Giants @ Panthers · Week 8

WEEK 8 · FINAL

THE READ

Panthers run away with it, 42-13

29 points separated these two, and Panthers had all of them. Bryce Young was steady for Panthers — 8/15, 271 yards, 4 TD. Malik Nabers did the catching for Giants — 3 catches, 152 yards, 1 TD — in a losing effort. A season best for Cayden Lee. Total yards: Panthers 305, Giants 183.

Nicole Santos Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Giants	-13.4	+3.3	-16.7	-26
Panthers	+13.1	-2.8	+15.9	+8

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 · 11.3% of the field

#9 Chris Brazzell II WR · Panthers · 0.7% of the field

#10 Cayden Lee WR · Panthers · 0.6% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Daniel Keller The numbers guy

New York abandoned the run after 2 carries for 13 yards and never found it again—when you're that broken on the ground, throwing 90% of the time just hands the other team a script, and Bryce Young had a 4-touchdown afternoon that will stick around longer than this loss.

Jaylen Rivers The insider · replying

Carolina's 8-0 looks real now—Bryce Young just put a stamp on it that matters come playoff time, and New York's 13 rushing yards wasn't a bad day, it was a referendum on whether this roster can survive the season intact.

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

8/15, 271 yards, 4 TD

Malik Nabers

Giants

3 catches, 152 yards, 1 TD

Cayden Lee

Panthers

3 catches, 142 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Cayden Lee has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Panthers 305, Giants 183 Panthers

Through the air Panthers 271, Giants 170 Panthers

On the ground Panthers 34, Giants 13 Panthers

Giveaways Panthers 0, Giants 3 Panthers

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

TwinDadCardCollector

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

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 TwinDadCardCollector — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 13.0 — 42.0 biggest: 29 pts to TwinDadCardCollector

S2 · week 8 CSav3105 13 — 42 TwinDadCardCollector TWINDADCARDCOLLECTOR

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 Panthers secondary 84 v 81 GIANTS

Panthers receivers vs Giants secondary 80 v 82 EVEN

Giants line vs Panthers front 82 v 84 EVEN

Panthers line vs Giants front 80 v 82 EVEN

Giants backs vs Panthers run defence 82 v 82 EVEN

Panthers backs vs Giants run defence 78 v 82 GIANTS

Giants passer vs Panthers secondary 84 v 81 GIANTS

Panthers passer vs Giants secondary 85 v 82 PANTHERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Bryce Young QB Panthers 271 pass yds

Jaxson Dart QB Giants 170 pass yds

Malik Nabers WR Giants 152 rec yds

Cayden Lee WR Panthers 142 rec yds

Hollwood Smothers HB Panthers 68 rec yds

Lathan Ransom SS Panthers 1 INTs

Ifeatu Melifonwu SS Panthers 1 INTs

Jaycee Horn CB Panthers 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

GIANTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jaxson Dart QB	5/18	170	2	3	4	88	63.8

PANTHERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Bryce Young QB	8/15	271	4	0	3	87	138.1

GIANTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Cam Skattebo HB	2	13	6.5	0	0	2	13	0
Malik Nabers WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

PANTHERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Hollwood Smothers HB	3	19	6.3	1	1	5	12	0
Bryce Young QB	3	15	5	1	0	2	10	0

GIANTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Malik Nabers WR	3	152	50.7	1	46	88
Isaiah Likely TE	1	16	16	1	0	16
Cam Skattebo HB	1	2	2	0	0	2

PANTHERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Cayden Lee WR	3	142	47.3	1	75	87
Hollwood Smothers HB	1	68	68	1	47	68
Tetairoa McMillan WR	1	31	31	1	4	31
Xavier Legette WR	2	17	8.5	1	10	13
Chris Brazzell II WR	1	13	13	0	9	13

GIANTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Paulson Adebo CB	2	0	1
Arvell Reese WILL	1	0	0
Dru Phillips CB	1	0	0
Darius Muasau WILL	1	1	0
Brian Burns REDG	1	1	0
Greg Newsome II CB	1	0	0
David Stone DT	0	0.5	0
Jevon Holland FS	0	0	1
Abdul Carter LEDG	0	0.5	0
Kyle Dugger SS	0	0	1

PANTHERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Jaycee Horn CB	2	0	1	1
Teitum Tuioti LEDG	1	1	0	1
Trevin Wallace WILL	1	0	0	0
Chau Smith-Wade CB	1	1	0	1
Tre'von Moehrig FS	1	0	0	1
Isaiah Simmons FS	1	1	0	1
Will Lee III CB	1	0	0	0
Lathan Ransom SS	1	0	1	0
Derrick Brown DT	1	1	0	0
**** Chambliss WILL	1	0	0	0
Ifeatu Melifonwu SS	1	0	1	0

RECENT FORM

Giants

L 7–48 vs Patriots WK 7

W 52–24 vs Cowboys WK 6

W 19–7 vs Commanders WK 5

Panthers

W 31–23 vs Texans WK 7

W 20–17 vs Titans WK 6

W 34–24 vs Jaguars WK 5

TEAM STATS

Giants		Panthers
183	TOTAL YARDS	305
170	PASSING YARDS	271
13	RUSHING YARDS	34
4	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	4
3	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	TAKEAWAYS	3

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 PANTHERS

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