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WK 6 FINAL Saints 17, Giants 21 WK 6 FINAL Cardinals 24, Rams 27 WK 6 FINAL Bears 25, Falcons 19 MOVE Jaxson Dart dev trait up Star to Superstar MOVE Theo Johnson dev trait up Star to X-Factor THE WIRE someone: The booth on Browns win the turnover battle and the game THE WIRE someone: Browns win the turnover battle and the game THE WIRE someone: Colts beat Commanders, 30-17
WEEK 4 · FINAL
STEELERS 4-5 · 31.0 PPG 25 – 37 BROWNS 1-8 · 20.0 PPG
THE READ
Browns win the turnover battle and the game

The Browns beat Pittsburgh 37-25 behind Dylan Sampson's 2 touchdown runs and a defense that forced 6 turnovers from the Steelers. Taylen Green went 18 for 26 for 258 yards with a touchdown and 2 interceptions, while Jared Verse dominated with 3 sacks as Cleveland's pass rush generated 5 total sacks. Pittsburgh outgained Cleveland 345 to 365 in total yards and threw for 285, but the turnover margin was decisive—the Browns gave it away twice to the Steelers' six times.

Talia Morgan Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Steelers -8.2 -4.2 -4.0 -9
Browns -15.1 +3.7 -18.8 +2
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.
Steelers — in the hunt · 4-5 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Rhett Okafor The superfan
Cleveland's defense showed up to work—Jared Verse was in Pittsburgh's backfield all afternoon with 3 sacks—but this game was decided by the Steelers' inability to hold onto the football. Six turnovers against a 1-8 team is a choice, and it cost them 12 points they couldn't afford to lose.
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.
Taylen Green
Browns
18/26, 258 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Jared Verse
Browns
3 sacks
Dylan Sampson
Browns
8 carries, 73 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Browns 107, Steelers 60 Browns
Through the air Steelers 285, Browns 258 Steelers
Total yards Browns 365, Steelers 345 Browns
Giveaways Browns 2, Steelers 6 Browns
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 67% · Rush 33% · 32.2 scored, 36.2 allowed
9.5 yds/att 53.6% completions 6.4 yds/carry 325.5 yds/game 2.8 giveaways/game 7.3% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Michael Pittman WR — 30% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 58 · Aggressive Balance 83 Ball security 21 Back usage 27% QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.8 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 80 WR 83 TE 80 RB 86 OL 79 DL 90 LB 78 DB 87
Best: Cam Heyward DT 96 Fastest: DK Metcalf WR 94 SPD 9 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
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
Steelers receivers vs Browns secondary 83 v 84 EVEN
Browns receivers vs Steelers secondary 78 v 87 STEELERS
Steelers line vs Browns front 79 v 80 EVEN
Browns line vs Steelers front 81 v 90 STEELERS
Steelers backs vs Browns run defence 86 v 81 STEELERS
Browns backs vs Steelers run defence 80 v 85 STEELERS
Steelers passer vs Browns secondary 80 v 84 BROWNS
Browns passer vs Steelers secondary 72 v 87 STEELERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Taylen Green QB Browns 258 pass yds
Drew Allar QB Steelers 169 pass yds
Darnell Washington TE Steelers 103 rec yds
Michael Pittman WR Steelers 84 rec yds
Dylan Sampson HB Browns 73 rush yds
Harold Fannin Jr TE Browns 69 rec yds
KC Concepcion Jr WR Browns 60 rec yds
DK Metcalf WR Steelers 56 rec yds
Rico Dowdle HB Steelers 53 rush yds
Alex Highsmith REDG Steelers 1.5 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 11/221692243268.1
Aaron Rodgers QB 4/101160313944.1
BROWNS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Taylen Green QB 18/262581234481.8
RECENT FORM
Steelers
L 34–35 vs Bengals WK 3
L 27–56 vs Patriots WK 2
W 52–28 vs Falcons WK 1
Browns
L 23–48 vs Panthers WK 3
L 21–58 vs Buccaneers WK 2
L 7–28 vs Jaguars WK 1
TEAM STATS
Steelers Browns
345 TOTAL YARDS 365
285 PASSING YARDS 258
60 RUSHING YARDS 107
5 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 5
6 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 TAKEAWAYS 6

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 STEELERS — 1 BROWNS
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