WEEK 8 · FINAL
THE READ
Sierra Vaughn
Analyst
Lions edge Rams by 3
Lions needed all sixty minutes, edging Rams 35-32. Demond William Jr. was steady for Lions — 18/35, 355 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT. Darian Mensah was steady for Rams — 14/25, 233 yards, 2 TD — in a losing effort. 1 in the league in passing yards, at 80 overall. Demond William Jr. is not supposed to be doing this. Through the air: Lions 355, Rams 240.
Sierra Vaughn
Analyst
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rams | +1.4 | +5.4 | -4.0 | -7 |
| Lions | +12.3 | -3.5 | +15.8 | +18 |
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 · 5.9% of the field
#5
Nyck Harbor
WR · Lions · 1.8% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Riley Parker
The chaos merchant
Los Angeles couldn't get out of its own way: 74 rushing yards against a Detroit team that ran 4 times all night tells you everything about how lopsided this got, even if Darian Mensah kept them breathing with 2 touchdowns through the air.
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
18/35, 355 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Darian Mensah
Rams
14/25, 233 yards, 2 TD
Nyck Harbor
Lions
5 catches, 164 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Lions 355, Rams 240
Lions
On the ground
Rams 74, Lions 10
Rams
Total yards
Lions 365, Rams 314
Lions
Giveaways
Lions 1, Rams 0
Rams
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 66% · Rush 34% · 26.1 scored, 30.1 allowed
7.9 yds/att
57.4% completions
6.7 yds/carry
324.2 yds/game
1.9 giveaways/game
3.7% sack rate
last 5: 0-5
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 56 · Aggressive
Balance 84
Ball security 47
Back usage 26%
QB runs 3.5/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.9 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77
WR 89
TE 78
RB 86
OL 82
DL 89
LB 76
DB 84
Best: Myles Garrett REDG 99
Fastest: Jeff Caldwell WR 95 SPD
8 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 71% · Rush 29% · 39.2 scored, 23.4 allowed
12.0 yds/att
67.3% completions
5.0 yds/carry
415.6 yds/game
0.7 giveaways/game
5.7% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 84 · Efficient
Balance 79
Ball security 80
Back usage 23%
QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Nyck Harbor takes 38% of the receiving yards
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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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
stuuumouuu
Lions · his last 8 games
Throws it
Protects it
Pass / run70% / 30%
Points for / against37.8 — 24.9
Margin+12.9
Giveaways a game0.8
Sacks taken5.7% of dropbacks
Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 8.0/g
Top targetNyck Harbor · 34%
QB carries2.4 a game
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
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
whaat against stuuumouuu — the men, not the teams
stuuumouuu leads it 1-0.
stuuumouuu won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 32.0 — 35.0
biggest: 3 pts to stuuumouuu
S2 · week 8
whaat 32 — 35 stuuumouuu
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
Rams receivers vs Lions secondary
89 v 82
RAMS
Lions receivers vs Rams secondary
85 v 84
EVEN
Rams line vs Lions front
82 v 84
EVEN
Lions line vs Rams front
83 v 89
RAMS
Rams backs vs Lions run defence
86 v 83
RAMS
Lions backs vs Rams run defence
88 v 84
LIONS
Rams passer vs Lions secondary
77 v 82
LIONS
Lions passer vs Rams secondary
88 v 84
LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darian Mensah QB | 14/25 | 233 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 114.2 |
| Kyren Williams HB | 1/1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 95.8 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demond William Jr. QB | 18/35 | 355 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 113.3 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyren Williams HB | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 0 |
| Darian Mensah QB | 2 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Blake Corum HB | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Max Klare TE | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demond William Jr. QB | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam LaPorta TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CeeDee Lamb WR | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 39 |
| Jeff Caldwell WR | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 18 |
| Puka Nacua WR | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 34 |
| Kyren Williams HB | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| Blake Corum HB | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| Terrance Ferguson TE | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyck Harbor WR | 5 | 164 | 32.8 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 71 |
| Sam LaPorta TE | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 32 |
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 5 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 23 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown WR | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 29 |
| Jameson Williams WR | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Landman MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamren Kinchens FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Nwankpa FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Young LEDG | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent McDuffie CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ McKinney CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Young LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Garrett REDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eugene Asante MIKE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damone Clark MIKE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alim McNeill DT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Cine SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Hutchinson LEDG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelley Jones CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Campbell MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rolder WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerby Joseph FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korie Black CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boo Carter CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jelani McDonald FS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Mevis K | 1/1 | 3/3 | 33 |
LIONS
nothing recorded
RECENT FORM
Rams
L
7–28 vs Packers
WK 7
L
22–43 vs Cardinals
WK 6
W
21–7 vs Browns
WK 5
Lions
W
56–31 vs Seahawks
WK 7
W
27–21 vs Steelers
WK 6
W
28–27 vs 49ers
WK 5
TEAM STATS
| Rams | Lions | |
|---|---|---|
| 314 | TOTAL YARDS | 365 |
| 240 | PASSING YARDS | 355 |
| 74 | RUSHING YARDS | 10 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 2 |
| 2 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 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
0
RAMS
—
1
LIONS