Rams @ Cardinals · Week 9

WEEK 9 · FINAL

THE READ

77 points between Rams and Cardinals

Cardinals and Rams combined for 77. Somebody had to lose it. Dante Moore did the damage for Cardinals — 17/24, 326 yards, 4 TD. Darian Mensah did the damage for Rams — 16/24, 226 yards, 5 TD — in a losing effort. Dante Moore's high-water mark for the year. Total yards: Cardinals 441, Rams 344.

Talia Morgan Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Rams	+1.2	+5.2	-4.0	-7
Cardinals	+10.2	+2.2	+8.0	+13

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 #4 · division · 8-2 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#6 Dante Moore QB · Cardinals · 0.9% of the field

#8 Jeremiyah Love HB · Cardinals · 0.7% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Devon Walker Beat reporter

Dante Moore had the better afternoon—326 yards and 4 touchdowns against a Rams defense that couldn't generate pressure, and Arizona's 441 total yards were enough to win a shootout that probably shouldn't have been close.

Sierra Vaughn Analyst · replying

Mensah threw 5 touchdowns and still lost—that's the real story here. Los Angeles got the passing performance of the season from its quarterback and couldn't overcome a 97-yard gap in total offense, which tells you where this team actually stands at 4-5.

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

17/24, 326 yards, 4 TD

Darian Mensah

Rams

16/24, 226 yards, 5 TD

Jayden Reed

Cardinals

4 catches, 108 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Dante Moore has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Jayden Reed has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Kyren Williams has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 Jeremiyah Love is still searching for it: 61 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 101.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Cardinals 441, Rams 344 Cardinals

Through the air Cardinals 326, Rams 233 Cardinals

On the ground Cardinals 115, Rams 111 Cardinals

Pressure Cardinals 1 sacks, Rams 0 Cardinals

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% · 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

Primary weapon: Puka Nacua WR — 26% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

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 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

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

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 yungbav234 — the men, not the teams

yungbav234 leads it 2-0. yungbav234 has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 29.0 — 42.0 biggest: 21 pts to yungbav234

S2 · week 9 whaat 36 — 41 yungbav234 YUNGBAV234

S2 · week 6 whaat 22 — 43 yungbav234 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

Rams receivers vs Cardinals secondary 89 v 82 RAMS

Cardinals receivers vs Rams secondary 79 v 84 RAMS

Rams line vs Cardinals front 82 v 82 EVEN

Cardinals line vs Rams front 79 v 89 RAMS

Rams backs vs Cardinals run defence 86 v 81 RAMS

Cardinals backs vs Rams run defence 86 v 84 EVEN

Rams passer vs Cardinals secondary 77 v 82 CARDINALS

Cardinals passer vs Rams secondary 83 v 84 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Dante Moore QB Cardinals 326 pass yds

Darian Mensah QB Rams 226 pass yds

Jayden Reed WR Cardinals 108 rec yds

Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 104 rush yds

Nyziah Hunter WR Cardinals 76 rec yds

Kyren Williams HB Rams 63 rush yds

Michael Wilson WR Cardinals 59 rec yds

Kyren Williams HB Rams 54 rec yds

Terrance Ferguson TE Rams 53 rec yds

CeeDee Lamb WR Rams 50 rec yds

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BOX SCORE

RAMS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Darian Mensah QB	16/24	226	5	0	1	36	136.4
Kyren Williams HB	1/1	7	0	0	0	7	95.8

CARDINALS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Dante Moore QB	17/24	326	4	0	0	50	152.7

RAMS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Kyren Williams HB	12	63	5.2	2	20	12
Darian Mensah QB	3	21	7	0	1	11
Blake Corum HB	2	19	9.5	1	4	15
Puka Nacua WR	1	8	8	1	5	8

CARDINALS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jeremiyah Love HB	11	104	9.5	1	0	12	53	0
Dante Moore QB	2	11	5.5	0	0	0	14	0

RAMS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Kyren Williams HB	8	54	6.8	2	38	21
Terrance Ferguson TE	3	53	17.7	1	22	29
CeeDee Lamb WR	2	50	25	0	6	30
Puka Nacua WR	2	41	20.5	1	15	36
Blake Corum HB	2	35	17.5	1	34	28

CARDINALS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Jayden Reed WR	4	108	27	1	61	42
Nyziah Hunter WR	4	76	19	1	4	50
Michael Wilson WR	2	59	29.5	0	37	33
Jacob Cowing WR	1	29	29	0	3	29
Trey McBride TE	2	24	12	1	1	20
Jeremiyah Love HB	3	22	7.3	1	21	9
Tyler Allgeier HB	1	8	8	0	4	8

RAMS

PLAYER	TKL	PD
Trent McDuffie CB	4	0
DJ McKinney CB	2	0
Nate Landman MIKE	2	0
Faletau Satuala SS	2	1
Kobie Turner DT	1	0
Kamren Kinchens FS	1	0
Chase Young LEDG	1	0
Xavier Nwankpa FS	1	1
Myles Garrett REDG	1	0

CARDINALS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Brandon Cisse CB	4	0	0
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS	3	0	0
Mack Wilson Sr MIKE	3	0	1
Max Melton CB	2	0	0
Budda Baker SS	2	0	1
Denzel Burke CB	1	0	0
Will Johnson FS	1	0	0
Kitan Crawford SS	1	0	1
James Smith DT	1	0	0
Anthony Smith LEDG	1	0	0
Jamari Sharpe CB	0	0	2
Josh Sweat REDG	0	0.5	0
Grover Stewart DT	0	0.5	0

RAMS

nothing recorded

CARDINALS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Joshua Karty K	2/2	5/5	49

RECENT FORM

Rams

L 32–35 vs Lions WK 8

L 7–28 vs Packers WK 7

L 22–43 vs Cardinals WK 6

Cardinals

W 28–18 vs Seahawks WK 8

W 43–22 vs Rams WK 6

L 0–28 vs Packers WK 5

TEAM STATS

Rams		Cardinals
344	TOTAL YARDS	441
233	PASSING YARDS	326
111	RUSHING YARDS	115
1	SACKS ALLOWED	0
0	SACKS MADE	1
0	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	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 — 2 CARDINALS

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