WEEK 1 · FINAL
THE READ
Bills run away with it, 47-8
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bills | +6.4 | +5.3 | +1.2 | -3 |
| Texans | -16.4 | -0.6 | -15.8 | -8 |
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.
Bills —
AFC #6
· 5-3
Playoff picture →
Josh Allen
Bills
12/17, 274 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
James Cook III
Bills
12 carries, 149 yards, 3 TD
David Montgomery
Texans
19 carries, 144 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Bills 421, Texans 252
Bills
Through the air
Bills 274, Texans 108
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Giveaways
Texans 6, Bills 2
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On the ground
Bills 147, Texans 144
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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
Balanced
Pass 50% · Rush 50% · 32.5 scored, 31.3 allowed
11.8 yds/att
61.4% completions
6.4 yds/carry
343.8 yds/game
2.2 giveaways/game
9.5% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 63 · Aggressive
Balance 100
Ball security 39
Back usage 39%
QB runs 3.8/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.5% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 83
TE 82
RB 86
OL 82
DL 82
LB 77
DB 81
Best: Josh Allen QB 99
Fastest: James Cook III HB 93 SPD
6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 55% · Rush 45% · 17.2 scored, 33.0 allowed
7.2 yds/att
59.1% completions
6.5 yds/carry
309.5 yds/game
2.0 giveaways/game
7.5% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 43 · Turnover-prone
Balance 88
Ball security 44
Back usage 41%
QB runs 1.7/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.0 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 79
WR 84
TE 85
RB 83
OL 80
DL 87
LB 78
DB 88
Best: Will Anderson Jr LEDG 95
Fastest: Jaylin Noel WR 93 SPD
4 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
walkinhotdog
Bills · his last 6 games
Runs it
Gives it away
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run50% / 50%
Points for / against32.5 — 31.3
Margin+1.2
Giveaways a game2.2
Sacks taken9.5% of dropbacks
Lead backJames Cook III · 13.5/g
Top targetDalton Kincaid · 29%
QB carries3.3 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
Bills receivers vs Texans secondary
83 v 88
TEXANS
Texans receivers vs Bills secondary
84 v 81
TEXANS
Bills line vs Texans front
82 v 87
TEXANS
Texans line vs Bills front
80 v 82
EVEN
Bills backs vs Texans run defence
86 v 84
EVEN
Texans backs vs Bills run defence
83 v 81
EVEN
Bills passer vs Texans secondary
99 v 88
BILLS
Texans passer vs Bills secondary
79 v 81
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Allen QB | 12/17 | 274 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 128 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.J. Stroud QB | 15/21 | 108 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 43.4 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cook III HB | 12 | 149 | 12.4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 0 |
| DJ Moore WR | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dalton Kincaid TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Allen QB | 5 | -6 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Montgomery HB | 19 | 144 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 73 | 3 |
| Jayden Higgins WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Kincaid TE | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 50 |
| James Cook III HB | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 33 |
| Khalil Shakir WR | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| DJ Moore WR | 1 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 31 |
| Joshua Palmer WR | 1 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Keon Coleman WR | 1 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kayshon Boutte WR | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 22 |
| Dalton Schultz TE | 4 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| Woody Marks HB | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| Foster Moreau TE | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Tank Dell WR | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| David Montgomery HB | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorian Williams WILL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Elarms-Orr WILL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Bishop FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrel Bernard MIKE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Jackson DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Gardner-Johnson SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxwell Hairston CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Oliver DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dee Alford CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Franklin Jr FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Andreessen MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damar Hamlin FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Benford CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azeez Al-Shaair MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Pitre CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calen Bullock FS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed Blankenship SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayden McDonald DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Stingley Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Rankins DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ja'Marcus Ingram CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Bass K | 1/1 | 2/4 | 23 |
TEXANS
nothing recorded
RECENT FORM
Bills
no games yet
Texans
no games yet
TEAM STATS
| Bills | Texans | |
|---|---|---|
| 421 | TOTAL YARDS | 252 |
| 274 | PASSING YARDS | 108 |
| 147 | RUSHING YARDS | 144 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 2 | GIVEAWAYS | 6 |
| 6 | 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
1
BILLS
—
0
TEXANS