TE | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
PACKERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Watson WR | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 67 |
| Tucker Kraft TE | 4 | 56 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 23 |
| Josh Jacobs HB | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 20 |
| Matthew Golden WR | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| Luke Musgrave TE | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamari Sharpe CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Simon WILL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Johnson FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Wilson Sr MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denzel Burke CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Budda Baker SS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PACKERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darien Porter CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lukas Van Ness LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benjamin St-Juste CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah Parsons REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Spears-Jennings SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carrington Valentine CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier McKinney SS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dax Hill CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Cardinals
W
42–23 vs 49ers
WK 4
W
36–24 vs Seahawks
WK 3
W
35–17 vs Bengals
WK 2
Packers
W
28–25 vs Seahawks
WK 4
L
21–45 vs 49ers
WK 3
W
38–7 vs Vikings
WK 2
TEAM STATS
| Cardinals | Packers | |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | TOTAL YARDS | 343 |
| 35 | PASSING YARDS | 336 |
| 9 | RUSHING YARDS | 7 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 2 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | TAKEAWAYS | 1 |
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
CARDINALS
—
1
PACKERS