WEEK 3 · FINAL
THE READ
Falcons win a 14-0 rockfight
14 points between them. Falcons had the ones that mattered. Ty Okada was the problem for Falcons — 2 sacks. Jahmyr Gibbs carried the load for Lions — 8 carries, 79 yards — in a losing effort. 5 in the league in passing yards, at 77 overall. Marcel Reed is not supposed to be doing this. Total yards: Falcons 192, Lions 129.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions | -9.1 | +0.7 | -9.8 | -1 |
| Falcons | +3.4 | -9.8 | +13.2 | +3 |
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.
IN THE BOOTH
Nicole Santos
Beat reporter
Detroit got shut out because it couldn't run the ball—Gibbs had 79 yards on 8 carries, which should've been enough, but the Lions abandoned the ground game and threw it 16 times, handing Atlanta control of the line.
Daniel Keller
The numbers guy
· replying
Ty Okada got 2 sacks and Detroit's passing game never found air to breathe—53 yards is what happens when a defense actually shows up on third down.
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.
Ty Okada
Falcons
2 sacks
Jahmyr Gibbs
Lions
8 carries, 79 yards
Bijan Robinson
Falcons
3 carries, 62 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Falcons 192, Lions 129
Falcons
On the ground
Falcons 110, Lions 76
Falcons
Through the air
Falcons 82, Lions 53
Falcons
Pressure
Falcons 2 sacks, Lions 0
Falcons
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 64% · Rush 36% · 11.8 scored, 21.5 allowed
5.9 yds/att
52.1% completions
4.2 yds/carry
196.0 yds/game
1.5 giveaways/game
11.9% sack rate
last 4: 1-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 23 · Conservative
Balance 70
Ball security 58
Back usage 30%
QB runs 2.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 11.9% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 95
WR 92
TE 90
RB 88
OL 82
DL 86
LB 79
DB 88
Best: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 99
Fastest: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 98 SPD
12 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 65% · Rush 35% · 33.4 scored, 20.2 allowed
13.3 yds/att
59.0% completions
10.7 yds/carry
380.0 yds/game
2.0 giveaways/game
4.8% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 65 · Aggressive
Balance 85
Ball security 44
Back usage 23%
QB runs 3.6/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.0 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 97
WR 86
TE 84
RB 88
OL 84
DL 81
LB 76
DB 88
Best: Bijan Robinson HB 99
Fastest: Zachariah Branch WR 95 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
Rif
Falcons · his last 5 games
Throws it
Gives it away
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run65% / 35%
Points for / against33.4 — 20.2
Margin+13.2
Giveaways a game2.0
Sacks taken4.8% of dropbacks
Lead backBijan Robinson · 7.0/g
Top targetKyle Pitts Sr · 34%
QB carries3.6 a game
roman
Lions · his last 4 games
Throws it
One back
One target
Takes sacks
Pass / run64% / 36%
Points for / against11.8 — 21.5
Margin-9.8
Giveaways a game1.5
Sacks taken11.9% of dropbacks
Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 10.0/g
Top targetAmon-Ra St. Brown · 38%
QB carries1.5 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
roman against Rif — the men, not the teams
Rif leads it 1-0.
Rif won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 0.0 — 14.0
biggest: 14 pts to Rif
S2 · week 3
roman 0 — 14 Rif
RIF
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
Lions receivers vs Falcons secondary
92 v 88
LIONS
Falcons receivers vs Lions secondary
86 v 88
EVEN
Lions line vs Falcons front
82 v 81
EVEN
Falcons line vs Lions front
84 v 86
EVEN
Lions backs vs Falcons run defence
88 v 79
LIONS
Falcons backs vs Lions run defence
88 v 84
FALCONS
Lions passer vs Falcons secondary
95 v 88
LIONS
Falcons passer vs Lions secondary
97 v 88
FALCONS
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BOX SCORE
LIONS
FALCONS
LIONS
FALCONS
LIONS
FALCONS
LIONS
FALCONS
LIONS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Goff QB | 6/16 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7.5 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Reed QB | 4/11 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 23.8 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 0 |
| Jared Goff QB | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson HB | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 |
| Marcel Reed QB | 6 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Hopkins WR | 2 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| Sam LaPorta TE | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson HB | 1 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Drake London WR | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Kyle Pitts Sr TE | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Abney II CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger McCreary CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerby Joseph FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rolder WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Izien SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Branch SS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Campbell MIKE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Okada FS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jessie Bates III FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'Davious White CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelee Ringo CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avonte Maddox FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Perkins Jr. MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avieon Terrell CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Terrell Jr CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Bowman Jr CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Lions
L
0–38 vs Vikings
WK 2
L
23–27 vs Chiefs
WK 1
Falcons
W
54–20 vs Giants
WK 2
W
43–25 vs Titans
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Lions | Falcons | |
|---|---|---|
| 129 | TOTAL YARDS | 192 |
| 53 | PASSING YARDS | 82 |
| 76 | RUSHING YARDS | 110 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 2 | GIVEAWAYS | 2 |
| 2 | TAKEAWAYS | 2 |
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
0
LIONS
—
1
FALCONS