WEEK 8 · FINAL
THE READ
Cardinals beat Seahawks, 28-18
Cardinals handled Seahawks 28-18. Dante Moore threw for Cardinals — 14/22, 213 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT. Walter Nolen III got after the quarterback for Cardinals — 3 sacks. Three weeks of this now from Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 83 receiving yards a game, well clear of his 60 average. Total yards: Seahawks 318, Cardinals 253.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | +10.7 | +2.7 | +8.0 | +13 |
| 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.
Cardinals —
NFC #3 · division
· 8-2
Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#7
Dante Moore
QB · Cardinals · 0.9% of the field
#11
Jeremiyah Love
HB · Cardinals · 0.6% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Elise Carter
The insider
Seattle's defense couldn't locate Arizona's pass rush—Walter Nolen III found them 3 times over—and now at 4-6, the Seahawks are running out of room to recover in a division where Arizona's already settled in at the top.
Nicole Santos
Beat reporter
· replying
Darnold was careless with the football—3 interceptions on 31 attempts—and Seattle's willingness to pass 72% of the time against a Cardinals team that knew it was coming made the math easy for Arizona.
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.
Dante Moore
Cardinals
14/22, 213 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Walter Nolen III
Cardinals
3 sacks
Sam Darnold
Seahawks
13/31, 221 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Seahawks 318, Cardinals 253
Seahawks
On the ground
Seahawks 97, Cardinals 40
Seahawks
Through the air
Seahawks 221, Cardinals 213
Seahawks
Pressure
Seahawks 0 sacks, Cardinals 5
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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
Balanced
Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 33.8 scored, 25.8 allowed
11.2 yds/att
62.2% completions
7.2 yds/carry
347.4 yds/game
0.9 giveaways/game
5.0% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 73 · Efficient
Balance 93
Ball security 75
Back usage 37%
QB runs 2.2/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 83
WR 79
TE 99
RB 86
OL 79
DL 82
LB 76
DB 82
Best: Trey McBride TE 99
Fastest: Nyziah Hunter WR 95 SPD
6 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
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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
yungbav234
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Balanced
One back
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against30.6 — 25.8
Margin+4.9
Giveaways a game0.9
Sacks taken4.4% of dropbacks
Lead backJeremiyah Love · 11.5/g
Top targetNyziah Hunter · 33%
QB carries2.6 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
yungbav234 against XBluecheeseX — the men, not the teams
yungbav234 leads it 1-0.
yungbav234 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 28.0 — 18.0
biggest: 10 pts to yungbav234
S2 · week 8
yungbav234 28 — 18 XBluecheeseX
YUNGBAV234
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
Cardinals receivers vs Seahawks secondary
79 v 86
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Seahawks receivers vs Cardinals secondary
86 v 82
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Cardinals line vs Seahawks front
79 v 83
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Seahawks line vs Cardinals front
80 v 82
EVEN
Cardinals backs vs Seahawks run defence
86 v 81
CARDINALS
Seahawks backs vs Cardinals run defence
84 v 81
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Cardinals passer vs Seahawks secondary
83 v 86
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Seahawks passer vs Cardinals secondary
87 v 82
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Moore QB | 14/22 | 213 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 116 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Darnold QB | 13/31 | 221 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 81 | 37.9 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 |
| Dante Moore QB | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Michael Wilson WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 29 | 0 |
| Sam Darnold QB | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper Kupp WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyziah Hunter WR | 3 | 81 | 27 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 65 |
| Trey McBride TE | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 18 |
| Michael Wilson WR | 2 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| Jayden Reed WR | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| Tyler Allgeier HB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 2 | 100 | 50 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 81 |
| Terrance Carter Jr. TE | 2 | 38 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Jadarian Price HB | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 12 |
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 3 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| A.J. Barner TE | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Cooper Kupp WR | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Nolen III DT | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Cisse CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Melton CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Keys WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Sweat REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Smith LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamari Sharpe CB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Johnson FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Budda Baker SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Wilson Sr MIKE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denzel Burke CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Thomas WILL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Emmanwori SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Murphy II DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Jobe CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Clark FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Simmons REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Witherspoon CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ernest Jones IV MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Phillips III CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CARDINALS
nothing recorded
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Taylor K | 1/1 | 1/1 | 28 |
RECENT FORM
Cardinals
W
43–22 vs Rams
WK 6
L
0–28 vs Packers
WK 5
W
42–23 vs 49ers
WK 4
Seahawks
L
31–56 vs Lions
WK 7
L
35–41 vs Vikings
WK 5
L
25–28 vs Packers
WK 4
TEAM STATS
| Cardinals | Seahawks | |
|---|---|---|
| 253 | TOTAL YARDS | 318 |
| 213 | PASSING YARDS | 221 |
| 40 | RUSHING YARDS | 97 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 5 |
| 5 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 3 |
| 3 | TAKEAWAYS | 2 |
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
2
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0
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