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THE WIRE
WK 5 FINAL Texans 28, Titans 38 WK 5 FINAL Vikings 28, 49ers 14 WK 5 FINAL Falcons 21, Cardinals 49 MOVE Jaye Coyne traded to Panthers MOVE Taylor Rapp signed with Panthers MOVE Percy Butler signed with Chiefs THE WIRE someone: Vikings win the turnover battle and the game THE WIRE someone: The booth on Broncos beat Ravens, 28-21
WEEK 1 · FINAL
JETS 1-3 · 15.0 PPG 30 – 27 PANTHERS 1-4 · 25.0 PPG
THE READ
Jets edge Panthers by 3

Jets needed all sixty minutes, edging Panthers 30-27. Bryce Young was steady for Panthers — 17/33, 312 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Isaac Brown did the work on the ground for Jets — 16 carries, 158 yards, 2 TD. 1 in the league in rushing yards, at 75 overall. Isaac Brown is not supposed to be doing this. Through the air: Panthers 312, Jets 142.

Nicole Santos Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Jets -18.4 +5.4 -23.8 -8
Panthers -7.0 +1.3 -8.2 -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.
IN THE BOOTH
Caleb Brooks Beat reporter
Carolina had 394 yards and threw for 312, but Bryce Young's 2 interceptions and the Panthers' inability to run the ball—82 yards on 11 carries—left them short in a 30-27 loss. New York won it on the ground: Isaac Brown rushed for 158 yards and 2 touchdowns, and even 4 Jets turnovers couldn't undo what that kind of ground game does to a game.
Marcus Reyes The numbers guy · replying
Carolina threw 33 times and lost by 3 to a team that handed the ball off 18 times; Young's 2 interceptions made that imbalance fatal, and it'll stay fatal until the Panthers trust their legs more than their arm.
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
17/33, 312 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Isaac Brown
Jets
16 carries, 158 yards, 2 TD
Jalen Coker
Panthers
4 catches, 118 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Panthers 312, Jets 142 Panthers
On the ground Jets 169, Panthers 82 Jets
Total yards Panthers 394, Jets 311 Panthers
Giveaways Panthers 2, Jets 4 Panthers
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 1 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
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% · 15.0 scored, 38.8 allowed
5.5 yds/att 47.6% completions 4.8 yds/carry 234.5 yds/game 4.5 giveaways/game 5.5% sack rate last 4: 1-3
Primary weapon: Ryan Wingo WR — 35% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 18 · Turnover-prone Balance 77 Ball security 0 Back usage 40% QB runs 1.5/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 4.5 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 79 WR 84 TE 79 RB 84 OL 79 DL 82 LB 86 DB 82
Best: Demario Davis MIKE 99 Fastest: Ryan Wingo WR 97 SPD 15 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
Panthers
Panthers · his last 4 games
Balanced Takes sacks
Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against17.8 — 26.0 Margin-8.2 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken10.1% of dropbacks Lead backChuba Hubbard · 8.0/g Top targetTetairoa McMillan · 34% QB carries4.0 a game
Kd is a 3.5
Jets · his last 4 games
Balanced Gives it away One back
Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against15.0 — 38.8 Margin-23.8 Giveaways a game4.5 Sacks taken5.5% of dropbacks Lead backIsaac Brown · 14.5/g Top targetRyan Wingo · 35% QB carries1.5 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 Kd is a 3.5 against Panthers — the men, not the teams
Kd is a 3.5 leads it 1-0. Kd is a 3.5 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 30.0 — 27.0 biggest: 3 pts to Kd is a 3.5
S2 · week 1 Kd is a 3.5 30 — 27 Panthers KD IS A 3.5
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
Jets receivers vs Panthers secondary 84 v 82 EVEN
Panthers receivers vs Jets secondary 82 v 82 EVEN
Jets line vs Panthers front 79 v 85 PANTHERS
Panthers line vs Jets front 83 v 82 EVEN
Jets backs vs Panthers run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Panthers backs vs Jets run defence 81 v 84 JETS
Jets passer vs Panthers secondary 79 v 82 PANTHERS
Panthers passer vs Jets secondary 86 v 82 PANTHERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Bryce Young QB Panthers 312 pass yds
Isaac Brown HB Jets 158 rush yds
Cade Klubnik QB Jets 142 pass yds
Jalen Coker WR Panthers 118 rec yds
Tetairoa McMillan WR Panthers 84 rec yds
LJ Martin HB Panthers 82 rush yds
Nahshon Wright CB Jets 2 INTs
Chau Smith-Wade CB Panthers 1 INTs
Tyrek Funderburk CB Panthers 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
JETS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Cade Klubnik QB 8/131422202498.8
PANTHERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bryce Young QB 17/333122217379.3
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Jets Panthers
311 TOTAL YARDS 394
142 PASSING YARDS 312
169 RUSHING YARDS 82
0 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 0
4 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
1 JETS — 0 PANTHERS
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