Browns @ Buccaneers · Week 2

WEEK 2 · FINAL

THE READ

Buccaneers run away with it, 58-21

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Browns	-15.1	+3.7	-18.8	+2
Buccaneers	+15.9	-8.4	+24.3	+7

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.

Buccaneers — NFC #2 · division · 9-0 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#1 Baker Mayfield QB · Buccaneers · 36.2% of the field

The whole board →

Baker Mayfield

Buccaneers

20/33, 313 yards, 7 TD, 2 INT

Taylen Green

Browns

8/27, 233 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Denzel Boston

Browns

3 catches, 157 yards, 2 TD

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Buccaneers 313, Browns 233 Buccaneers

Total yards Buccaneers 365, Browns 316 Buccaneers

On the ground Browns 83, Buccaneers 52 Browns

Pressure Buccaneers 4 sacks, Browns 1 Buccaneers

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 72% · Rush 28% · 19.8 scored, 38.7 allowed

7.6 yds/att 44.8% completions 5.7 yds/carry 287.2 yds/game 2.0 giveaways/game 13.4% sack rate last 5: 1-4

Primary weapon: Denzel Boston WR — 32% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 36 · Aggressive Balance 71 Ball security 44 Back usage 14% QB runs 6.0/game

Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 13.4% of dropbacks

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 72 WR 78 TE 81 RB 80 OL 81 DL 80 LB 82 DB 84

Best: Denzel Ward CB 94 Fastest: Isaiah Bond WR 93 SPD 6 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

JPeters5

Browns · his last 6 games

Throws it Gives it away Runs the quarterback Takes sacks

Pass / run72% / 28% Points for / against19.8 — 38.7 Margin-18.8 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken13.4% of dropbacks Lead backQuinshon Judkins · 2.8/g Top targetDenzel Boston · 32% QB carries6.0 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

Browns receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 78 v 84 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers receivers vs Browns secondary 82 v 84 EVEN

Browns line vs Buccaneers front 81 v 85 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers line vs Browns front 82 v 80 EVEN

Browns backs vs Buccaneers run defence 80 v 82 EVEN

Buccaneers backs vs Browns run defence 84 v 81 BUCCANEERS

Browns passer vs Buccaneers secondary 72 v 84 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers passer vs Browns secondary 87 v 84 BUCCANEERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 313 pass yds

Taylen Green QB Browns 233 pass yds

Denzel Boston WR Browns 157 rec yds

Chris Godwin Jr WR Buccaneers 124 rec yds

Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 109 rec yds

Taylen Green QB Browns 86 rush yds

Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 52 rush yds

Yaya Diaby REDG Buccaneers 2 sacks

Antoine Winfield Jr FS Buccaneers 1 INTs

Emmanuel McNeil-Warren FS Browns 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

BROWNS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Taylen Green QB	8/27	233	2	1	3	75	72.2
Deshaun Watson QB	0/1	0	0	0	1	0	39.5

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Baker Mayfield QB	20/33	313	7	2	1	46	106.4

BROWNS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Taylen Green QB	7	86	12.3	0	8	63
Denzel Boston WR	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dylan Sampson HB	1	-1	-1	0	0	0
Deshaun Watson QB	1	-1	-1	0	2	0
Quinshon Judkins HB	2	-1	-0.5	0	1	1

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Bucky Irving HB	10	52	5.2	0	0	11	28	0
Ted Hurst III WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

BROWNS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Denzel Boston WR	3	157	52.3	2	97	1	75
Harold Fannin Jr TE	3	43	14.3	0	14	0	17
KC Concepcion Jr WR	2	33	16.5	0	0	0	18

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Chris Godwin Jr WR	6	124	20.7	2	59	46
Ted Hurst III WR	7	109	15.6	2	29	27
Cade Otton TE	3	35	11.7	2	12	19
Emeka Egbuka WR	2	20	10	1	8	17
Bucky Irving HB	1	13	13	0	7	13
Bauer Sharp TE	1	12	12	0	1	12

BROWNS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Tyson Campbell CB	3	0	1	1	1
Maliek Collins DT	2	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah WILL	2	0	0	1	0
Grant Delpit SS	2	0	0	0	0
Denzel Ward CB	1	0	0	1	0
Mason Graham DT	1	1	0	0	0
Quincy Williams WILL	1	0	0	0	0
Carson Schwesinger MIKE	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Hall Jr DT	0	0	0	1	0
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren FS	0	0	1	1	0

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Vita Vea DT	3	1	0	0
Yaya Diaby REDG	3	2	0	0
Josiah Trotter MIKE	3	1	0	0
Kenny Moore II CB	2	0	0	3
Miles Killebrew SS	1	0	0	1
Antoine Winfield Jr FS	1	0	1	1
Benjamin Morrison CB	1	0	0	1
Christian Rozeboom WILL	1	0	0	0
Jacob Parrish CB	1	0	0	0
Zyon McCollum CB	0	0	0	2

RECENT FORM

Browns

L 7–28 vs Jaguars WK 1

Buccaneers

W 31–26 vs Bengals WK 1

TEAM STATS

Browns		Buccaneers
316	TOTAL YARDS	365
233	PASSING YARDS	313
83	RUSHING YARDS	52
4	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	4
1	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	TAKEAWAYS	1

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 BROWNS — 1 BUCCANEERS

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