WEEK 9 · FINAL
THE READ
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
Colts run away with it, 48-19
A long afternoon for Texans. Colts by 29. C.J. Stroud threw for Texans — 19/37, 334 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Jonathan Taylor did the work on the ground for Colts — 20 carries, 270 yards, 2 TD. That is 9 straight games over 100 for Jonathan Taylor. On the ground: Colts 270, Texans 48.
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texans | -2.8 | -1.2 | -1.6 | -9 |
| Colts | -1.5 | -2.8 | +1.3 | +10 |
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 BOOTH
Elise Carter
The insider
Indianapolis couldn't be stopped on the ground — Taylor went 270 and the Colts ran through Houston's defense at will, which is how you win 48-19 without needing anything else to work.
Jordan Hayes
The armchair coach
· replying
Houston's passing game—334 yards through the air—kept them competitive on the stat sheet, but C.J. Stroud had to do all the work himself while the Texans managed just 48 rushing yards, and that imbalance is exactly why they're 3-6.
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.
C.J. Stroud
Texans
19/37, 334 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
Will Anderson Jr
Texans
2 sacks
Nico Collins
Texans
7 catches, 111 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Texans 382, Colts 151
Texans
Through the air
Texans 334, Colts 153
Texans
On the ground
Texans 48, Colts -2
Texans
Giveaways
Colts 0, Texans 3
Colts
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 59% · Rush 41% · 26.5 scored, 28.1 allowed
9.1 yds/att
61.7% completions
6.3 yds/carry
357.1 yds/game
1.5 giveaways/game
5.0% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 67 · Aggressive
Balance 91
Ball security 58
Back usage 35%
QB runs 2.5/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81
WR 82
TE 84
RB 80
OL 83
DL 83
LB 77
DB 87
Best: Will Anderson Jr LEDG 95
Fastest: Devontez Walker WR 94 SPD
4 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 55% · Rush 45% · 24.9 scored, 23.6 allowed
7.4 yds/att
55.2% completions
4.4 yds/carry
136.1 yds/game
0.7 giveaways/game
7.4% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 46 · Turnover-prone
Balance 95
Ball security 80
Back usage 43%
QB runs 0.3/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 76
WR 85
TE 85
RB 74
OL 80
DL 78
LB 77
DB 90
Best: Kyle Hamilton SS 94
Fastest: Deion Burks WR 95 SPD
4 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
INDY/COLTS
Colts · his last 8 games
Runs it
Takes sacks
Pass / run49% / 51%
Points for / against25.5 — 22.6
Margin+2.9
Giveaways a game0.9
Sacks taken10.2% of dropbacks
Lead backMark Fletcher · 5.8/g
Top targetMark Fletcher · 29%
QB carries0.1 a game
SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG
Texans · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against27.4 — 29.1
Margin-1.8
Giveaways a game1.6
Sacks taken5.8% of dropbacks
Lead backAntonio Gibson · 8.9/g
Top targetNico Collins · 31%
QB carries2.4 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
SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG against INDY/COLTS — the men, not the teams
INDY/COLTS leads it 1-0.
INDY/COLTS won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 19.0 — 48.0
biggest: 29 pts to INDY/COLTS
S2 · week 9
SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG 19 — 48 INDY/COLTS
INDY/COLTS
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
Texans receivers vs Colts secondary
82 v 90
COLTS
Colts receivers vs Texans secondary
85 v 87
EVEN
Texans line vs Colts front
83 v 78
TEXANS
Colts line vs Texans front
80 v 83
TEXANS
Texans backs vs Colts run defence
80 v 78
EVEN
Colts backs vs Texans run defence
74 v 82
TEXANS
Texans passer vs Colts secondary
81 v 90
COLTS
Colts passer vs Texans secondary
76 v 87
TEXANS
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BOX SCORE
TEXANS
COLTS
TEXANS
COLTS
TEXANS
COLTS
TEXANS
COLTS
TEXANS
COLTS
TEXANS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.J. Stroud QB | 19/37 | 334 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 75.7 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinidad Chambliss QB | 5/9 | 153 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 140 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.J. Stroud QB | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Antonio Gibson HB | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Cobb HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cade Stover TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KJ Duff WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Pierce WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Fletcher HB | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Collins WR | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 44 |
| KJ Duff WR | 4 | 93 | 23.2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 49 |
| Jayden Higgins WR | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Jonnu Smith TE | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
| Antonio Gibson HB | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Cade Stover TE | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Dalton Schultz TE | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Jeremiah Cobb HB | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Pierce WR | 1 | 51 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Anthony Gould WR | 1 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 50 |
| Mark Fletcher HB | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| Kayshon Boutte WR | 1 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 30 |
| Tyler Warren TE | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quentin Lake SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Rankins DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Anderson Jr LEDG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayden McDonald DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Stewart REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry To'oTo'o WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamari Ramsey FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calen Bullock FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Stingley Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauce Gardner CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Taylor-Britt CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Hamilton SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camryn Bynum FS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Allen MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorian Williams WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Haulcy SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Harrison DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laiatu Latu LEDG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C.J. Gardner-Johnson SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charvarius Ward Sr CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TEXANS
nothing recorded
COLTS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Shrader K | 2/2 | 6/6 | 52 |
RECENT FORM
Texans
W
19–14 vs Bills
WK 8
L
23–31 vs Panthers
WK 7
L
40–49 vs Jaguars
WK 6
Colts
L
21–31 vs Jaguars
WK 8
W
30–17 vs Titans
WK 7
W
17–14 vs Dolphins
WK 6
TEAM STATS
| Texans | Colts | |
|---|---|---|
| 382 | TOTAL YARDS | 151 |
| 334 | PASSING YARDS | 153 |
| 48 | RUSHING YARDS | -2 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 2 |
| 2 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 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
TEXANS
—
1
COLTS