Texans @ Titans · Week 5 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 5 · FINAL

THE READ

Texans win the turnover battle and the game

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Texans	-16.4	-0.6	-15.8	-8
Titans	-12.1	-2.3	-9.8	-9

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.

C.J. Stroud

Texans

24/40, 363 yards, 3 TD

Cam Ward

Titans

25/39, 269 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Nico Collins

Texans

9 catches, 207 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ C.J. Stroud has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Nico Collins has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Texans 540, Titans 385 Texans

Through the air Texans 363, Titans 269 Texans

On the ground Texans 177, Titans 116 Texans

Pressure Titans 1 sacks, Texans 5 Texans

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 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

Primary weapon: Nico Collins WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

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 what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Texans receivers vs Titans secondary 84 v 79 TEXANS

Titans receivers vs Texans secondary 81 v 88 TEXANS

Texans line vs Titans front 80 v 84 TITANS

Titans line vs Texans front 77 v 87 TEXANS

Texans backs vs Titans run defence 83 v 81 EVEN

Titans backs vs Texans run defence 80 v 84 TEXANS

Texans passer vs Titans secondary 79 v 79 EVEN

Titans passer vs Texans secondary 76 v 88 TEXANS

TOP PERFORMERS

C.J. Stroud QB Texans 363 pass yds

Cam Ward QB Titans 269 pass yds

Nico Collins WR Texans 207 rec yds

David Montgomery HB Texans 98 rush yds

Kayshon Boutte WR Texans 88 rec yds

Carnell Tate WR Titans 85 rec yds

Wan'Dale Robinson WR Titans 81 rec yds

Carnell Tate WR Titans 75 rush yds

Dalton Schultz TE Texans 54 rec yds

Woody Marks HB Texans 51 rush yds

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BOX SCORE

TEXANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
C.J. Stroud QB	24/40	363	3	0	1	64	114.8

TITANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Cam Ward QB	25/39	269	1	1	5	26	82.1

TEXANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
David Montgomery HB	13	98	7.5	0	5	55	28
Woody Marks HB	11	51	4.6	1	2	18	18
C.J. Stroud QB	4	26	6.5	0	2	24	26
British Brooks FB	1	2	2	0	0	0	2
Foster Moreau TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nico Collins WR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Kayshon Boutte WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

TITANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Carnell Tate WR	1	75	75	1	1	74	75	0
Cam Ward QB	4	17	4.2	0	0	0	7	0
Tony Pollard HB	9	17	1.9	1	1	0	6	1
Wan'Dale Robinson WR	1	7	7	0	0	0	7	0
Tyjae Spears HB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Nico Collins WR	9	207	23	2	141	0	64
Kayshon Boutte WR	6	88	14.7	0	29	0	22
Dalton Schultz TE	5	54	10.8	0	9	0	14
Foster Moreau TE	2	9	4.5	0	3	1	7
Tank Dell WR	1	4	4	1	2	0	4
David Montgomery HB	1	1	1	0	0	0	1

TITANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Carnell Tate WR	6	85	14.2	1	8	0	26
Wan'Dale Robinson WR	7	81	11.6	0	15	0	22
Calvin Ridley WR	4	48	12	0	15	0	22
Tyler Higbee TE	5	42	8.4	0	0	1	24
Elic Ayomanor WR	1	7	7	0	5	0	7
Tony Pollard HB	2	6	3	0	10	0	8

TEXANS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Reed Blankenship SS	6	0	0	0	0	7
Calen Bullock FS	5	0	0	0	1	3
Derek Stingley Jr CB	5	0	0	0	0	4
Henry To'oTo'o WILL	5	1.5	0	0	0	5
Azeez Al-Shaair MIKE	4	0	0	1	0	2
Danielle Hunter REDG	3	2.5	0	0	0	0
Kamari Lassiter CB	3	0	1	0	0	2
Jalen Pitre CB	2	0	0	1	0	1
E.J. Speed SAM	1	0	0	1	0	0
Tommy Togiai DT	1	0	0	0	0	0
Logan Hall DT	1	0	0	0	0	0
Will Anderson Jr LEDG	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
Kayden McDonald DT	0	0.5	0	0	0	0

TITANS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	CMP ALW
Amani Hooker SS	7	0	0	2
Cody Barton MIKE	7	0	1	3
Oluwafemi Oladejo REDG	5	0.5	0	3
Kevin Winston Jr FS	5	0	0	4
Alontae Taylor CB	4	0	0	4
Jeffery Simmons DT	3	0	0	0
Cor'Dale Flott CB	3	0	0	4
Tony Adams SS	3	0	0	1
Zach Harrison DT	3	0	0	0
John Franklin-Myers DT	2	0.5	0	0
Anthony Hill Jr. MIKE	2	0	0	2
Jackie Marshall DT	1	0	0	0
Cedric Gray WILL	1	0	0	0
Marcus Harris CB	1	0	0	0
Joshua Williams CB	1	0	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Ka'imi Fairbairn K	2/3	3/3	50

TITANS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Texans

L 16–33 vs Cowboys WK 4

W 37–10 vs Colts WK 3

L 0–24 vs Bengals WK 2

Titans

W 24–21 vs Ravens WK 4

L 0–31 vs Giants WK 3

L 13–41 vs Eagles WK 2

TEAM STATS

Texans		Titans
540	TOTAL YARDS	385
363	PASSING YARDS	269
177	RUSHING YARDS	116
1	SACKS ALLOWED	5
5	SACKS MADE	1
0	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	TAKEAWAYS	0

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 TEXANS — 0 TITANS

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