WEEK 8 · FINAL
THE READ
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
Jaguars beat Colts, 31-21
Jacksonville beat Indianapolis 31-21 behind a dominant passing day that saw the Jaguars outgain the Colts through the air 163 to 60 yards, while the Colts' 2 turnovers proved costly in the 10-point loss. Jonathan Taylor was unstoppable on the ground with 260 yards and 3 touchdowns on 26 carries, but it wasn't enough to overcome Jacksonville's balance—Bhayshul Tuten added 180 yards and a score, and Brian Thomas Jr caught 3 passes for 69 yards and a touchdown. Both teams sit at 5-3.
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaguars | +8.0 | -1.9 | +9.9 | +14 |
| Colts | -0.7 | -3.4 | +2.7 | +10 |
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 BOOTH
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
Jacksonville won because Indianapolis gave it away. The Colts turned the ball over twice and got nothing back, which is how you lose a game where Jonathan Taylor runs for 260 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Luca Santana
Analyst
· replying
Jacksonville's 72.7% expected win rate says this wasn't a close game masquerading as one—the Jaguars are built to beat teams like Indianapolis, and today they did. Taylor's 260 yards and 3 touchdowns were the kind of day that should win you a football game, but Jacksonville's defense kept him from mattering.
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.
Bhayshul Tuten
Jaguars
18 carries, 180 yards, 1 TD
Brian Thomas Jr
Jaguars
3 catches, 69 yards, 1 TD
Mark Fletcher
Colts
16 carries, 68 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Jaguars 361, Colts 128
Jaguars
On the ground
Jaguars 198, Colts 68
Jaguars
Through the air
Jaguars 163, Colts 60
Jaguars
Giveaways
Colts 2, Jaguars 0
Jaguars
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 60% · Rush 40% · 35.7 scored, 25.8 allowed
10.0 yds/att
55.6% completions
6.9 yds/carry
378.3 yds/game
1.7 giveaways/game
2.9% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 68 · Efficient
Balance 90
Ball security 53
Back usage 35%
QB runs 2.1/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Brian Thomas Jr takes 41% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 85
WR 81
TE 79
RB 78
OL 78
DL 82
LB 71
DB 82
Best: Josh Hines-Allen REDG 90
Fastest: Brian Thomas Jr WR 97 SPD
6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 58% · Rush 42% · 26.6 scored, 23.9 allowed
7.8 yds/att
57.3% completions
4.8 yds/carry
145.8 yds/game
0.7 giveaways/game
7.9% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 53 · Aggressive
Balance 92
Ball security 81
Back usage 40%
QB runs 0.3/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 76
WR 85
TE 85
RB 74
OL 80
DL 78
LB 77
DB 90
Best: Kyle Hamilton SS 94
Fastest: Deion Burks WR 95 SPD
4 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
INDY/COLTS
Colts · his last 8 games
Balanced
Protects it
Pass / run57% / 43%
Points for / against27.6 — 23.0
Margin+4.6
Giveaways a game0.8
Sacks taken8.3% of dropbacks
Lead backJonathan Taylor · 4.0/g
Top targetMark Fletcher · 24%
QB carries0.4 a game
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
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
slimeeedat against INDY/COLTS — the men, not the teams
slimeeedat leads it 1-0.
slimeeedat won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 31.0 — 21.0
biggest: 10 pts to slimeeedat
S2 · week 8
slimeeedat 31 — 21 INDY/COLTS
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
Jaguars receivers vs Colts secondary
81 v 90
COLTS
Colts receivers vs Jaguars secondary
85 v 82
COLTS
Jaguars line vs Colts front
78 v 78
EVEN
Colts line vs Jaguars front
80 v 82
EVEN
Jaguars backs vs Colts run defence
78 v 78
EVEN
Colts backs vs Jaguars run defence
74 v 78
JAGUARS
Jaguars passer vs Colts secondary
85 v 90
COLTS
Colts passer vs Jaguars secondary
76 v 82
JAGUARS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
JAGUARS
COLTS
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COLTS
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COLTS
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COLTS
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COLTS
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Lawrence QB | 8/16 | 163 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 125.7 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinidad Chambliss QB | 5/8 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 45.8 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 18 | 180 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 61 | 0 |
| Trevor Lawrence QB | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Fletcher HB | 16 | 68 | 4.2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 0 |
| Alec Pierce WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Thomas Jr WR | 3 | 69 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 37 |
| Jakobi Meyers WR | 2 | 38 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| TJ Moore WR | 2 | 38 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 21 |
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Warren TE | 2 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 18 |
| Zay Flowers WR | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Alec Pierce WR | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Peter Clarke TE | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Mark Fletcher HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Ransaw FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Regis DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Mauri Washington DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travon Walker LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Hunter CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Durfee LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jourdan Lewis CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rayuan Lane III FS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moro Ojomo DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Haulcy SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Hamilton SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| CJ Allen MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Washington FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laiatu Latu LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charvarius Ward Sr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sauce Gardner CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Little K | 1/1 | 4/4 | 47 |
COLTS
nothing recorded
RECENT FORM
Jaguars
W
31–17 vs Browns
WK 7
W
49–40 vs Texans
WK 6
L
24–34 vs Panthers
WK 5
Colts
W
30–17 vs Titans
WK 7
W
17–14 vs Dolphins
WK 6
W
24–17 vs Raiders
WK 5
TEAM STATS
| Jaguars | Colts | |
|---|---|---|
| 361 | TOTAL YARDS | 128 |
| 163 | PASSING YARDS | 60 |
| 198 | RUSHING YARDS | 68 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 2 |
| 2 | TAKEAWAYS | 1 |
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
JAGUARS
—
0
COLTS