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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 4 · FINAL
49ERS 2-3 · 22.0 PPG 7 – 24 LIONS 2-3 · 16.0 PPG
THE READ
Lions win the turnover battle and the game

Giveaways decided this one. Lions 24, 49ers 7. A season best for DeAndre Hopkins. On the ground: Lions 50, 49ers -6. Lions are 1-3; 49ers are 2-2.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
49ers -7.2 -0.0 -7.2 -4
Lions -9.1 +0.7 -9.8 -1
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.
Lions — in the hunt · 2-3 49ers — in the hunt · 2-3 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Sierra Vaughn Analyst
San Francisco abandoned the run entirely—20 passes on 3 carries—and still lost the field position battle while Detroit took a 17-point margin on 3 takeaways to none. The Niners' ground game is broken enough that they're trying to win from the air, but that gameplan only works if you don't turn it over, and they turned it over 3 times.
Zoe Bell The contrarian · replying
San Francisco's ground game didn't just break this week—it's been broken all season, and throwing 20 times against a team that gave up 50 yards on the ground exposes how little margin for error that leaves you.
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.
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Lions 50, 49ers -6 Lions
Through the air 49ers 179, Lions 124 49ers
Giveaways Lions 0, 49ers 3 Lions
Pressure Lions 3 sacks, 49ers 1 Lions
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 69% · Rush 31% · 22.4 scored, 29.6 allowed
8.1 yds/att 59.7% completions 4.0 yds/carry 315.2 yds/game 1.8 giveaways/game 5.4% sack rate last 5: 2-3
Primary weapon: Jake Tonges TE — 28% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 58 · Aggressive Balance 81 Ball security 50 Back usage 25% QB runs 3.0/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.8 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 88 WR 80 TE 79 RB 89 OL 85 DL 84 LB 88 DB 80
Best: Christian McCaffrey HB 99 Fastest: Dont'e Thornton Jr WR 96 SPD 16 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
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
Tristen
49ers · his last 5 games
Throws it
Pass / run69% / 31% Points for / against22.4 — 29.6 Margin-7.2 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken5.4% of dropbacks Lead backChristian McCaffrey · 8.0/g Top targetJake Tonges · 28% QB carries2.6 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 Tristen against roman — the men, not the teams
roman leads it 1-0. roman won the last one.
1 meeting avg 7.0 — 24.0 biggest: 17 pts to roman
S2 · week 4 Tristen 7 — 24 roman ROMAN
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
49ers receivers vs Lions secondary 80 v 88 LIONS
Lions receivers vs 49ers secondary 92 v 80 LIONS
49ers line vs Lions front 85 v 86 EVEN
Lions line vs 49ers front 82 v 84 EVEN
49ers backs vs Lions run defence 89 v 84 49ERS
Lions backs vs 49ers run defence 88 v 86 EVEN
49ers passer vs Lions secondary 88 v 88 EVEN
Lions passer vs 49ers secondary 95 v 80 LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
Connor Weigman QB 49ers 179 pass yds
Jared Goff QB Lions 124 pass yds
De'Zhaun Stribling WR 49ers 51 rec yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 50 rush yds
Brian Branch SS Lions 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
49ERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Connor Weigman QB 11/201791132781
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jared Goff QB 7/1112410136132.3
RECENT FORM
49ers
W 31–30 vs Browns WK 3
W 46–17 vs Bears WK 2
L 14–49 vs Seahawks WK 1
Lions
L 0–14 vs Falcons WK 3
L 0–38 vs Vikings WK 2
L 23–27 vs Chiefs WK 1
TEAM STATS
49ers Lions
173 TOTAL YARDS 174
179 PASSING YARDS 124
-6 RUSHING YARDS 50
3 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 3
3 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 TAKEAWAYS 3

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 49ERS — 1 LIONS
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