Giants @ Patriots · Week 7

WEEK 7 · FINAL

THE READ

Patriots run away with it, 48-7

The Patriots dismantled the Giants 48-7 in Week 7, a 41-point demolition that sent New England to 5-2 while New York sank to 2-5. Drake Maye completed 8 of 12 passes for 241 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Kyle Williams caught 3 for 123 yards and a score as the Pats controlled the line on both sides—they had 3 sacks, forced 6 turnovers, and held New York to 141 total yards and 12 rushing yards. Jaxson Dart threw 5 interceptions, a performance that raises a simple arithmetic problem: a quarterback cannot hold a job doing that, and the league knows it.

Sephen A. Smith The showman

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Giants	-13.6	+3.1	-16.7	-26
Patriots	+6.1	-2.5	+8.6	+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.

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IN THE BOOTH

Luca Santana Analyst

New York gave it away 6 times to New England's 2, and a margin that lopsided in the turnover column is why a 41-point game feels inevitable rather than fluky—you cannot survive that kind of carelessness, and Jaxson Dart's 5 interceptions made sure nobody had to wonder what went wrong.

Ethan Price The numbers guy · replying

Kyle Williams found 123 yards and a touchdown on 3 catches against a defense with nothing left to give—he's clicked into his last three weeks in a way his season average never suggested he could, and now you're watching a player who might actually be there when it matters.

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.

Drake Maye

Patriots

8/12, 241 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Yhonzae Pierre

Patriots

2 sacks

Kyle Williams

Patriots

3 catches, 123 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

📈 Kyle Williams is in form: 98 receiving yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 65.

📉 Jaxson Dart is still searching for it: 7 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 13.

📉 Tank Dell is still searching for it: 49 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 68.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Patriots 306, Giants 141 Patriots

Through the air Patriots 241, Giants 129 Patriots

On the ground Patriots 65, Giants 12 Patriots

Giveaways Patriots 2, Giants 6 Patriots

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 66% · Rush 34% · 22.2 scored, 38.9 allowed

8.4 yds/att 52.4% completions 4.9 yds/carry 337.0 yds/game 3.8 giveaways/game 8.3% sack rate last 5: 2-3

Primary weapon: Malik Nabers WR — 37% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive Balance 84 Ball security 0 Back usage 30% QB runs 1.6/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 3.8 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 84 WR 84 TE 78 RB 82 OL 82 DL 82 LB 81 DB 82

Best: Andrew Thomas LT 94 Fastest: Malik Nabers WR 96 SPD 5 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

Checo

Patriots · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run61% / 39% Points for / against27.1 — 16.4 Margin+10.8 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken7.0% of dropbacks Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 8.9/g Top targetKyle Williams · 30% QB carries2.6 a game

CSav3105

Giants · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away One target

Pass / run64% / 36% Points for / against23.8 — 35.4 Margin-11.6 Giveaways a game3.1 Sacks taken7.9% of dropbacks Lead backCam Skattebo · 12.2/g Top targetMalik Nabers · 45% 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.

THE SERIES CSav3105 against Checo — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 7.0 — 48.0 biggest: 41 pts to Checo

S2 · week 7 CSav3105 7 — 48 Checo CHECO

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

Giants receivers vs Patriots secondary 84 v 88 PATRIOTS

Patriots receivers vs Giants secondary 83 v 82 EVEN

Giants line vs Patriots front 82 v 83 EVEN

Patriots line vs Giants front 84 v 82 EVEN

Giants backs vs Patriots run defence 82 v 82 EVEN

Patriots backs vs Giants run defence 86 v 82 PATRIOTS

Giants passer vs Patriots secondary 84 v 88 PATRIOTS

Patriots passer vs Giants secondary 97 v 82 PATRIOTS

TOP PERFORMERS

Drake Maye QB Patriots 241 pass yds

Jaxson Dart QB Giants 129 pass yds

Kyle Williams WR Patriots 123 rec yds

A.J. Brown WR Patriots 82 rec yds

Tank Dell WR Giants 82 rec yds

TreVeyon Henderson HB Patriots 61 rush yds

Yhonzae Pierre REDG Patriots 2 sacks

Craig Woodson SS Patriots 1 INTs

Koi Perich FS Patriots 1 INTs

Ji'Ayir Brown SS Patriots 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

GIANTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jaxson Dart QB	7/25	129	1	5	3	64	22.3

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Drake Maye QB	8/12	241	2	1	0	80	114.5

GIANTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jaxson Dart QB	1	9	9	0	2	9	1
Cam Skattebo HB	5	3	0.6	0	1	5	0
Malachi Fields WR	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
TreVeyon Henderson HB	7	61	8.7	1	1	11	23	0
Drake Maye QB	3	3	1	1	0	1	2	1
Reggie Gilliam FB	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Kyle Williams WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

GIANTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Tank Dell WR	3	82	27.3	1	44	0	64
Malik Nabers WR	3	36	12	0	9	0	18
Malachi Fields WR	1	11	11	0	2	2	11
Isaiah Likely TE	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Kyle Williams WR	3	123	41	1	84	80
A.J. Brown WR	2	82	41	1	61	69
Zachariah Branch WR	2	24	12	0	10	14
TreVeyon Henderson HB	1	12	12	0	10	12

GIANTS

PLAYER	TKL	INT	FF
Jevon Holland FS	3	0	1
Dru Phillips CB	3	0	0
Darius Alexander DT	2	0	0
Tremaine Edmunds MIKE	1	0	0
Kyle Dugger SS	1	0	0
Greg Newsome II CB	1	0	0
Colton Hood CB	1	0	0
Micah McFadden WILL	1	0	0
Paulson Adebo CB	0	1	0

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	TD
Milton Williams DT	2	1	0	1	0	1
Robert Spillane MIKE	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ji'Ayir Brown SS	1	0	1	0	0	0
Yhonzae Pierre REDG	1	2	0	0	1	0
Carlton Davis III CB	1	0	0	1	0	0
Marcus Jones CB	1	0	0	2	0	0
Craig Woodson SS	0	0	1	0	0	0
Koi Perich FS	0	0	1	0	0	0
Christian Gonzalez CB	0	0	1	0	0	0

GIANTS

nothing recorded

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Andres Borregales K	2/2	6/6	26

RECENT FORM

Giants

W 52–24 vs Cowboys WK 6

W 19–7 vs Commanders WK 5

L 28–44 vs Buccaneers WK 4

Patriots

W 49–28 vs Bills WK 6

W 38–6 vs Titans WK 5

L 13–23 vs Eagles WK 4

TEAM STATS

Giants		Patriots
141	TOTAL YARDS	306
129	PASSING YARDS	241
12	RUSHING YARDS	65
3	SACKS ALLOWED	0
0	SACKS MADE	3
6	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	TAKEAWAYS	6

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 GIANTS — 1 PATRIOTS

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