WEEK 9 · FINAL
THE READ
Panthers run away with it, 34-7
27 points separated these two, and Panthers had all of them. Bryce Young was steady for Panthers — 8/16, 248 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT. Chris Brazzell II did the catching for Panthers — 3 catches, 143 yards, 2 TD. Worth noting: Chris Brazzell II, 75 overall, is 2 in the league in receiving yards. Total yards: Panthers 281, Saints 179.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panthers | +12.9 | -3.0 | +15.9 | +8 |
| Saints | -9.7 | +1.3 | -11.0 | -2 |
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 · 13.3% of the field
#9
Chris Brazzell II
WR · Panthers · 0.6% of the field
#11
Cayden Lee
WR · Panthers · 0.6% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Jordan Hayes
The armchair coach
Carolina's defense was suffocating—3 sacks, 179 total yards allowed—but New Orleans made this easy by abandoning the run entirely: 4 yards on the ground is not a game plan, it's surrender.
Sephen A. Smith
The showman
· replying
Carolina's undefeated run just swallowed a 2-8 team whole, and now the question isn't whether they're elite—it's whether they can stay that way when everybody's game-planning to shut down what made them dangerous in the first place.
Talia Morgan
Beat reporter
· replying
Carolina's defense choked off New Orleans entirely, but what's going to haunt the Saints is that they threw 20 times for 4 rushing yards—not because Carolina forced them to, but because they had nothing else left to try.
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
8/16, 248 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Chris Brazzell II
Panthers
3 catches, 143 yards, 2 TD
Jordyn Tyson
Saints
3 catches, 94 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Panthers 281, Saints 179
Panthers
Through the air
Panthers 248, Saints 175
Panthers
On the ground
Panthers 33, Saints 4
Panthers
Pressure
Saints 0 sacks, Panthers 3
Panthers
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
Pass-heavy
Pass 68% · Rush 32% · 37.6 scored, 21.7 allowed
12.5 yds/att
63.5% completions
5.1 yds/carry
401.0 yds/game
1.6 giveaways/game
7.5% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 73 · Efficient
Balance 82
Ball security 54
Back usage 19%
QB runs 5.1/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 85
WR 80
TE 72
RB 78
OL 80
DL 84
LB 78
DB 81
Best: Derrick Brown DT 96
Fastest: Cayden Lee WR 94 SPD
6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 67% · Rush 33% · 18.6 scored, 29.6 allowed
7.6 yds/att
60.0% completions
6.5 yds/carry
304.6 yds/game
2.0 giveaways/game
8.5% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 44 · Aggressive
Balance 83
Ball security 44
Back usage 27%
QB runs 2.5/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.5% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 83
WR 78
TE 79
RB 80
OL 79
DL 80
LB 77
DB 85
Best: Denzel Ward CB 93
Fastest: Bryce Lance WR 94 SPD
2 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
Juice
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it
Gives it away
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run68% / 32%
Points for / against15.4 — 31.8
Margin-16.4
Giveaways a game2.0
Sacks taken9.0% of dropbacks
Lead backTravis Etienne Jr · 10.8/g
Top targetWyatt Young · 27%
QB carries2.2 a game
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
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
TwinDadCardCollector against Juice — the men, not the teams
TwinDadCardCollector leads it 1-0.
TwinDadCardCollector won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 34.0 — 7.0
biggest: 27 pts to TwinDadCardCollector
S2 · week 9
TwinDadCardCollector 34 — 7 Juice
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
Panthers receivers vs Saints secondary
80 v 85
SAINTS
Saints receivers vs Panthers secondary
78 v 81
PANTHERS
Panthers line vs Saints front
80 v 80
EVEN
Saints line vs Panthers front
79 v 84
PANTHERS
Panthers backs vs Saints run defence
78 v 79
EVEN
Saints backs vs Panthers run defence
80 v 82
EVEN
Panthers passer vs Saints secondary
85 v 85
EVEN
Saints passer vs Panthers secondary
83 v 81
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Young QB | 8/16 | 248 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 95.8 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 9/20 | 175 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 53.1 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Young QB | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Hollwood Smothers HB | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Brazzell II WR | 3 | 143 | 47.7 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 58 |
| Hollwood Smothers HB | 2 | 42 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| Ja'Tavion Sanders TE | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Cayden Lee WR | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Tetairoa McMillan WR | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 49 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 2 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| Juwan Johnson TE | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| Wyatt Young WR | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| Oscar Delp TE | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 17 |
PANTHERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Lee III CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Rapp SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevin Wallace WILL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teitum Tuioti LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brown DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chau Smith-Wade CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaycee Horn CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tre'von Moehrig FS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Jackson DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Reid FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chop Robinson REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Sanker SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Stutsman MIKE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quincy Riley CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denzel Ward CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Panthers
W
42–13 vs Giants
WK 8
W
31–23 vs Texans
WK 7
W
20–17 vs Titans
WK 6
Saints
L
7–28 vs Buccaneers
WK 8
W
28–23 vs 49ers
WK 7
L
7–31 vs Eagles
WK 6
TEAM STATS
| Panthers | Saints | |
|---|---|---|
| 281 | TOTAL YARDS | 179 |
| 248 | PASSING YARDS | 175 |
| 33 | RUSHING YARDS | 4 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 2 | GIVEAWAYS | 2 |
| 2 | 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
1
PANTHERS
—
0
SAINTS