WEEK 1 · FINAL
THE READ
77 points between Colts and Patriots
Nobody wanted to play defence. Patriots won the shootout 42-35. Drake Maye did the damage for Patriots — 17/24, 304 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT. Jonathan Taylor ran it for Colts — 9 carries, 152 yards, 3 TD — in a losing effort. Through the air: Patriots 304, Colts 184.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colts | +9.6 | +8.1 | +1.5 | +0 |
| Patriots | +27.8 | +9.5 | +18.2 | +6 |
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 MVP race
#3
Drake Maye
QB · Patriots · 3.8% of the field
#11
Jonathan Taylor
HB · Colts · 1.4% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Riley Parker
The chaos merchant
Drake Maye threw 4 touchdown passes—the kind of arm performance that shows up in playoff highlight reels—and that's what separated a 7-point win from a game Indianapolis had every chance to steal; Taylor ran for 152 and 3 scores, but New England's air raid just had one more gear.
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
· replying
A.J. Brown turned 5 catches into 159 yards—that's the kind of efficiency that wins shootouts, and it's what New England leaned on when Indianapolis couldn't stay ahead through the air.
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.
Drake Maye
Patriots
17/24, 304 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Jonathan Taylor
Colts
9 carries, 152 yards, 3 TD
A.J. Brown
Patriots
5 catches, 159 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Patriots 304, Colts 184
Patriots
On the ground
Colts 227, Patriots 111
Colts
Total yards
Patriots 415, Colts 411
Patriots
Giveaways
Patriots 2, Colts 2
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
Pass-heavy
Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 30.2 scored, 28.8 allowed
8.7 yds/att
68.7% completions
10.1 yds/carry
368.8 yds/game
1.8 giveaways/game
2.0% sack rate
last 4: 2-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 75 · Aggressive
Balance 81
Ball security 51
Back usage 36%
QB runs 1.0/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.8 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90
WR 88
TE 90
RB 86
OL 81
DL 82
LB 80
DB 88
Best: Jonathan Taylor HB 99
Fastest: Deion Burks WR 95 SPD
12 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% · 38.2 scored, 20.0 allowed
12.2 yds/att
63.0% completions
5.6 yds/carry
344.0 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
7.1% sack rate
last 4: 4-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 72 · Efficient
Balance 83
Ball security 72
Back usage 28%
QB runs 1.8/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 88
TE 78
RB 88
OL 81
DL 88
LB 78
DB 93
Best: Christian Gonzalez CB 99
Fastest: TreVeyon Henderson HB 95 SPD
11 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
Him 💎
Patriots · his last 4 games
Throws it
One back
Pass / run67% / 33%
Points for / against38.2 — 20.0
Margin+18.2
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks
Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 9.8/g
Top targetA.J. Brown · 35%
QB carries1.8 a game
Nonoredd
Colts · his last 4 games
Throws it
One back
Pass / run62% / 38%
Points for / against30.2 — 28.8
Margin+1.5
Giveaways a game1.8
Sacks taken2.0% of dropbacks
Lead backJonathan Taylor · 14.2/g
Top targetJonathan Taylor · 30%
QB carries0.8 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
Nonoredd against Him 💎 — the men, not the teams
Him 💎 leads it 1-0.
Him 💎 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 35.0 — 42.0
biggest: 7 pts to Him 💎
S2 · week 1
Nonoredd 35 — 42 Him 💎
HIM 💎
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
Colts receivers vs Patriots secondary
88 v 93
PATRIOTS
Patriots receivers vs Colts secondary
88 v 88
EVEN
Colts line vs Patriots front
81 v 88
PATRIOTS
Patriots line vs Colts front
81 v 82
EVEN
Colts backs vs Patriots run defence
86 v 85
EVEN
Patriots backs vs Colts run defence
88 v 81
PATRIOTS
Colts passer vs Patriots secondary
90 v 93
PATRIOTS
Patriots passer vs Colts secondary
99 v 88
PATRIOTS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
COLTS
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COLTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Jones QB | 17/26 | 184 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 82.8 |
| Alec Pierce WR | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Maye QB | 17/24 | 304 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 118 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Taylor HB | 9 | 152 | 16.9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 0 |
| Daniel Jones QB | 1 | 75 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Maye QB | 4 | 81 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| TreVeyon Henderson HB | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 |
| Bo Melton WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keenan Allen WR | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 40 |
| Deion Burks WR | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Raylen Sharpe WR | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| Tyler Warren TE | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 16 |
| Alec Pierce WR | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Jonathan Taylor HB | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| Marquise Brown WR | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Brown WR | 5 | 159 | 31.8 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 57 |
| TreVeyon Henderson HB | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 48 |
| Jonnu Smith TE | 3 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Romeo Doubs WR | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 14 |
| Kayshon Boutte WR | 1 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Bo Melton WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Taylor-Britt CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camryn Bynum FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laiatu Latu LEDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Haulcy SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nakobe Dean MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charvarius Ward Sr CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daron Payne DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Allen WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sauce Gardner CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Jones CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Andersen MIKE | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Bolden CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Byard III FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adon Shuler SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlton Davis III CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Woodson SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Gonzalez CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Spillane MIKE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milton Williams DT | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
| Colts | Patriots | |
|---|---|---|
| 411 | TOTAL YARDS | 415 |
| 184 | PASSING YARDS | 304 |
| 227 | RUSHING YARDS | 111 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 1 |
| 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
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COLTS
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1
PATRIOTS