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THE READ
Browns win the turnover battle and the game

Take care of the football or lose. Ravens did not, and did. Lamar Jackson threw for Ravens — 19/32, 324 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Quinshon Judkins did the work on the ground for Browns — 11 carries, 77 yards, 2 TD. Quinshon Judkins is in form — 82 rushing yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 52. Through the air: Ravens 324, Browns 168.

Marcus Reyes The numbers guy
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Ravens +9.4 -0.0 +9.4 -1
Browns +5.3 +0.5 +4.8 +11
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.
Browns — AFC #3 · division · 6-3 Ravens — AFC #5 · 6-4 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#3 Jonathan Taylor HB · Ravens · 4.4% of the field
#4 Lamar Jackson QB · Ravens · 2.8% of the field
#12 Duce Robinson WR · Ravens · 0.5% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Talia Morgan Beat reporter
Baltimore couldn't protect the football—3 turnovers to Cleveland's 2—and that margin decided a game they dominated everywhere else. Lamar Jackson threw for 324 yards and 3 scores but also 3 picks, and when you're getting 38 rushing yards total, you can't afford to give it away.
Riley Parker The chaos merchant · replying
Mark Andrews put up 127 yards and Baltimore still lost by 3—that's what happens when your run game disappears entirely and you're forced to win a shootout you're structurally built to avoid.
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.
Lamar Jackson
Ravens
19/32, 324 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
Jonathan Taylor
Ravens
20 carries, 270 yards, 2 TD
Quinshon Judkins
Browns
11 carries, 77 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Ravens 634, Browns 267 Ravens
On the ground Ravens 310, Browns 99 Ravens
Through the air Ravens 324, Browns 168 Ravens
Giveaways Browns 2, Ravens 3 Browns
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
Balanced Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 37.9 scored, 28.5 allowed
10.9 yds/att 61.5% completions 8.9 yds/carry 602.2 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 4.5% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: Mark Andrews TE — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 68 · Aggressive Balance 93 Ball security 41 Back usage 34% QB runs 5.4/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 96 WR 78 TE 89 RB 88 OL 85 DL 81 LB 84 DB 87
Best: Jonathan Taylor HB 97 Fastest: Lamar Jackson QB 95 SPD 7 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
jakber
Browns · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run69% / 31% Points for / against25.1 — 23.5 Margin+1.6 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken7.5% of dropbacks Lead backQuinshon Judkins · 8.0/g Top targetEmeka Egbuka · 30% QB carries1.8 a game
treyshiesty956
Ravens · his last 8 games
Balanced Runs the quarterback One back
Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against34.9 — 27.4 Margin+7.5 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken5.5% of dropbacks Lead backJonathan Taylor · 19.5/g Top targetMark Andrews · 26% QB carries5.0 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 treyshiesty956 against jakber — the men, not the teams
jakber leads it 2-0. jakber has won 2 straight.
2 meetings avg 28.5 — 31.5 biggest: 3 pts to jakber
S2 · week 9 treyshiesty956 22 — 25 jakber JAKBER
S2 · week 2 treyshiesty956 35 — 38 jakber JAKBER
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
Ravens receivers vs Browns secondary 78 v 82 BROWNS
Browns receivers vs Ravens secondary 81 v 87 RAVENS
Ravens line vs Browns front 85 v 82 RAVENS
Browns line vs Ravens front 80 v 81 EVEN
Ravens backs vs Browns run defence 88 v 83 RAVENS
Browns backs vs Ravens run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Ravens passer vs Browns secondary 96 v 82 RAVENS
Browns passer vs Ravens secondary 80 v 87 RAVENS
TOP PERFORMERS
Lamar Jackson QB Ravens 324 pass yds
Jonathan Taylor HB Ravens 270 rush yds
Ty Simpson QB Browns 168 pass yds
Mark Andrews TE Ravens 127 rec yds
Adonai Mitchell WR Ravens 107 rec yds
Quinshon Judkins HB Browns 77 rush yds
Nate Wiggins CB Ravens 1 INTs
Grant Delpit SS Browns 1 INTs
Ty Okada SS Browns 1 INTs
Marlon Humphrey CB Ravens 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
RAVENS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Lamar Jackson QB 19/323243325885.9
BROWNS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Ty Simpson QB 14/291681213149.2
RECENT FORM
Ravens
W 26–7 vs Patriots WK 8
W 31–24 vs Bears WK 7
W 43–10 vs Steelers WK 5
Browns
W 38–7 vs Chargers WK 8
L 17–31 vs Jaguars WK 7
L 7–21 vs Rams WK 5
TEAM STATS
Ravens Browns
634 TOTAL YARDS 267
324 PASSING YARDS 168
310 RUSHING YARDS 99
2 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 2
3 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 TAKEAWAYS 4

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 RAVENS — 2 BROWNS
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