WEEK 17 · PREVIEW
THE PREVIEW
Bills
3-1
L
W
W
Bengals
2-2
W
L
W
Scoring
Bengals 31.0 · Bills 36.0
Bills
Defence
Bengals 27.0 · Bills 29.0
Bengals
Season form and scoring only — Madden exports no drive or situational data,
so nothing here is guesswork dressed up as inside knowledge.
THE ROOM
Nobody's put a time up yet.
Bills
Bills
Bengals
Huddy
The two owners put their times up here.
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 61% · Rush 39% · 36.5 scored, 29.2 allowed
9.2 yds/att
57.0% completions
7.5 yds/carry
352.2 yds/game
2.5 giveaways/game
7.4% sack rate
last 4: 3-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 61 · Aggressive
Balance 89
Ball security 30
Back usage 27%
QB runs 5.2/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.5 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 84
TE 99
RB 88
OL 82
DL 80
LB 81
DB 82
Best: Josh Allen QB 99
Fastest: Nyck Harbor WR 99 SPD
13 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 66% · Rush 34% · 31.0 scored, 27.0 allowed
10.4 yds/att
67.8% completions
6.0 yds/carry
303.2 yds/game
1.2 giveaways/game
5.3% sack rate
last 4: 2-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 78 · Efficient
Balance 77
Ball security 65
Back usage 30%
QB runs 1.2/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Ja'Marr Chase takes 47% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 91
TE 84
RB 88
OL 79
DL 87
LB 82
DB 85
Best: Ja'Marr Chase WR 99
Fastest: Ja'Marr Chase WR 96 SPD
10 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
Huddy
Bengals · his last 4 games
Throws it
One back
One target
Pass / run66% / 34%
Points for / against31.0 — 27.0
Margin+4.0
Giveaways a game1.2
Sacks taken5.3% of dropbacks
Lead backKyren Williams · 9.0/g
Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 47%
QB carries1.2 a game
Bills
Bills · his last 4 games
Balanced
Gives it away
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run61% / 39%
Points for / against36.5 — 29.2
Margin+7.2
Giveaways a game2.5
Sacks taken7.4% of dropbacks
Lead backJames Cook III · 9.2/g
Top targetNyck Harbor · 37%
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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Bills receivers vs Bengals secondary
84 v 85
EVEN
Bengals receivers vs Bills secondary
91 v 82
BENGALS
Bills line vs Bengals front
82 v 87
BENGALS
Bengals line vs Bills front
79 v 80
EVEN
Bills backs vs Bengals run defence
88 v 85
BILLS
Bengals backs vs Bills run defence
88 v 81
BENGALS
Bills passer vs Bengals secondary
99 v 85
BILLS
Bengals passer vs Bills secondary
99 v 82
BENGALS
THE SHEET — PROJECTION
Bills 31.5 — Bengals 30.0
favorite: Bills
spread ≈ 1.5
total ≈ 61.5
sim: 34.8% Bengals
RECENT FORM
Bills
L
14–42 vs Patriots
WK 4
W
45–7 vs Jets
WK 3
W
45–35 vs Cowboys
WK 2
Bengals
W
24–16 vs Seahawks
WK 4
L
7–36 vs Ravens
WK 3
W
42–0 vs Texans
WK 2
ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
0
BILLS
—
0
BENGALS