WEEK 1 · FINAL
THE READ
Vikings run away with it, 28-3
Vikings were never troubled, putting Commanders away 28-3. Antonio Williams did the catching for Commanders — 2 catches, 71 yards — in a losing effort. Total yards: Vikings 169, Commanders 147. Vikings are 1-0; Commanders are 0-1.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commanders | -33.3 | -6.3 | -27.0 | -9 |
| Vikings | +0.6 | -9.4 | +10.0 | +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.
Vikings —
NFC #4 · division
· 3-2
Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Priya Hale
The superfan
Washington managed 23 rushing yards—you cannot build anything on that—and the rest followed: 3 points, a team that looked like it had no answers and no fight to find any. Minnesota came ready; the Commanders came broken.
Luca Santana
Analyst
· replying
Washington threw on 73% of plays—5 points above league average—which tells you they were chasing points from the start; Antonio Williams caught 2 balls for 71 yards and still couldn't carry an offense that had nothing else to work with.
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.
Antonio Williams
Commanders
2 catches, 71 yards
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Vikings 169, Commanders 147
Vikings
On the ground
Vikings 36, Commanders 23
Vikings
Through the air
Vikings 133, Commanders 124
Vikings
Giveaways
Vikings 0, Commanders 1
Vikings
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% · 6.0 scored, 33.0 allowed
6.0 yds/att
45.2% completions
4.3 yds/carry
193.5 yds/game
2.8 giveaways/game
15.5% sack rate
last 4: 0-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 7 · Turnover-prone
Balance 78
Ball security 23
Back usage 22%
QB runs 4.8/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 15.5% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 84
WR 84
TE 77
RB 81
OL 80
DL 82
LB 84
DB 84
Best: Stefon Diggs WR 90
Fastest: Trey Palmer WR 95 SPD
9 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 62% · Rush 38% · 28.4 scored, 18.4 allowed
9.0 yds/att
59.1% completions
6.2 yds/carry
327.0 yds/game
0.8 giveaways/game
3.1% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 72 · Efficient
Balance 88
Ball security 78
Back usage 30%
QB runs 3.2/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 82
WR 90
TE 83
RB 80
OL 83
DL 84
LB 79
DB 83
Best: Justin Jefferson WR 96
Fastest: Jeremiah Smith WR 94 SPD
9 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
SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG
Vikings · his last 5 games
Throws it
Protects it
Pass / run62% / 38%
Points for / against28.4 — 18.4
Margin+10.0
Giveaways a game0.8
Sacks taken3.1% of dropbacks
Lead backDemond Claiborne · 8.0/g
Top targetJeremiah Smith · 32%
QB carries2.6 a game
𝓓𝓾𝓬𝓴
Commanders · his last 4 games
Throws it
Gives it away
Runs the quarterback
Takes sacks
Pass / run65% / 35%
Points for / against6.0 — 33.0
Margin-27.0
Giveaways a game2.8
Sacks taken15.5% of dropbacks
Lead backJacory Croskey-Merritt · 5.5/g
Top targetAntonio Williams · 28%
QB carries4.2 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
𝓓𝓾𝓬𝓴 against SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG — the men, not the teams
SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG leads it 1-0.
SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 3.0 — 28.0
biggest: 25 pts to SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG
S2 · week 1
𝓓𝓾𝓬𝓴 3 — 28 SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG
SAPPHIRESPORTZ.GG
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
Commanders receivers vs Vikings secondary
84 v 83
EVEN
Vikings receivers vs Commanders secondary
90 v 84
VIKINGS
Commanders line vs Vikings front
80 v 84
VIKINGS
Vikings line vs Commanders front
83 v 82
EVEN
Commanders backs vs Vikings run defence
81 v 82
EVEN
Vikings backs vs Commanders run defence
80 v 83
COMMANDERS
Commanders passer vs Vikings secondary
84 v 83
EVEN
Vikings passer vs Commanders secondary
82 v 84
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayden Daniels QB | 7/24 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 31.2 |
VIKINGS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.J. McCarthy QB | 4/4 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 158.3 |
COMMANDERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jayden Daniels QB | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Kaytron Allen HB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rachaad White HB | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demond Claiborne HB | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
COMMANDERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Williams WR | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 39 |
| Jamari Johnson TE | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 17 |
| Mario Craver WR | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
VIKINGS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demond Claiborne HB | 1 | 57 | 57 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 57 |
| Justin Jefferson WR | 1 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| Beau Sparks WR | 1 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 |
| Jeremiah Smith WR | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
COMMANDERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Styles MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Cross SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Amos CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VIKINGS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Murphy Jr CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Cashman MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Golday MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakobe Thomas SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Rodgers Sr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Turner LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Mustapha FS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Metellus SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COMMANDERS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tress Way P | 1/1 | 0/0 | 47 |
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nothing recorded
RECENT FORM
Commanders
no games yet
Vikings
no games yet
TEAM STATS
| Commanders | Vikings | |
|---|---|---|
| 147 | TOTAL YARDS | 169 |
| 124 | PASSING YARDS | 133 |
| 23 | RUSHING YARDS | 36 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 1 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | TAKEAWAYS | 1 |
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.
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