WEEK 6 · FINAL
THE READ
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
⚔️ WAGER WAR
75 points between Buccaneers and Falcons
Tampa Bay beat Atlanta 40-35 in a high-scoring affair that came down to field position and execution in the air. Baker Mayfield was efficient for the Bucs, completing 12 of 20 for 267 yards and 2 touchdowns while turning it over once, enough to overcome Bijan Robinson's dominant ground game—21 carries for 145 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Falcons. The difference was Tampa Bay's 267 passing yards to Atlanta's 159, a gap the Falcons couldn't close despite Robinson's three-touchdown performance and Kyle Pitts Sr hauling in 5 catches for 88 yards and a score. Atlanta's 2 giveaways to Tampa Bay's 1 proved costly in a 5-point final margin.
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers | +2.5 | -2.0 | +4.6 | +9 |
| Falcons | -3.9 | +0.9 | -4.8 | -5 |
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.
Buccaneers —
NFC #7
· 6-3
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IN THE BOOTH
Talia Morgan
Beat reporter
Tampa Bay held off a shootout where Atlanta's ground game nearly stole the show — Robinson's 3 rushing touchdowns kept the Falcons close, but Mayfield's 267 yards and clean decision-making in a 5-point win proved the difference when both teams needed answers through the air.
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
· replying
Tampa Bay won a shootout it had no business being close in. Atlanta forced turnovers and ran the ball for 145 yards—the Bucs gave it away just once and still walked out up 5, which tells you everything about who actually executed when it mattered.
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.
Baker Mayfield
Buccaneers
12/20, 267 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Bijan Robinson
Falcons
21 carries, 145 yards, 3 TD
Kyle Pitts Sr
Falcons
5 catches, 88 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Buccaneers 267, Falcons 159
Buccaneers
On the ground
Falcons 145, Buccaneers 78
Falcons
Total yards
Buccaneers 345, Falcons 304
Buccaneers
Giveaways
Falcons 2, Buccaneers 1
Buccaneers
$20,000,000 in the pot · $10,000,000 each · settled
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% · 28.6 scored, 24.0 allowed
9.4 yds/att
57.4% completions
5.1 yds/carry
359.6 yds/game
1.1 giveaways/game
6.9% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 64 · Aggressive
Balance 93
Ball security 69
Back usage 36%
QB runs 3.1/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 84
WR 85
TE 77
RB 80
OL 85
DL 85
LB 77
DB 85
Best: Tristan Wirfs LT 95
Fastest: Terry McLaurin WR 95 SPD
7 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 29.7 scored, 34.5 allowed
8.5 yds/att
55.9% completions
5.7 yds/carry
359.3 yds/game
2.3 giveaways/game
4.5% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 59 · Aggressive
Balance 93
Ball security 36
Back usage 37%
QB runs 3.1/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.3 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77
WR 81
TE 83
RB 88
OL 85
DL 83
LB 76
DB 84
Best: Bijan Robinson HB 98
Fastest: Ryan Wlliams WR 95 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
TDS-_-IamQ
Falcons · his last 8 games
Balanced
Gives it away
One back
Pass / run59% / 41%
Points for / against31.5 — 32.8
Margin-1.2
Giveaways a game2.4
Sacks taken4.9% of dropbacks
Lead backBijan Robinson · 16.2/g
Top targetDrake London · 31%
QB carries2.1 a game
Kitolito101
Buccaneers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against31.0 — 24.0
Margin+7.0
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken6.1% of dropbacks
Lead backBucky Irving · 13.4/g
Top targetCade Otton · 26%
QB carries2.5 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
Kitolito101 against TDS-_-IamQ — the men, not the teams
Kitolito101 leads it 1-0.
Kitolito101 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 40.0 — 35.0
biggest: 5 pts to Kitolito101
S2 · week 6
Kitolito101 40 — 35 TDS-_-IamQ
KITOLITO101
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
Buccaneers receivers vs Falcons secondary
85 v 84
EVEN
Falcons receivers vs Buccaneers secondary
81 v 85
BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers line vs Falcons front
85 v 83
EVEN
Falcons line vs Buccaneers front
85 v 85
EVEN
Buccaneers backs vs Falcons run defence
80 v 80
EVEN
Falcons backs vs Buccaneers run defence
88 v 83
FALCONS
Buccaneers passer vs Falcons secondary
84 v 84
EVEN
Falcons passer vs Buccaneers secondary
77 v 85
BUCCANEERS
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BOX SCORE
BUCCANEERS
FALCONS
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FALCONS
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FALCONS
BUCCANEERS
FALCONS
BUCCANEERS
FALCONS
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Mayfield QB | 12/20 | 267 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 116.6 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Reed QB | 8/21 | 159 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 41.6 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Irving HB | 10 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 0 |
| Baker Mayfield QB | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Josh Williams HB | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson HB | 21 | 145 | 6.9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 45 | 0 |
| Drake London WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcel Reed QB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Godwin Jr WR | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 48 |
| Terry McLaurin WR | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 65 |
| Cade Otton TE | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| Jerry Jeudy WR | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bucky Irving HB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Josh Williams HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Pitts Sr TE | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 29 |
| Drake London WR | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 31 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Anzalone WILL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Fiske DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Parrish CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josiah Trotter MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Bullock WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yaya Diaby REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Roberts DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zyon McCollum CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vita Vea DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Perkins Jr. MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Pearce Jr REDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avieon Terrell CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Watts SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Turner II CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Terrell Jr CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trenton Simpson WILL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BUCCANEERS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chase McLaughlin K | 2/2 | 4/4 | 51 |
FALCONS
nothing recorded
RECENT FORM
Buccaneers
W
27–21 vs Texans
WK 5
W
44–28 vs Giants
WK 4
W
25–7 vs Titans
WK 3
Falcons
L
20–41 vs Eagles
WK 5
W
28–10 vs Saints
WK 4
W
51–28 vs Cowboys
WK 3
TEAM STATS
| Buccaneers | Falcons | |
|---|---|---|
| 345 | TOTAL YARDS | 304 |
| 267 | PASSING YARDS | 159 |
| 78 | RUSHING YARDS | 145 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 1 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 2 |
| 2 | 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
BUCCANEERS
—
0
FALCONS