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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 2 · FINAL
BILLS 3-1 · 36.0 PPG 45 – 35 COWBOYS 0-4 · 31.0 PPG
THE READ
80 points between Bills and Cowboys

80 points, and Bills had more of them, 45-35. Dak Prescott was steady for Cowboys — 31/42, 350 yards, 4 TD — in a losing effort. Josh Allen was steady for Bills — 18/26, 290 yards, 2 TD. On the ground: Bills 191, Cowboys 118.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Bills +3.6 -3.7 +7.2 +2
Cowboys -7.5 -0.1 -7.5 -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.
Bills — AFC #7 · 3-1 Playoff picture →
Dak Prescott
Cowboys
31/42, 350 yards, 4 TD
Josh Allen
Bills
18/26, 290 yards, 2 TD
CeeDee Lamb
Cowboys
12 catches, 180 yards, 3 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Bills 191, Cowboys 118 Bills
Through the air Cowboys 350, Bills 290 Cowboys
Total yards Bills 481, Cowboys 468 Bills
Giveaways Cowboys 1, Bills 1 Bills
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 2 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
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
Primary weapon: Nyck Harbor WR — 37% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
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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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
STUDE
Cowboys · his last 4 games
Throws it Gives it away
Pass / run70% / 30% Points for / against31.0 — 38.5 Margin-7.5 Giveaways a game2.8 Sacks taken3.8% of dropbacks Lead backJaydon Blue · 10.0/g Top targetCeeDee Lamb · 34% QB carries2.0 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.
THE SERIES Bills against STUDE — the men, not the teams
Bills leads it 1-0. Bills won the last one.
1 meeting avg 45.0 — 35.0 biggest: 10 pts to Bills
S2 · week 2 Bills 45 — 35 STUDE BILLS
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
Bills receivers vs Cowboys secondary 84 v 84 EVEN
Cowboys receivers vs Bills secondary 89 v 82 COWBOYS
Bills line vs Cowboys front 82 v 86 COWBOYS
Cowboys line vs Bills front 82 v 80 EVEN
Bills backs vs Cowboys run defence 88 v 84 BILLS
Cowboys backs vs Bills run defence 84 v 81 COWBOYS
Bills passer vs Cowboys secondary 99 v 84 BILLS
Cowboys passer vs Bills secondary 96 v 82 COWBOYS
TOP PERFORMERS
Dak Prescott QB Cowboys 350 pass yds
Josh Allen QB Bills 290 pass yds
CeeDee Lamb WR Cowboys 180 rec yds
James Cook III HB Bills 84 rush yds
Cam Coleman WR Bills 83 rec yds
Nyck Harbor WR Bills 81 rec yds
Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 77 rush yds
Josh Allen QB Bills 71 rush yds
George Pickens WR Cowboys 69 rec yds
Germie Bernard WR Bills 65 rec yds
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BILLS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Josh Allen QB 18/2629020146131.8
COWBOYS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Dak Prescott QB 31/4235040155130
RECENT FORM
Bills
W 42–33 vs Texans WK 1
Cowboys
L 14–17 vs Giants WK 1
TEAM STATS
Bills Cowboys
481 TOTAL YARDS 468
290 PASSING YARDS 350
191 RUSHING YARDS 118
1 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 1
1 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 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.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
1 BILLS — 0 COWBOYS
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