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THE WIRE
WK 12 FINAL Jets 35, Falcons 34 WK 12 FINAL Bears 13, Lions 38 MOVE Kyle Hamilton traded to Colts MOVE Craig Woodson dev trait up Star to X-Factor MOVE Cedric Gray dev trait up Star to X-Factor WK 12 FINAL Ravens 28, Bengals 49 ON THE BLOCK Jack Jones (CB 77) ON THE BLOCK Dre Greenlaw (WILL 88)
pfl2k27 🏟️ Madden
WEEK 5 · FINAL
VIKINGS 5-6 · 21.0 PPG 41 – 35 SEAHAWKS 4-6 · 29.0 PPG
THE READ
Vikings win the turnover battle and the game

Giveaways decided this one. Vikings 41, Seahawks 35. J.J. McCarthy threw for Vikings — 23/33, 326 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT. Sam Darnold threw for Seahawks — 26/40, 266 yards, 2 TD — in a losing effort. Make it 3 consecutive games past 250 for Sam Darnold. Through the air: Vikings 326, Seahawks 266.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Vikings -1.0 +6.9 -7.9 -2
Seahawks +3.5 +3.7 -0.2 -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.
Vikings — in the hunt · 5-6 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Nicole Santos Beat reporter
Seattle's turnover problem cost them again. The Seahawks gave it away 3 times to Minnesota's 1, and that margin decided a 41-35 game where both teams moved the ball—Minnesota just didn't hand it back.
Daniel Keller The numbers guy · replying
McCarthy completed 70 percent of his throws for 326 yards and 3 touchdowns, which is exactly what you need when your defense is getting shredded for 148 rushing yards—Seattle's ground game did more work than Minnesota's entire passing attack should have allowed.
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.
J.J. McCarthy
Vikings
23/33, 326 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Sam Darnold
Seahawks
26/40, 266 yards, 2 TD
Justin Jefferson
Vikings
5 catches, 124 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Vikings 326, Seahawks 266 Vikings
On the ground Seahawks 148, Vikings 113 Seahawks
Total yards Vikings 439, Seahawks 414 Vikings
Pressure Seahawks 4 sacks, Vikings 1 Seahawks
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
Pass-heavy Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 20.6 scored, 28.5 allowed
8.1 yds/att 58.3% completions 4.7 yds/carry 278.3 yds/game 1.1 giveaways/game 12.5% sack rate last 5: 2-3
Primary weapon: Justin Jefferson WR — 35% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 56 · Aggressive Balance 88 Ball security 69 Back usage 35% QB runs 1.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 12.5% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 80 WR 86 TE 83 RB 78 OL 82 DL 79 LB 80 DB 84
Best: Justin Jefferson WR 95 Fastest: Isaiah Sategna III WR 96 SPD 6 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
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Seahawks · his last 5 games
Balanced One back Takes sacks
Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against33.4 — 30.0 Margin+3.4 Giveaways a game1.4 Sacks taken11.2% of dropbacks Lead backZach Charbonnet · 14.8/g Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 33% QB carries3.2 a game
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Vikings · his last 8 games
Throws it One back Takes sacks
Pass / run63% / 37% Points for / against21.0 — 27.4 Margin-6.4 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken13.0% of dropbacks Lead backIsaac Brown · 10.6/g Top targetJustin Jefferson · 36% QB carries1.0 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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Vikings receivers vs Seahawks secondary 86 v 86 EVEN
Seahawks receivers vs Vikings secondary 86 v 84 EVEN
Vikings line vs Seahawks front 82 v 83 EVEN
Seahawks line vs Vikings front 80 v 79 EVEN
Vikings backs vs Seahawks run defence 78 v 81 SEAHAWKS
Seahawks backs vs Vikings run defence 84 v 79 SEAHAWKS
Vikings passer vs Seahawks secondary 80 v 86 SEAHAWKS
Seahawks passer vs Vikings secondary 87 v 84 SEAHAWKS
TOP PERFORMERS
J.J. McCarthy QB Vikings 326 pass yds
Sam Darnold QB Seahawks 266 pass yds
Justin Jefferson WR Vikings 124 rec yds
Cooper Kupp WR Seahawks 113 rec yds
T.J. Hockenson TE Vikings 80 rec yds
Tai Felton WR Vikings 63 rec yds
Isaac Brown HB Vikings 61 rush yds
Terrance Carter Jr. TE Seahawks 59 rec yds
Zach Charbonnet HB Seahawks 58 rush yds
Devon Witherspoon CB Seahawks 1.5 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
VIKINGS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
J.J. McCarthy QB 23/3332631475119
SEAHAWKS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Sam Darnold QB 26/4026620127100.6
RECENT FORM
Vikings
L 17–38 vs Lions WK 4
L 14–38 vs Bears WK 3
L 7–38 vs Packers WK 2
Seahawks
L 25–28 vs Packers WK 4
L 24–36 vs Cardinals WK 3
L 14–35 vs Bears WK 2
TEAM STATS
Vikings Seahawks
439 TOTAL YARDS 414
326 PASSING YARDS 266
113 RUSHING YARDS 148
4 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 4
1 GIVEAWAYS 3
3 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
1 VIKINGS — 0 SEAHAWKS
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