WEEK 7 · FINAL
THE READ
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
Lions run away with it, 56-31
Seahawks had no answer. Lions took it 56-31. Demond William Jr. was steady for Lions — 18/24, 399 yards, 5 TD. Sam Darnold threw for Seahawks — 21/36, 332 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Make it 4 consecutive games past 250 for Sam Darnold. Through the air: Lions 399, Seahawks 332.
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions | +14.9 | -1.4 | +16.3 | +18 |
| Seahawks | +3.5 | +3.7 | -0.2 | -1 |
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.
In the MVP race
#2
Demond William Jr.
QB · Lions · 10.7% of the field
#5
Nyck Harbor
WR · Lions · 2.2% of the field
#10
Jahmyr Gibbs
HB · Lions · 0.6% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Talia Morgan
Beat reporter
Seattle got shredded up front—7 sacks allowed is inexcusable—and Darnold's 4 touchdowns don't matter when your offensive line is a sieve and Detroit's scoring 56.
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.
Demond William Jr.
Lions
18/24, 399 yards, 5 TD
Sam Darnold
Seahawks
21/36, 332 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Aidan Hutchinson
Lions
4.5 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Lions 399, Seahawks 332
Lions
Total yards
Lions 467, Seahawks 405
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Pressure
Seahawks 0 sacks, Lions 7.5
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On the ground
Seahawks 73, Lions 68
Seahawks
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
Pass-heavy
Pass 71% · Rush 29% · 39.4 scored, 23.1 allowed
12.5 yds/att
68.1% completions
5.2 yds/carry
422.6 yds/game
0.8 giveaways/game
6.2% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 82 · Efficient
Balance 79
Ball security 77
Back usage 23%
QB runs 2.2/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 88
WR 85
TE 89
RB 88
OL 83
DL 84
LB 78
DB 82
Best: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 99
Fastest: Nyck Harbor WR 99 SPD
8 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 58% · Rush 42% · 29.5 scored, 29.7 allowed
8.6 yds/att
61.4% completions
5.2 yds/carry
363.3 yds/game
1.4 giveaways/game
9.0% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 68 · Efficient
Balance 92
Ball security 61
Back usage 37%
QB runs 2.4/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.0% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87
WR 86
TE 78
RB 84
OL 80
DL 83
LB 79
DB 86
Best: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 99
Fastest: Rashid Shaheed WR 95 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
XBluecheeseX
Seahawks · his last 5 games
Balanced
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run60% / 40%
Points for / against33.4 — 30.0
Margin+3.4
Giveaways a game1.4
Sacks taken11.2% of dropbacks
Lead backZach Charbonnet · 14.8/g
Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 33%
QB carries3.2 a game
stuuumouuu
Lions · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run72% / 28%
Points for / against38.1 — 26.5
Margin+11.6
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken6.6% of dropbacks
Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 7.4/g
Top targetNyck Harbor · 28%
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
stuuumouuu against XBluecheeseX — the men, not the teams
stuuumouuu leads it 1-0.
stuuumouuu won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 56.0 — 31.0
biggest: 25 pts to stuuumouuu
S2 · week 7
stuuumouuu 56 — 31 XBluecheeseX
STUUUMOUUU
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
Lions receivers vs Seahawks secondary
85 v 86
EVEN
Seahawks receivers vs Lions secondary
86 v 82
SEAHAWKS
Lions line vs Seahawks front
83 v 83
EVEN
Seahawks line vs Lions front
80 v 84
LIONS
Lions backs vs Seahawks run defence
88 v 81
LIONS
Seahawks backs vs Lions run defence
84 v 83
EVEN
Lions passer vs Seahawks secondary
88 v 86
EVEN
Seahawks passer vs Lions secondary
87 v 82
SEAHAWKS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demond William Jr. QB | 18/24 | 399 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 156.2 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Darnold QB | 21/36 | 332 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 114.5 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Demond William Jr. QB | 1 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Isiah Pacheco HB | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Nyck Harbor WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Darnold QB | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyck Harbor WR | 6 | 158 | 26.3 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 51 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown WR | 4 | 89 | 22.2 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 56 |
| Jameson Williams WR | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 33 |
| Sam LaPorta TE | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 44 |
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 34 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 4 | 101 | 25.2 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 45 |
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| Terrance Carter Jr. TE | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| A.J. Barner TE | 2 | 38 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| Jadarian Price HB | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Robbie Ouzts FB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cooper Kupp WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aidan Hutchinson LEDG | 4 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Cine SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Korie Black CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amare Barno REDG | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alim McNeill DT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kei'Trel Clark CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boo Carter CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerby Joseph FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damone Clark MIKE | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelley Jones CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Campbell MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Moore REDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Emmanwori SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Phillips III CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Clark FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Jobe CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernest Jones IV MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derick Hall REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Witherspoon CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LIONS
nothing recorded
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Taylor K | 1/1 | 2/2 | 32 |
RECENT FORM
Lions
W
27–21 vs Steelers
WK 6
W
28–27 vs 49ers
WK 5
W
38–17 vs Vikings
WK 4
Seahawks
L
35–41 vs Vikings
WK 5
L
25–28 vs Packers
WK 4
L
24–36 vs Cardinals
WK 3
TEAM STATS
| Lions | Seahawks | |
|---|---|---|
| 467 | TOTAL YARDS | 405 |
| 399 | PASSING YARDS | 332 |
| 68 | RUSHING YARDS | 73 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 7 |
| 7.5 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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
1
LIONS
—
0
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