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THE WIRE
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THE READ
Panthers edge Titans by 3

Panthers 20, Titans 17. Nobody watching sat down. Bryce Young was steady for Panthers — 33/40, 360 yards, 1 TD. Cam Ward was steady for Titans — 16/33, 232 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. A season best for Cam Ward. Total yards: Panthers 447, Titans 291.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Panthers +13.0 -2.9 +15.9 +8
Titans -16.1 +3.7 -19.8 -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.
Panthers — NFC #2 · division · 11-0 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#1 Bryce Young QB · Panthers · 11.8% of the field
#9 Chris Brazzell II WR · Panthers · 0.7% of the field
#10 Cayden Lee WR · Panthers · 0.6% of the field
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IN THE BOOTH
Ethan Price The numbers guy
Carolina's defense made Cam Ward uncomfortable—2 sacks from Trevin Wallace alone—and that mattered more than the 156-yard gap in total yardage. Tennessee threw 70% of the time into a 3-point loss, which is a choice that deserves its own postmortem.
Kayla James The showman · replying
Carolina just proved it can win ugly against a team with nothing to lose, which matters more than the 3-point margin—that's the kind of grit that holds up when the playoffs arrive and everybody's desperate.
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.
Bryce Young
Panthers
33/40, 360 yards, 1 TD
Cam Ward
Titans
16/33, 232 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Trevin Wallace
Panthers
2 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Panthers 447, Titans 291 Panthers
Through the air Panthers 360, Titans 232 Panthers
On the ground Panthers 87, Titans 59 Panthers
Giveaways Titans 2, Panthers 3 Titans
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
Pass-heavy Pass 68% · Rush 32% · 37.6 scored, 21.7 allowed
12.5 yds/att 63.5% completions 5.1 yds/carry 401.0 yds/game 1.6 giveaways/game 7.5% sack rate last 5: 5-0
Primary weapon: Chris Brazzell II WR — 31% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 73 · Efficient Balance 82 Ball security 54 Back usage 19% QB runs 5.1/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 85 WR 80 TE 72 RB 78 OL 80 DL 84 LB 78 DB 81
Best: Derrick Brown DT 96 Fastest: Cayden Lee WR 94 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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Panthers · his last 8 games
Throws it Runs the quarterback
Pass / run66% / 34% Points for / against37.5 — 23.5 Margin+14.0 Giveaways a game1.5 Sacks taken5.1% of dropbacks Lead backHollwood Smothers · 8.0/g Top targetCayden Lee · 29% QB carries5.2 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
Panthers receivers vs Titans secondary 80 v 81 EVEN
Titans receivers vs Panthers secondary 82 v 81 EVEN
Panthers line vs Titans front 80 v 80 EVEN
Titans line vs Panthers front 82 v 84 EVEN
Panthers backs vs Titans run defence 78 v 80 EVEN
Titans backs vs Panthers run defence 76 v 82 PANTHERS
Panthers passer vs Titans secondary 85 v 81 PANTHERS
Titans passer vs Panthers secondary 80 v 81 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Bryce Young QB Panthers 360 pass yds
Cam Ward QB Titans 232 pass yds
Wan'Dale Robinson WR Titans 99 rec yds
Mitchell Evans TE Panthers 78 rec yds
Chris Brazzell II WR Panthers 77 rec yds
Cayden Lee WR Panthers 76 rec yds
Ja'Tavion Sanders TE Panthers 75 rec yds
Hollwood Smothers HB Panthers 69 rush yds
Carnell Tate WR Titans 50 rec yds
Trevin Wallace WILL Panthers 2 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
PANTHERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bryce Young QB 33/4036010324112.5
TITANS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Cam Ward QB 16/332322237566.7
RECENT FORM
Panthers
W 34–24 vs Jaguars WK 5
W 38–35 vs Bears WK 4
W 45–12 vs Rams WK 3
Titans
L 6–38 vs Patriots WK 5
L 6–59 vs Jaguars WK 4
L 7–25 vs Buccaneers WK 3
TEAM STATS
Panthers Titans
447 TOTAL YARDS 291
360 PASSING YARDS 232
87 RUSHING YARDS 59
3 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 3
3 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 TAKEAWAYS 4

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.

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