Commanders @ Falcons · Week 4

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

Falcons run away with it, 35-7

Commanders had no answer. Falcons took it 35-7. Bijan Robinson did the work on the ground for Falcons — 7 carries, 114 yards, 1 TD. Jayden Daniels did the work on the ground for Commanders — 7 carries, 60 yards, 1 TD — in a losing effort. Jayden Daniels's high-water mark for the year. Total yards: Falcons 279, Commanders 214.

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Commanders	-33.3	-6.3	-27.0	-9
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.

Falcons — NFC #5 · 4-1 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#4 Marcel Reed QB · Falcons · 2.2% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Marcus Reyes The numbers guy

Washington gave it away 4 times; Atlanta turned those into points. A team down 28 doesn't get there by doing anything right, but a team that forces 4 turnovers doesn't need to do much of anything else.

Ethan Price The numbers guy · replying

Daniels threw 4 interceptions and still managed 60 yards on the ground—Washington's only competent half was the running game, which tells you everything about how thoroughly they've been broken at the skill positions.

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.

Bijan Robinson

Falcons

7 carries, 114 yards, 1 TD

Jayden Daniels

Commanders

7 carries, 60 yards, 1 TD

Antonio Williams

Commanders

1 catches, 60 yards

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Jayden Daniels has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 Antonio Williams is still searching for it: 29 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 39.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Falcons 279, Commanders 214 Falcons

On the ground Falcons 117, Commanders 75 Falcons

Through the air Falcons 162, Commanders 139 Falcons

Pressure Falcons 5 sacks, Commanders 1 Falcons

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 65% · Rush 35% · 6.0 scored, 33.0 allowed

6.0 yds/att 45.2% completions 4.3 yds/carry 193.5 yds/game 2.8 giveaways/game 15.5% sack rate last 4: 0-4

Primary weapon: Antonio Williams WR — 28% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 7 · Turnover-prone Balance 78 Ball security 23 Back usage 22% QB runs 4.8/game

Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 15.5% of dropbacks

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 84 WR 84 TE 77 RB 81 OL 80 DL 82 LB 84 DB 84

Best: Stefon Diggs WR 90 Fastest: Trey Palmer WR 95 SPD 9 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

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

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

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 𝓓𝓾𝓬𝓴 against Rif — the men, not the teams

Rif leads it 1-0. Rif won the last one.

1 meeting avg 7.0 — 35.0 biggest: 28 pts to Rif

S2 · week 4 𝓓𝓾𝓬𝓴 7 — 35 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

Commanders receivers vs Falcons secondary 84 v 88 FALCONS

Falcons receivers vs Commanders secondary 86 v 84 EVEN

Commanders line vs Falcons front 80 v 81 EVEN

Falcons line vs Commanders front 84 v 82 EVEN

Commanders backs vs Falcons run defence 81 v 79 EVEN

Falcons backs vs Commanders run defence 88 v 83 FALCONS

Commanders passer vs Falcons secondary 84 v 88 FALCONS

Falcons passer vs Commanders secondary 97 v 84 FALCONS

TOP PERFORMERS

Marcel Reed QB Falcons 162 pass yds

Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 139 pass yds

Bijan Robinson HB Falcons 114 rush yds

Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 60 rush yds

Antonio Williams WR Commanders 60 rec yds

Kyle Pitts Sr TE Falcons 56 rec yds

James Pearce Jr REDG Falcons 1.5 sacks

Avieon Terrell CB Falcons 1 INTs

A.J. Terrell Jr CB Falcons 1 INTs

Kelee Ringo CB Falcons 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jayden Daniels QB	7/18	139	0	4	5	60	27

FALCONS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Marcel Reed QB	10/14	162	3	0	1	40	149.4
Andy Dalton QB	0/1	0	0	1	0	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jayden Daniels QB	7	60	8.6	1	0	18	18	0
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	2	15	7.5	0	0	3	11	0

FALCONS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Bijan Robinson HB	7	114	16.3	1	2	72	77
Marcel Reed QB	2	3	1.5	0	1	0	2
Zachariah Branch WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	DRP	LNG
Antonio Williams WR	1	60	60	17	0	60
Mario Craver WR	3	49	16.3	34	0	34
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	2	19	9.5	14	0	14
Jamari Johnson TE	1	11	11	2	1	11

FALCONS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Kyle Pitts Sr TE	4	56	14	1	5	23
Jalin Hyatt WR	1	40	40	0	24	40
Drake London WR	1	36	36	0	16	36
Zachariah Branch WR	4	30	7.5	2	11	12

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Nick Cross SS	3	0	1	0
Sonny Styles MIKE	2	0	0	0
Quan Martin FS	2	0	0	1
Leo Chenal WILL	1	0	0	0
Odafe Oweh REDG	1	0	0	0
DeShon Elliott SS	1	0	0	0
Trey Amos CB	1	0	0	1
Jonathan Allen DT	1	1	0	0

FALCONS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Jalon Walker LEDG	4	1	0	1	0
Tre'Davious White CB	3	0	0	0	0
Jessie Bates III FS	3	0	0	0	0
Xavier Watts SS	2	0	0	0	0
JD Bertrand SAM	1	0	0	0	0
Brandon Dorlus DT	1	1	0	0	0
James Pearce Jr REDG	1	1.5	0	0	0
Kendal Daniels WILL	1	0	0	0	0
Ty Okada FS	1	0	0	0	0
Harold Perkins Jr. MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Avieon Terrell CB	1	1	1	1	0
A.J. Terrell Jr CB	1	0	1	0	1
Samson Ebukam REDG	1	0.5	0	0	0
Billy Bowman Jr CB	1	0	0	0	0
Kelee Ringo CB	0	0	1	0	0
Avonte Maddox FS	0	0	1	0	0

RECENT FORM

Commanders

L 14–38 vs Buccaneers WK 3

L 0–31 vs Dolphins WK 2

L 3–28 vs Vikings WK 1

Falcons

W 14–0 vs Lions WK 3

W 54–20 vs Giants WK 2

W 43–25 vs Titans WK 1

TEAM STATS

Commanders		Falcons
214	TOTAL YARDS	279
139	PASSING YARDS	162
75	RUSHING YARDS	117
5	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	5
4	GIVEAWAYS	1
1	TAKEAWAYS	4

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 COMMANDERS — 1 FALCONS

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