Broncos @ Ravens · Week 5

WEEK 5 · FINAL

THE READ

Broncos beat Ravens, 28-21

Broncos handled Ravens 28-21. Lamar Jackson was steady for Ravens — 18/37, 273 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Bo Nix was steady for Broncos — 18/26, 243 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT. Audric Estime's high-water mark for the year. Through the air: Ravens 273, Broncos 243.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Broncos	+3.1	+6.3	-3.2	+4
Ravens	+16.6	-1.4	+18.0	+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.

Ravens — AFC #5 · 4-1 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#1 Lamar Jackson QB · Ravens · 12.9% of the field

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IN THE BOOTH

Ava Collins Beat reporter

Baltimore had the better team on the field — more yards, better decision-making — and still lost because Denver's pass rush wouldn't let Lamar Jackson breathe. Nik Bonitto got 2 sacks, and the Ravens couldn't find an answer.

Marcus Reyes The numbers guy · replying

Baltimore threw 37 times against a pass rush that collected 3 sacks; Bo Nix threw 26 times and still turned it over 3 times. Neither team executed well enough to win comfortably, but Denver's ground game (69 yards to Baltimore's 55) and discipline with the ball in their hands—relative to their usual season pattern—separated a 2-3 team from a 4-1 one that should have demolished them.

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.

Lamar Jackson

Ravens

18/37, 273 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT

Bo Nix

Broncos

18/26, 243 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT

Nik Bonitto

Broncos

2 sacks

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Audric Estime has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Jerry Jeudy has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Ravens 273, Broncos 243 Ravens

Total yards Ravens 328, Broncos 312 Ravens

On the ground Broncos 69, Ravens 55 Broncos

Pressure Ravens 0 sacks, Broncos 3 Broncos

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

Balanced Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 23.8 scored, 27.0 allowed

7.9 yds/att 59.2% completions 4.6 yds/carry 348.6 yds/game 1.8 giveaways/game 5.0% sack rate last 5: 2-3

Primary weapon: Courtland Sutton WR — 26% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 54 · Aggressive Balance 93 Ball security 50 Back usage 37% QB runs 3.4/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 1.8 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 87 WR 88 TE 77 RB 82 OL 87 DL 87 LB 75 DB 88

Best: Patrick Surtain II CB 99 Fastest: Jaylen Waddle WR 96 SPD 10 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

Junior

Ravens · his last 5 games

Throws it Runs the quarterback Takes sacks

Pass / run79% / 21% Points for / against36.8 — 18.8 Margin+18.0 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken9.8% of dropbacks Lead backAudric Estime · 4.0/g Top targetJerry Jeudy · 21% QB carries2.2 a game

Broncos · his last 5 games

Balanced

Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against23.8 — 27.0 Margin-3.2 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken5.0% of dropbacks Lead backRJ Harvey · 15.0/g Top targetCourtland Sutton · 26% 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 jj against Junior — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 28.0 — 21.0 biggest: 7 pts to jj

S2 · week 5 jj 28 — 21 Junior JJ

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

Broncos receivers vs Ravens secondary 88 v 87 EVEN

Ravens receivers vs Broncos secondary 84 v 88 BRONCOS

Broncos line vs Ravens front 87 v 87 EVEN

Ravens line vs Broncos front 82 v 87 BRONCOS

Broncos backs vs Ravens run defence 82 v 87 RAVENS

Ravens backs vs Broncos run defence 76 v 83 BRONCOS

Broncos passer vs Ravens secondary 87 v 87 EVEN

Ravens passer vs Broncos secondary 96 v 88 RAVENS

TOP PERFORMERS

Lamar Jackson QB Ravens 273 pass yds

Bo Nix QB Broncos 243 pass yds

Jerry Jeudy WR Ravens 104 rec yds

Mark Andrews TE Ravens 73 rec yds

RJ Harvey HB Broncos 69 rush yds

Marvin Mims Jr WR Broncos 69 rec yds

Courtland Sutton WR Broncos 67 rec yds

RJ Harvey HB Broncos 52 rec yds

Nik Bonitto REDG Broncos 2 sacks

Brandon Jones MIKE Broncos 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

BRONCOS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Bo Nix QB	18/26	243	2	3	0	46	84.7

RAVENS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Lamar Jackson QB	18/37	273	3	2	3	35	77.8

BRONCOS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
RJ Harvey HB	14	69	4.9	1	1	18	17	0
Jaylen Waddle WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

RAVENS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Audric Estime HB	7	36	5.1	0	9	27
Lamar Jackson QB	1	22	22	0	1	22
Jerry Jeudy WR	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Andrews TE	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ahmad Hardy HB	1	-3	-3	0	0	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Marvin Mims Jr WR	4	69	17.2	1	32	0	32
Courtland Sutton WR	4	67	16.8	0	9	0	46
RJ Harvey HB	5	52	10.4	1	37	2	32
Jaylen Waddle WR	2	37	18.5	0	29	1	21
Evan Engram TE	3	18	6	0	6	0	9

RAVENS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Jerry Jeudy WR	6	104	17.3	0	23	0	26
Mark Andrews TE	4	73	18.2	1	37	1	34
Audric Estime HB	2	41	20.5	0	37	0	30
Zay Flowers WR	1	35	35	1	0	0	35
Brandin Cooks WR	3	13	4.3	1	3	0	5
Rashod Bateman WR	1	4	4	0	0	0	4
Rasheen Ali HB	1	3	3	0	8	0	3

BRONCOS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Jahdae Barron CB	4	0	0	2	0
Riley Moss CB	4	0	0	1	0
Nik Bonitto REDG	3	2	0	0	0
Talanoa Hufanga SS	3	0	0	1	0
Brandon Jones MIKE	2	0	1	1	1
Justin Strnad WILL	2	0	1	0	0
Sai'vion Jones DT	1	1	0	1	0
Ja'Quan McMillian CB	1	0	0	1	0
Kris Abrams-Draine CB	1	0	0	0	0
Jonathon Cooper LEDG	1	0	0	0	0
Zach Allen DT	0	0	0	1	0
Tyler Onyedim DT	0	0	0	1	0

RAVENS

PLAYER	TKL	INT	PD
Jaylinn Hawkins FS	6	0	0
Nate Wiggins CB	3	2	1
Roquan Smith MIKE	2	0	0
Kyle Hamilton SS	2	0	0
Marlon Humphrey CB	2	0	0
Eli Bowen CB	2	1	0
Zion Young LEDG	1	0	0
Trey Hendrickson REDG	1	0	0
Malaki Starks FS	1	0	0
Nnamdi Madubuike DT	1	0	0
Mike Green LEDG	1	0	0

RECENT FORM

Broncos

L 23–29 vs Steelers WK 4

L 14–16 vs Chargers WK 3

L 16–41 vs Chiefs WK 2

Ravens

W 51–28 vs Bears WK 4

W 36–7 vs Bengals WK 3

W 35–14 vs Titans WK 2

TEAM STATS

Broncos		Ravens
312	TOTAL YARDS	328
243	PASSING YARDS	273
69	RUSHING YARDS	55
0	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	0
3	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	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

1 BRONCOS — 0 RAVENS

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