Bills @ Raiders · Week 6 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 6 · FINAL

THE READ

69 points between Bills and Raiders

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Bills	+6.4	+5.3	+1.2	-3
Raiders	+16.1	+7.8	+8.3	+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.

Raiders — AFC #5 · 8-2 Bills — AFC #6 · 5-3 Playoff picture →

Fernando Mendoza

Raiders

18/25, 330 yards, 2 TD

Jonah Laulu

Raiders

2 sacks

Brock Bowers

Raiders

8 catches, 138 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Fernando Mendoza has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

🔥 James Cook III has now cleared 100 rushing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Brock Bowers has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Joshua Palmer has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Raiders 330, Bills 196 Raiders

Total yards Raiders 397, Bills 317 Raiders

On the ground Bills 121, Raiders 67 Bills

Pressure Raiders 4 sacks, Bills 1 Raiders

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 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

Primary weapon: Dalton Kincaid TE — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

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 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

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 Raiders secondary 83 v 80 BILLS

Raiders receivers vs Bills secondary 77 v 81 BILLS

Bills line vs Raiders front 82 v 82 EVEN

Raiders line vs Bills front 81 v 82 EVEN

Bills backs vs Raiders run defence 86 v 80 BILLS

Raiders backs vs Bills run defence 83 v 81 EVEN

Bills passer vs Raiders secondary 99 v 80 BILLS

Raiders passer vs Bills secondary 79 v 81 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Fernando Mendoza QB Raiders 330 pass yds

Josh Allen QB Bills 196 pass yds

Brock Bowers TE Raiders 138 rec yds

Dont'e Thornton Jr WR Raiders 121 rec yds

James Cook III HB Bills 113 rush yds

Ashton Jeanty HB Raiders 72 rush yds

Joshua Palmer WR Bills 54 rec yds

Dalton Kincaid TE Bills 50 rec yds

Jonah Laulu DT Raiders 2 sacks

Quay Walker WILL Raiders 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

BILLS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Josh Allen QB	9/18	196	2	1	4	50	103
DJ Moore WR	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	39.5

RAIDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Fernando Mendoza QB	18/25	330	2	0	1	48	140.8

BILLS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
James Cook III HB	11	113	10.3	1	0	14	75
Josh Allen QB	2	8	4	1	0	1	6
Keon Coleman WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

RAIDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Ashton Jeanty HB	16	72	4.5	2	0	13	32
Dareke Young WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dylan Laube HB	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brock Bowers TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fernando Mendoza QB	2	-5	-2.5	1	0	0	2

BILLS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Joshua Palmer WR	4	54	13.5	2	5	17
Dalton Kincaid TE	1	50	50	0	21	50
James Cook III HB	1	45	45	0	25	45
Keon Coleman WR	1	22	22	0	7	22
DJ Moore WR	1	7	7	0	4	7

RAIDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Brock Bowers TE	8	138	17.2	1	92	48
Dont'e Thornton Jr WR	5	121	24.2	1	41	34
Ashton Jeanty HB	2	33	16.5	0	13	17
Tre Tucker WR	2	22	11	0	11	16
Jalen Nailor WR	1	16	16	0	14	16

BILLS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Terrel Bernard MIKE	6	0	0
C.J. Gardner-Johnson SS	6	0	0
Dorian Williams WILL	3	0	0
Dee Alford CB	3	0	0
T.J. Parker REDG	3	0	0
Christian Benford CB	2	0	2
Cole Bishop FS	2	0	0
Landon Jackson DT	2	1	0
Michael Hoecht LEDG	2	0	0
Maxwell Hairston CB	2	0	0
Greg Rousseau LEDG	1	0	0
Jalon Kilgore SS	1	0	0
Kaleb Elarms-Orr WILL	0	0	1

RAIDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Jeremy Chinn SS	3	0	0	0	0
Treydan Stukes FS	3	0	0	0	0
Jermod McCoy CB	3	0	0	0	0
Jonah Laulu DT	3	2	0	0	0
Nakobe Dean MIKE	2	0.5	0	0	0
Eric Stokes CB	1	0	0	0	0
Maxx Crosby LEDG	1	1	0	1	0
Quay Walker WILL	1	0	1	0	1
Taron Johnson CB	0	0	0	1	0
Folorunso Fatukasi DT	0	0	0	1	0
Kwity Paye REDG	0	0.5	0	0	0

RECENT FORM

Bills

W 41–26 vs Rams WK 5

W 42–39 vs Patriots WK 4

L 23–46 vs Chargers WK 3

Raiders

W 38–28 vs Patriots WK 5

L 10–21 vs Chiefs WK 4

W 38–23 vs Saints WK 3

TEAM STATS

Bills		Raiders
317	TOTAL YARDS	397
196	PASSING YARDS	330
121	RUSHING YARDS	67
4	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	4
1	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	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 BILLS — 1 RAIDERS

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