WEEK 2 · FINAL
THE READ
Bengals run away with it, 42-0
Bengals 42, Texans 0, and it was not that close. Joe Burrow did the damage for Bengals — 18/23, 210 yards, 4 TD. Dexter Lawrence lived in the backfield for Bengals — 2 sacks. Total yards: Bengals 318, Texans 17.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengals | +7.5 | +3.5 | +4.0 | +2 |
| Texans | -16.6 | +2.0 | -18.6 | -10 |
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.
Bengals —
in the hunt
· 2-2
Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Nicole Santos
Beat reporter
Houston's offense cannot function. Dante Moore threw 4 interceptions and the Texans managed 10 rushing yards—they have no ground game and no margin for error with a quarterback making those decisions. Cincinnati's defense got 5 sacks and forced 4 turnovers, while Joe Burrow had the kind of day that sticks around: 4 touchdown passes on clean decisions. At 0-5, Houston needs to figure out if this is fixable or if the whole thing needs to start over.
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.
Joe Burrow
Bengals
18/23, 210 yards, 4 TD
Dexter Lawrence
Bengals
2 sacks
Kyren Williams
Bengals
8 carries, 90 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Bengals 318, Texans 17
Bengals
Through the air
Bengals 214, Texans 7
Bengals
On the ground
Bengals 104, Texans 10
Bengals
Pressure
Texans 0 sacks, Bengals 5
Bengals
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 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
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% · 24.8 scored, 43.4 allowed
9.8 yds/att
55.6% completions
5.2 yds/carry
240.4 yds/game
3.4 giveaways/game
11.6% sack rate
last 5: 0-5
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 56 · Aggressive
Balance 81
Ball security 5
Back usage 23%
QB runs 2.2/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 3.4 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 83
WR 86
TE 69
RB 87
OL 80
DL 83
LB 80
DB 88
Best: Will Anderson Jr LEDG 96
Fastest: Kyle Williams WR 94 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
Brayden
Texans · his last 5 games
Throws it
Gives it away
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run69% / 31%
Points for / against24.8 — 43.4
Margin-18.6
Giveaways a game3.4
Sacks taken11.6% of dropbacks
Lead backAshton Jeanty · 6.6/g
Top targetKyle Williams · 28%
QB carries2.0 a game
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
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
Huddy against Brayden — the men, not the teams
Huddy leads it 1-0.
Huddy won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 42.0 — 0.0
biggest: 42 pts to Huddy
S2 · week 2
Huddy 42 — 0 Brayden
HUDDY
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
Bengals receivers vs Texans secondary
91 v 88
BENGALS
Texans receivers vs Bengals secondary
86 v 85
EVEN
Bengals line vs Texans front
79 v 83
TEXANS
Texans line vs Bengals front
80 v 87
BENGALS
Bengals backs vs Texans run defence
88 v 82
BENGALS
Texans backs vs Bengals run defence
87 v 85
EVEN
Bengals passer vs Texans secondary
99 v 88
BENGALS
Texans passer vs Bengals secondary
83 v 85
EVEN
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BOX SCORE
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BENGALS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Burrow QB | 18/23 | 210 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 144.2 |
| Kyler Murray QB | 1/2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56.2 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Moore QB | 2/10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyren Williams HB | 8 | 90 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 0 |
| Joe Burrow QB | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ja'Marr Chase WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Jaylin Noel WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Williams WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Moore QB | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ja'Marr Chase WR | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 14 |
| Jackson Harris WR | 2 | 40 | 20 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 21 |
| Terry McLaurin WR | 1 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 33 |
| David Njoku TE | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Dalton Schultz TE | 3 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Kyren Williams HB | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| Chase Brown HB | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Queen WILL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Lawrence DT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Okereke MIKE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Milano WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Jenkins Jr DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Battle SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cashius Howell LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Smith REDG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel McNeil-Warren SS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calen Bullock FS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Holmes JR DT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bray Hubbard SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamari Lassiter CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Azeez Al-Shaair MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raheem Biles MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Anderson Jr LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamari Ramsey FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry To'oTo'o WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayden McDonald DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Stingley Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Pitre CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Bengals
L
51–56 vs Browns
WK 1
Texans
L
33–42 vs Bills
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Bengals | Texans | |
|---|---|---|
| 318 | TOTAL YARDS | 17 |
| 214 | PASSING YARDS | 7 |
| 104 | RUSHING YARDS | 10 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 5 |
| 5 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 4 |
| 4 | TAKEAWAYS | 0 |
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
BENGALS
—
0
TEXANS