Texans @ Jaguars · Week 6

WEEK 6 · FINAL

THE READ

Jaguars win the turnover battle and the game

Jaguars won the turnover battle, and the turnover battle won the game. C.J. Stroud was steady for Texans — 21/31, 397 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Trevor Lawrence threw for Jaguars — 9/15, 300 yards, 4 TD. Worth noting: Bhayshul Tuten, 81 overall, is 4 in the league in rushing yards. Through the air: Texans 397, Jaguars 300.

Jordan Hayes The armchair coach

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Texans	-2.8	-1.2	-1.6	-9
Jaguars	+7.8	-2.1	+9.9	+14

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.

Jaguars — AFC #7 · 5-4 Texans — in the hunt · 4-6 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Luca Santana Analyst

Jacksonville took care of the football and Houston did not—the Jaguars turned it over 0 times while the Texans gave it away 3, a gap that mattered more than C.J. Stroud's 5 touchdown passes because it let the Jags control what could have been a shootout.

Jaylen Rivers The insider · replying

This is what Jacksonville looks like when it's clicking—Trevor Lawrence and Brian Thomas Jr. on the same page, the kind of afternoon that sticks around. Houston had the firepower to match it and then some with Stroud's 5, but that's the thing: this Jags team is built to win shootouts now, and the Texans at 2-4 are still figuring out how to be one.

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.

C.J. Stroud

Texans

21/31, 397 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT

Trevor Lawrence

Jaguars

9/15, 300 yards, 4 TD

Brian Thomas Jr

Jaguars

4 catches, 202 yards, 3 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

💎 Bhayshul Tuten is 82 overall and sits 5 in the league in rushing yards.

⭐ Brian Thomas Jr has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ C.J. Stroud has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Nico Collins has not had a better afternoon this season.

📈 Antonio Gibson is in form: 67 rushing yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 44.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Texans 397, Jaguars 300 Texans

Total yards Texans 475, Jaguars 408 Texans

On the ground Jaguars 108, Texans 78 Jaguars

Giveaways Jaguars 0, Texans 3 Jaguars

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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 59% · Rush 41% · 26.5 scored, 28.1 allowed

9.1 yds/att 61.7% completions 6.3 yds/carry 357.1 yds/game 1.5 giveaways/game 5.0% sack rate last 5: 2-3

Primary weapon: Nico Collins WR — 30% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 67 · Aggressive Balance 91 Ball security 58 Back usage 35% QB runs 2.5/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 81 WR 82 TE 84 RB 80 OL 83 DL 83 LB 77 DB 87

Best: Will Anderson Jr LEDG 95 Fastest: Devontez Walker WR 94 SPD 4 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

slimeeedat

Jaguars · his last 8 games

Balanced One back One target

Pass / run61% / 39% Points for / against37.2 — 26.0 Margin+11.2 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken2.0% of dropbacks Lead backBhayshul Tuten · 12.8/g Top targetBrian Thomas Jr · 42% QB carries1.8 a game

SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG

Texans · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against27.4 — 29.1 Margin-1.8 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken5.8% of dropbacks Lead backAntonio Gibson · 8.9/g Top targetNico Collins · 31% QB carries2.4 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 SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG against slimeeedat — the men, not the teams

slimeeedat leads it 1-0. slimeeedat won the last one.

1 meeting avg 40.0 — 49.0 biggest: 9 pts to slimeeedat

S2 · week 6 SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG 40 — 49 slimeeedat SLIMEEEDAT

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

Texans receivers vs Jaguars secondary 82 v 82 EVEN

Jaguars receivers vs Texans secondary 81 v 87 TEXANS

Texans line vs Jaguars front 83 v 82 EVEN

Jaguars line vs Texans front 78 v 83 TEXANS

Texans backs vs Jaguars run defence 80 v 78 EVEN

Jaguars backs vs Texans run defence 78 v 82 TEXANS

Texans passer vs Jaguars secondary 81 v 82 EVEN

Jaguars passer vs Texans secondary 85 v 87 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

C.J. Stroud QB Texans 397 pass yds

Trevor Lawrence QB Jaguars 300 pass yds

Brian Thomas Jr WR Jaguars 202 rec yds

Bhayshul Tuten HB Jaguars 109 rush yds

Nico Collins WR Texans 99 rec yds

KJ Duff WR Texans 81 rec yds

Jayden Higgins WR Texans 73 rec yds

Bhayshul Tuten HB Jaguars 65 rec yds

Dalton Schultz TE Texans 64 rec yds

Caleb Ransaw FS Jaguars 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

TEXANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
C.J. Stroud QB	21/31	397	5	2	3	51	123.3

JAGUARS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Trevor Lawrence QB	9/15	300	4	0	0	68	143.7

TEXANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Antonio Gibson HB	5	30	6	0	8	15	0
C.J. Stroud QB	3	25	8.3	0	2	16	0
Jeremiah Cobb HB	5	23	4.6	1	30	28	1
Jaylin Noel WR	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jayden Higgins WR	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dalton Schultz TE	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

JAGUARS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Bhayshul Tuten HB	15	109	7.3	2	2	15	59
Brian Thomas Jr WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Trevor Lawrence QB	1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Nico Collins WR	4	99	24.8	2	21	51
KJ Duff WR	3	81	27	2	23	37
Jayden Higgins WR	5	73	14.6	0	39	31
Dalton Schultz TE	5	64	12.8	0	16	32
Jaylin Noel WR	1	45	45	1	9	45
Jeremiah Cobb HB	2	32	16	0	25	18
Jonnu Smith TE	1	3	3	0	1	3

JAGUARS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Brian Thomas Jr WR	4	202	50.5	3	70	1	68
Bhayshul Tuten HB	2	65	32.5	0	59	0	52
Brenton Strange TE	1	17	17	0	9	0	17
TJ Moore WR	1	10	10	1	0	0	10
Jakobi Meyers WR	1	6	6	0	2	0	6

TEXANS

PLAYER	TKL	INT
Kamari Ramsey FS	2	0
Derek Stingley Jr CB	2	0
Will Anderson Jr LEDG	1	0
Dalton Brooks SS	1	0
Kayden McDonald DT	1	0
Wade Woodaz WILL	1	0
Sheldon Rankins DT	1	0
Calen Bullock FS	1	0
Quentin Lake SS	0	1

JAGUARS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	TD
Jarrian Jones CB	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Kiser MIKE	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jourdan Lewis CB	3	0	0	0	1	0
Albert Regis DT	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jalen Huskey FS	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen McLeod MIKE	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jamal Adams SS	2	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Ransaw FS	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ruke Orhorhoro DT	1	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Hunter CB	1	0	0	2	0	0
Montaric Brown CB	1	1	0	0	0	0
Parker Hughes WILL	1	0	0	0	0	0
Smith Vilbert DT	1	1	0	0	0	0
Zach Durfee LEDG	0	0	1	0	0	1

TEXANS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Ka'imi Fairbairn K	1/1	3/3	54

JAGUARS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Texans

L 21–27 vs Buccaneers WK 5

W 38–20 vs Dolphins WK 4

L 14–38 vs Broncos WK 3

Jaguars

L 24–34 vs Panthers WK 5

W 59–6 vs Titans WK 4

W 41–14 vs Bills WK 3

TEAM STATS

Texans		Jaguars
475	TOTAL YARDS	408
397	PASSING YARDS	300
78	RUSHING YARDS	108
3	SACKS ALLOWED	0
0	SACKS MADE	3
3	GIVEAWAYS	0
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

0 TEXANS — 1 JAGUARS

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