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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 3 · FINAL
BUCCANEERS 1-3 · 19.0 PPG 38 – 14 COMMANDERS 0-4 · 6.0 PPG
THE READ
Buccaneers run away with it, 38-14

Commanders had no answer. Buccaneers took it 38-14. Baker Mayfield did the damage for Buccaneers — 19/31, 221 yards, 3 TD. Yaya Diaby got after the quarterback for Buccaneers — 3 sacks. Jayden Daniels has not had a better afternoon this season. Through the air: Buccaneers 221, Commanders 200.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Buccaneers -20.4 -5.6 -14.8 -3
Commanders -33.3 -6.3 -27.0 -9
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.
Baker Mayfield
Buccaneers
19/31, 221 yards, 3 TD
Yaya Diaby
Buccaneers
3 sacks
Jayden Daniels
Commanders
22/37, 200 yards, 1 INT
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Buccaneers 221, Commanders 200 Buccaneers
On the ground Commanders 113, Buccaneers 100 Commanders
Total yards Buccaneers 321, Commanders 313 Buccaneers
Pressure Commanders 2 sacks, Buccaneers 10 Buccaneers
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
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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 74% · Rush 26% · 19.2 scored, 34.0 allowed
6.5 yds/att 44.5% completions 7.0 yds/carry 266.2 yds/game 2.2 giveaways/game 8.5% sack rate last 4: 1-3
Primary weapon: Emeka Egbuka WR — 34% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 31 · Turnover-prone Balance 60 Ball security 37 Back usage 20% QB runs 2.2/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.2 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 95 WR 81 TE 80 RB 84 OL 85 DL 86 LB 77 DB 86
Best: Vita Vea DT 98 Fastest: Ted Hurst III WR 92 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
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
Ezaf_frost
Buccaneers · his last 4 games
Throws it Gives it away
Pass / run74% / 26% Points for / against19.2 — 34.0 Margin-14.8 Giveaways a game2.2 Sacks taken8.5% of dropbacks Lead backKenny Gainwell · 6.5/g Top targetEmeka Egbuka · 34% QB carries1.8 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 Ezaf_frost against 𝓓𝓾𝓬𝓴 — the men, not the teams
Ezaf_frost leads it 1-0. Ezaf_frost won the last one.
1 meeting avg 38.0 — 14.0 biggest: 24 pts to Ezaf_frost
S2 · week 3 Ezaf_frost 38 — 14 𝓓𝓾𝓬𝓴 EZAF_FROST
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
Buccaneers receivers vs Commanders secondary 81 v 84 COMMANDERS
Commanders receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 84 v 86 EVEN
Buccaneers line vs Commanders front 85 v 82 BUCCANEERS
Commanders line vs Buccaneers front 80 v 86 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers backs vs Commanders run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Commanders backs vs Buccaneers run defence 81 v 83 EVEN
Buccaneers passer vs Commanders secondary 95 v 84 BUCCANEERS
Commanders passer vs Buccaneers secondary 84 v 86 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 221 pass yds
Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 200 pass yds
Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 117 rec yds
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB Commanders 65 rush yds
Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 58 rush yds
Stefon Diggs WR Commanders 57 rec yds
Yaya Diaby REDG Buccaneers 3 sacks
SirVocea Dennis MIKE Buccaneers 2 sacks
Odafe Oweh REDG Commanders 1.5 sacks
Rueben Bain Jr. LEDG Buccaneers 1.5 sacks
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BOX SCORE
BUCCANEERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Baker Mayfield QB 19/3122130273115.1
COMMANDERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jayden Daniels QB 22/3720001103562.8
RECENT FORM
Buccaneers
L 21–36 vs Saints WK 2
L 0–44 vs Jaguars WK 1
Commanders
L 0–31 vs Dolphins WK 2
L 3–28 vs Vikings WK 1
TEAM STATS
Buccaneers Commanders
321 TOTAL YARDS 313
221 PASSING YARDS 200
100 RUSHING YARDS 113
2 SACKS ALLOWED 10
10 SACKS MADE 2
0 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 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 BUCCANEERS — 0 COMMANDERS
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