WEEK 3 · FINAL
THE READ
Nicole Santos
Beat reporter
Patriots win the turnover battle and the game
The Patriots beat Jacksonville 34-17 behind Drake Maye's 4 touchdown passes and 310 yards through the air, but the deciding factor was Jacksonville's 2 giveaways against New England's 0. Maye completed 18 of 34 with Jonnu Smith catching 7 for 105 yards and a touchdown, while the Jaguars managed just 171 passing yards and 231 total yards. New England's rushing game barely existed at 14 yards on 5 attempts, yet the Patriots won by 17 anyway, improving to 3-0 while Jacksonville dropped to 2-1.
Nicole Santos
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaguars | +17.8 | +2.5 | +15.2 | +1 |
| Patriots | +27.8 | +9.5 | +18.2 | +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.
In the MVP race
#3
Drake Maye
QB · Patriots · 3.8% of the field
#10
Trevor Lawrence
QB · Jaguars · 1.4% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Talia Morgan
Beat reporter
Jacksonville's two turnovers against a Patriots team playing at 87 percent pass killed any chance this got close—New England's 4 touchdown passes from Drake Maye made the margin look worse than the game felt, but the Jags' giveaways are the reason they're leaving with nothing.
Luca Santana
Analyst
· replying
Jacksonville couldn't run the ball either—60 yards on the ground—so the Jags matched New England's pass-heavy approach and lost the chess match anyway, which tells you everything about where these offenses actually sit right now.
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.
Drake Maye
Patriots
18/34, 310 yards, 4 TD
Jonnu Smith
Patriots
7 catches, 105 yards, 1 TD
Brian Thomas Jr
Jaguars
3 catches, 84 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Patriots 310, Jaguars 171
Patriots
Total yards
Patriots 324, Jaguars 231
Patriots
On the ground
Jaguars 60, Patriots 14
Jaguars
Giveaways
Patriots 0, Jaguars 2
Patriots
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% · 33.2 scored, 18.0 allowed
8.6 yds/att
65.1% completions
5.1 yds/carry
296.2 yds/game
1.5 giveaways/game
6.2% sack rate
last 4: 3-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 71 · Aggressive
Balance 68
Ball security 58
Back usage 29%
QB runs 1.8/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Brian Thomas Jr takes 40% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89
WR 85
TE 79
RB 80
OL 79
DL 82
LB 75
DB 86
Best: Jamel Dean CB 92
Fastest: Brian Thomas Jr WR 97 SPD
14 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 67% · Rush 33% · 38.2 scored, 20.0 allowed
12.2 yds/att
63.0% completions
5.6 yds/carry
344.0 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
7.1% sack rate
last 4: 4-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 72 · Efficient
Balance 83
Ball security 72
Back usage 28%
QB runs 1.8/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 88
TE 78
RB 88
OL 81
DL 88
LB 78
DB 93
Best: Christian Gonzalez CB 99
Fastest: TreVeyon Henderson HB 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
Him 💎
Patriots · his last 4 games
Throws it
One back
Pass / run67% / 33%
Points for / against38.2 — 20.0
Margin+18.2
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks
Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 9.8/g
Top targetA.J. Brown · 35%
QB carries1.8 a game
It’s Just that
Jaguars · his last 4 games
Throws it
One target
Pass / run66% / 34%
Points for / against33.2 — 18.0
Margin+15.2
Giveaways a game1.5
Sacks taken6.2% of dropbacks
Lead backBhayshul Tuten · 8.2/g
Top targetBrian Thomas Jr · 40%
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
It’s Just that against Him 💎 — the men, not the teams
Him 💎 leads it 1-0.
Him 💎 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 17.0 — 34.0
biggest: 17 pts to Him 💎
S2 · week 3
It’s Just that 17 — 34 Him 💎
HIM 💎
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
Jaguars receivers vs Patriots secondary
85 v 93
PATRIOTS
Patriots receivers vs Jaguars secondary
88 v 86
EVEN
Jaguars line vs Patriots front
79 v 88
PATRIOTS
Patriots line vs Jaguars front
81 v 82
EVEN
Jaguars backs vs Patriots run defence
80 v 85
PATRIOTS
Patriots backs vs Jaguars run defence
88 v 80
PATRIOTS
Jaguars passer vs Patriots secondary
89 v 93
PATRIOTS
Patriots passer vs Jaguars secondary
99 v 86
PATRIOTS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
JAGUARS
PATRIOTS
JAGUARS
PATRIOTS
JAGUARS
PATRIOTS
JAGUARS
PATRIOTS
JAGUARS
PATRIOTS
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Lawrence QB | 8/19 | 171 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 70.1 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Maye QB | 18/34 | 310 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 123.4 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 6 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 0 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TreVeyon Henderson HB | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Bo Melton WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romeo Doubs WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Thomas Jr WR | 3 | 84 | 28 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 53 |
| Roman Wilson WR | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 67 |
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonnu Smith TE | 7 | 105 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 20 |
| Romeo Doubs WR | 3 | 102 | 34 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 78 |
| Kayshon Boutte WR | 3 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 |
| A.J. Brown WR | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| TreVeyon Henderson HB | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Ransaw FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Hunter CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamel Dean CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Belton SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Herbig REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arik Armstead DT | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Johnson SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trenton Simpson MIKE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrian Jones CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starling Thomas V CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travon Walker LEDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenden Schooler SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Andersen MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlton Davis III CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Johnson LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Woodson SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Jones CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Gonzalez CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Little K | 1/1 | 2/2 | 43 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Gay K | 2/2 | 4/4 | 55 |
RECENT FORM
Jaguars
W
35–28 vs Colts
WK 2
W
44–0 vs Buccaneers
WK 1
Patriots
W
35–14 vs Steelers
WK 2
W
42–35 vs Colts
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Jaguars | Patriots | |
|---|---|---|
| 231 | TOTAL YARDS | 324 |
| 171 | PASSING YARDS | 310 |
| 60 | RUSHING YARDS | 14 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 2 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | 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
JAGUARS
—
1
PATRIOTS