Cardinals @ Rams · Week 6

WEEK 6 · FINAL

THE READ

Cardinals run away with it, 43-22

Arizona dismantled Los Angeles 43 to 22, with Dante Moore completing 14 of 21 passes for 290 yards and 4 touchdowns while Nyziah Hunter caught 5 for 174 yards and 2 scores. The Cardinals' pass efficiency made the difference—they outgained the Rams 290 to 180 through the air despite running the ball less—while Los Angeles turned it over 4 times to Arizona's 0. The Rams' 76 percent pass rate on just 31 attempts suggests desperation that their 99 rushing yards couldn't justify, and it cost them.

Ethan Price The numbers guy

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Cardinals	+11.2	+0.0	+11.2	+13
Rams	+1.4	+5.4	-4.0	-7

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.

Cardinals — NFC #3 · division · 8-1 Rams — in the hunt · 4-6 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#6 Jeremiyah Love HB · Cardinals · 0.8% of the field

#7 Dante Moore QB · Cardinals · 0.8% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Jordan Hayes The armchair coach

Los Angeles turned it over 4 times and got shredded through the air—that's a recipe for a 21-point loss, and the Rams have to stop beating themselves if they want to stay in this thing.

Luca Santana Analyst · replying

Arizona's season looks exactly like this—they're a 12.9-point team adjusting for who they've played, and Dante Moore just threw 4 touchdowns on a day Los Angeles couldn't protect the ball, which is what separates contenders from pretenders down the stretch.

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.

Dante Moore

Cardinals

14/21, 290 yards, 4 TD

Nyziah Hunter

Cardinals

5 catches, 174 yards, 2 TD

Terrance Ferguson

Rams

8 catches, 107 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Terrance Ferguson has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Dante Moore has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Nyziah Hunter has not had a better afternoon this season.

🧊 Jeremiyah Love — 92 overall — was held to 45 rushing yards, against an average of 111.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Cardinals 290, Rams 180 Cardinals

On the ground Rams 99, Cardinals 43 Rams

Total yards Cardinals 333, Rams 279 Cardinals

Giveaways Rams 4, Cardinals 0 Cardinals

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

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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 55% · Rush 45% · 35.3 scored, 24.1 allowed

11.2 yds/att 62.8% completions 7.3 yds/carry 346.2 yds/game 0.8 giveaways/game 5.2% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Nyziah Hunter WR — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 75 · Efficient Balance 95 Ball security 78 Back usage 38% QB runs 2.3/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 83 WR 78 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 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

whaat

Rams · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away Runs the quarterback

Pass / run68% / 32% Points for / against24.6 — 32.6 Margin-8.0 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken4.3% of dropbacks Lead backKyren Williams · 7.5/g Top targetJeff Caldwell · 22% QB carries3.2 a game

yungbav234

Cardinals · his last 8 games

Runs it Protects it One back

Pass / run55% / 45% Points for / against32.5 — 22.8 Margin+9.8 Giveaways a game0.6 Sacks taken4.7% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 12.4/g Top targetNyziah Hunter · 28% 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 yungbav234 against whaat — the men, not the teams

yungbav234 leads it 2-0. yungbav234 has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 42.0 — 29.0 biggest: 21 pts to yungbav234

S2 · week 9 yungbav234 41 — 36 whaat YUNGBAV234

S2 · week 6 yungbav234 43 — 22 whaat YUNGBAV234

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 Rams secondary 78 v 84 RAMS

Rams receivers vs Cardinals secondary 89 v 82 RAMS

Cardinals line vs Rams front 79 v 89 RAMS

Rams line vs Cardinals front 82 v 82 EVEN

Cardinals backs vs Rams run defence 86 v 84 EVEN

Rams backs vs Cardinals run defence 86 v 81 RAMS

Cardinals passer vs Rams secondary 83 v 84 EVEN

Rams passer vs Cardinals secondary 77 v 82 CARDINALS

TOP PERFORMERS

Dante Moore QB Cardinals 290 pass yds

Darian Mensah QB Rams 180 pass yds

Nyziah Hunter WR Cardinals 174 rec yds

Terrance Ferguson TE Rams 107 rec yds

Jayden Reed WR Cardinals 73 rec yds

Trey McBride TE Cardinals 66 rec yds

Blake Corum HB Rams 58 rush yds

Anthony Smith LEDG Cardinals 1.5 sacks

Josh Sweat REDG Cardinals 1.5 sacks

Kitan Crawford SS Cardinals 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

CARDINALS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Dante Moore QB	14/21	290	4	0	1	66	149.3

RAMS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Darian Mensah QB	17/31	180	3	3	3	32	64.6

CARDINALS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jeremiyah Love HB	12	45	3.8	1	1	17	9	0
Tyler Allgeier HB	2	-2	-1	0	0	1	0	0

RAMS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Blake Corum HB	2	58	29	0	4	40	0
Darian Mensah QB	3	22	7.3	0	1	22	1
Kyren Williams HB	5	19	3.8	2	10	8	0
Jarquez Hunter HB	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

CARDINALS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Nyziah Hunter WR	5	174	34.8	2	76	66
Jayden Reed WR	7	73	10.4	2	24	23
Trey McBride TE	4	66	16.5	2	57	35
Jeremiyah Love HB	3	30	10	0	35	21
Michael Wilson WR	1	9	9	0	4	9

RAMS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Terrance Ferguson TE	8	107	13.4	2	73	32
Kyren Williams HB	4	38	9.5	0	26	15
Puka Nacua WR	1	13	13	0	7	13
Jeff Caldwell WR	2	13	6.5	1	0	7
CeeDee Lamb WR	2	9	4.5	0	3	5

CARDINALS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	TD
Cody Simon WILL	4	0	0	0	1	0
Max Melton CB	3	0	0	1	0	0
Brandon Cisse CB	3	0	0	1	0	0
Kitan Crawford SS	2	0	1	0	0	1
Budda Baker SS	2	0	0	2	0	0
Mack Wilson Sr MIKE	2	0	0	2	0	0
Denzel Burke CB	2	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Smith LEDG	1	1.5	0	0	0	0
Jamari Sharpe CB	1	0	2	1	0	0
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Sweat REDG	1	1.5	0	0	0	0

RAMS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Trent McDuffie CB	3	0	0
Faletau Satuala SS	3	0	0
Eugene Asante MIKE	2	0	0
Nate Landman MIKE	2	0	1
Chase Young LEDG	1	0	0
DJ McKinney CB	1	0	1
Kamren Kinchens FS	1	0	0
Emmanuel Forbes Jr CB	1	0	0
Byron Young LEDG	1	1	0
Xavier Nwankpa FS	0	0	1

RECENT FORM

Cardinals

L 0–28 vs Packers WK 5

W 42–23 vs 49ers WK 4

W 36–24 vs Seahawks WK 3

Rams

W 21–7 vs Browns WK 5

W 35–21 vs Bengals WK 4

L 12–45 vs Panthers WK 3

TEAM STATS

Cardinals		Rams
333	TOTAL YARDS	279
290	PASSING YARDS	180
43	RUSHING YARDS	99
1	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	1
0	GIVEAWAYS	4
4	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

2 CARDINALS — 0 RAMS

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