WEEK 1 · FINAL
THE READ
68 points between Falcons and Titans
Scoreboard operators earned their money. Falcons 43, Titans 25. Marcel Reed threw for Falcons — 17/24, 414 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT. Bijan Robinson did the catching for Falcons — 7 catches, 230 yards, 3 TD. Worth noting: Marcel Reed, 76 overall, is 1 in the league in passing yards. Total yards: Falcons 478, Titans 343.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcons | +3.4 | -9.8 | +13.2 | +3 |
| Titans | -4.5 | -1.5 | -3.0 | -1 |
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.
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IN THE BOOTH
Priya Hale
The superfan
Atlanta came out and put on a clinic—Marcel Reed threw 6 touchdown passes and found Bijan Robinson for 230 yards and 3 of them, and Tennessee's defense had no answer for any of it. Tennessee managed 32 rushing yards, and that broken ground game was the difference between a shootout and a rout.
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
· replying
This wasn't a shootout—it was Atlanta's offense operating at a different altitude than Tennessee could reach. Reed threw for 414 yards and 6 touchdowns while the Titans managed just 32 rushing yards, and that gap between what Atlanta could do and what Tennessee couldn't stop defines the whole thing.
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.
Marcel Reed
Falcons
17/24, 414 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT
Bijan Robinson
Falcons
7 catches, 230 yards, 3 TD
Cam Ward
Titans
15/32, 311 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Falcons 478, Titans 343
Falcons
Through the air
Falcons 414, Titans 311
Falcons
On the ground
Falcons 64, Titans 32
Falcons
Pressure
Titans 1 sacks, Falcons 4
Falcons
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 65% · Rush 35% · 33.4 scored, 20.2 allowed
13.3 yds/att
59.0% completions
10.7 yds/carry
380.0 yds/game
2.0 giveaways/game
4.8% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 65 · Aggressive
Balance 85
Ball security 44
Back usage 23%
QB runs 3.6/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.0 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 97
WR 86
TE 84
RB 88
OL 84
DL 81
LB 76
DB 88
Best: Bijan Robinson HB 99
Fastest: Zachariah Branch WR 95 SPD
11 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
Pass-heavy
Pass 69% · Rush 31% · 27.2 scored, 30.2 allowed
8.7 yds/att
49.6% completions
7.7 yds/carry
280.6 yds/game
1.6 giveaways/game
7.3% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 52 · Aggressive
Balance 74
Ball security 55
Back usage 28%
QB runs 1.2/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 85
WR 85
TE 84
RB 87
OL 80
DL 90
LB 80
DB 80
Best: Jeffery Simmons DT 97
Fastest: Chimere Dike WR 94 SPD
13 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
Do your parents love you
Titans · his last 5 games
Throws it
One back
Pass / run69% / 31%
Points for / against27.2 — 30.2
Margin-3.0
Giveaways a game1.6
Sacks taken7.3% of dropbacks
Lead backTony Pollard · 9.2/g
Top targetDuce Robinson · 30%
QB carries1.0 a game
Rif
Falcons · his last 5 games
Throws it
Gives it away
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run65% / 35%
Points for / against33.4 — 20.2
Margin+13.2
Giveaways a game2.0
Sacks taken4.8% of dropbacks
Lead backBijan Robinson · 7.0/g
Top targetKyle Pitts Sr · 34%
QB carries3.6 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
Rif against Do your parents love you — the men, not the teams
Rif leads it 1-0.
Rif won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 43.0 — 25.0
biggest: 18 pts to Rif
S2 · week 1
Rif 43 — 25 Do your parents love you
RIF
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
Falcons receivers vs Titans secondary
86 v 80
FALCONS
Titans receivers vs Falcons secondary
85 v 88
FALCONS
Falcons line vs Titans front
84 v 90
TITANS
Titans line vs Falcons front
80 v 81
EVEN
Falcons backs vs Titans run defence
88 v 86
EVEN
Titans backs vs Falcons run defence
87 v 79
TITANS
Falcons passer vs Titans secondary
97 v 80
FALCONS
Titans passer vs Falcons secondary
85 v 88
FALCONS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Reed QB | 17/24 | 414 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 135.4 |
TITANS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Ward QB | 15/32 | 311 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 80 | 52.9 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson HB | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| Marcel Reed QB | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Jalin Hyatt WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TITANS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Pollard HB | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Cam Ward QB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Daniel Bellinger TE | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Duce Robinson WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson HB | 7 | 230 | 32.9 | 3 | 161 | 0 | 84 |
| Jalin Hyatt WR | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 27 |
| Zachariah Branch WR | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Kyle Pitts Sr TE | 1 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| Drake London WR | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
TITANS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnell Tate WR | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 80 |
| Duce Robinson WR | 5 | 123 | 24.6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 53 |
| Dalton Kincaid TE | 2 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 |
| Tony Pollard HB | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Gunnar Helm TE | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Okada FS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalon Walker LEDG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jessie Bates III FS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelee Ringo CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Divine Deablo MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avieon Terrell CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samson Ebukam REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Pearce Jr REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'Davious White CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avonte Maddox FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Bowman Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Dorlus DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TITANS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Winston Jr FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffery Simmons DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Hill Jr. SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cor'Dale Flott CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alontae Taylor CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keon Sabb SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boo Carter CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Adams SS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FALCONS
nothing recorded
TITANS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Slye K | 3/3 | 2/2 | 55 |
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
| Falcons | Titans | |
|---|---|---|
| 478 | TOTAL YARDS | 343 |
| 414 | PASSING YARDS | 311 |
| 64 | RUSHING YARDS | 32 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 4 |
| 4 | SACKS MADE | 1 |
| 2 | GIVEAWAYS | 3 |
| 3 | 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
FALCONS
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0
TITANS