WEEK 4 · FINAL
THE READ
Saints win the turnover battle and the game
Take care of the football or lose. Texans did not, and did. Tyler Shough threw for Saints — 11/19, 358 yards, 6 TD. Chris Olave was the target for Saints — 3 catches, 219 yards, 3 TD. Chris Olave's high-water mark for the year. Through the air: Saints 358, Texans 175.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texans | -16.6 | +2.0 | -18.6 | -10 |
| Saints | -2.4 | -12.4 | +10.0 | +5 |
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.
Saints —
NFC #1 · division
· 5-0
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IN THE BOOTH
Elise Carter
The insider
Houston's 4 turnovers decided this one—you don't beat a Saints team that's found its rhythm when you're giving them the ball that freely, and New Orleans made them pay with 50 points.
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
· replying
New Orleans just did what it's been doing all season—execute cleanly and make you pay—while Houston's 0-5 record looks less like bad luck and more like a team that can't protect the ball or slow anyone down. The margin was turnovers, but the gap was fundamentally wider than that.
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.
Tyler Shough
Saints
11/19, 358 yards, 6 TD
Chris Olave
Saints
3 catches, 219 yards, 3 TD
Will Anderson Jr
Texans
2 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Saints 358, Texans 175
Saints
Total yards
Saints 410, Texans 229
Saints
Giveaways
Saints 0, Texans 4
Saints
Pressure
Saints 1 sacks, Texans 4
Texans
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 69% · Rush 31% · 24.8 scored, 43.4 allowed
9.8 yds/att
55.6% completions
5.2 yds/carry
240.4 yds/game
3.4 giveaways/game
11.6% sack rate
last 5: 0-5
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 56 · Aggressive
Balance 81
Ball security 5
Back usage 23%
QB runs 2.2/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 3.4 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 83
WR 86
TE 69
RB 87
OL 80
DL 83
LB 80
DB 88
Best: Will Anderson Jr LEDG 96
Fastest: Kyle Williams WR 94 SPD
11 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 62% · Rush 38% · 32.5 scored, 22.5 allowed
12.5 yds/att
66.4% completions
5.5 yds/carry
424.0 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
8.5% sack rate
last 4: 4-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 76 · Efficient
Balance 88
Ball security 72
Back usage 34%
QB runs 1.8/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.5% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87
WR 86
TE 79
RB 83
OL 83
DL 83
LB 79
DB 83
Best: Erik McCoy C 93
Fastest: Bryce Lance 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
Brayden
Texans · his last 5 games
Throws it
Gives it away
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run69% / 31%
Points for / against24.8 — 43.4
Margin-18.6
Giveaways a game3.4
Sacks taken11.6% of dropbacks
Lead backAshton Jeanty · 6.6/g
Top targetKyle Williams · 28%
QB carries2.0 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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Texans receivers vs Saints secondary
86 v 83
TEXANS
Saints receivers vs Texans secondary
86 v 88
EVEN
Texans line vs Saints front
80 v 83
SAINTS
Saints line vs Texans front
83 v 83
EVEN
Texans backs vs Saints run defence
87 v 82
TEXANS
Saints backs vs Texans run defence
83 v 82
EVEN
Texans passer vs Saints secondary
83 v 83
EVEN
Saints passer vs Texans secondary
87 v 88
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
TEXANS
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TEXANS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Moore QB | 9/22 | 175 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 69.3 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 11/19 | 358 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 141.9 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 1 |
| Dante Moore QB | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Nico Collins WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marlin Klein TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 0 |
| Tyler Shough QB | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Williams WR | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 49 |
| Brenden Bates TE | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Marlin Klein TE | 1 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 25 |
| Odell Beckham Jr WR | 1 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Olave WR | 3 | 219 | 73 | 3 | 118 | 0 | 86 |
| Oscar Delp TE | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 22 |
| Bryce Lance WR | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 2 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Isaiah Horton WR | 1 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Williams WILL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raheem Biles MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Azeez Al-Shaair MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Stingley Jr CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayden McDonald DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bray Hubbard SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamari Lassiter CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry To'oTo'o WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamari Ramsey FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Anderson Jr LEDG | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Sanders REDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Emerson Jr FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. SS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kaden Elliss WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Pola-Mao FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Blackmon SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christen Miller DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nehemiah Pritchett CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Stutsman MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Reid FS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Sanker SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Texans
L
29–45 vs Chiefs
WK 3
L
0–42 vs Bengals
WK 2
L
33–42 vs Bills
WK 1
Saints
W
13–7 vs Panthers
WK 3
W
36–21 vs Buccaneers
WK 2
W
31–28 vs Bears
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Texans | Saints | |
|---|---|---|
| 229 | TOTAL YARDS | 410 |
| 175 | PASSING YARDS | 358 |
| 54 | RUSHING YARDS | 52 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 4 |
| 4 | SACKS MADE | 1 |
| 4 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | 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
TEXANS
—
1
SAINTS