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THE WIRE
WK 2 FINAL Vikings 51, Bears 21 WK 2 FINAL Panthers 40, Falcons 26 THE WIRE someone: Bengals beat Buccaneers, 31-20 THE WIRE someone: Lions edge Saints by 3 THE WIRE someone: 68 points between Jets and Titans IN THE BOOTH Zoe Bell: Jayden Daniels threw 4 touchdowns and 4 interceptions in a game Washington lost by 12—a day that looks like it could haunt him all season because the… IN THE BOOTH Daniel Keller: Pittsburgh's turnover margin didn't kill them here—one extra giveaway doesn't swing a 9-point game—but neither did Aaron Rodgers' 259 yards matter… IN THE BOOTH Ava Collins: Miami had the better passing game and nearly enough yards to win, but De'Von Achane couldn't carry a ground attack that got out-rushed 188 to…
WEEK 1 · FINAL
CARDINALS 0-1 · 49.0 PPG 49 – 56 CHARGERS 1-0 · 56.0 PPG
THE READ
105 points between Cardinals and Chargers

Nobody wanted to play defence. Chargers won the shootout 56-49. Jacoby Brissett threw for Cardinals — 22/35, 494 yards, 6 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Justin Herbert threw for Chargers — 27/42, 369 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT. Jacoby Brissett is 72 overall and sits 1 in the league in passing yards. Somebody undervalued him. On the ground: Chargers 191, Cardinals 31.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Chargers — AFC #5 · 1-0 Cardinals — in the hunt · 0-1 Playoff picture →
Jacoby Brissett
Cardinals
22/35, 494 yards, 6 TD, 3 INT
Justin Herbert
Chargers
27/42, 369 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT
Brenen Thompson
Chargers
10 catches, 177 yards, 4 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Chargers 191, Cardinals 31 Chargers
Through the air Cardinals 494, Chargers 369 Cardinals
Total yards Chargers 560, Cardinals 525 Chargers
Pressure Chargers 3 sacks, Cardinals 4 Cardinals
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 78% · Rush 22% · 49.0 scored, 56.0 allowed
14.1 yds/att 62.9% completions 3.1 yds/carry 525.0 yds/game 3.0 giveaways/game 7.9% sack rate last 1: 0-1
Primary weapon: Trey McBride TE — 42% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY VERY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 66 · Aggressive Balance 40 Ball security 16 Back usage 20% QB runs 1.0/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 3.0 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 72 WR 78 TE 99 RB 82 OL 79 DL 78 LB 75 DB 81
Best: Trey McBride TE 99 Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 SPD 5 at star dev or better
Out: Isaac Seumalo LG 80 · 5wk
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
Commanders
Chargers · his last 1 game
Commanders has 1 game on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.
colton74
Cardinals · his last 1 game
colton74 has 1 game on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.
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.
THE SERIES colton74 against Commanders — the men, not the teams
Commanders leads it 1-0. Commanders won the last one.
1 meeting avg 49.0 — 56.0 biggest: 7 pts to Commanders
S1 · week 1 colton74 49 — 56 Commanders COMMANDERS
Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Cardinals receivers vs Chargers secondary 78 v 84 CHARGERS
Chargers receivers vs Cardinals secondary 80 v 81 EVEN
Cardinals line vs Chargers front 79 v 81 EVEN
Chargers line vs Cardinals front 81 v 78 CHARGERS
Cardinals backs vs Chargers run defence 82 v 79 CARDINALS
Chargers backs vs Cardinals run defence 80 v 77 CHARGERS
Cardinals passer vs Chargers secondary 72 v 84 CHARGERS
Chargers passer vs Cardinals secondary 85 v 81 CHARGERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Jacoby Brissett QB Cardinals 494 pass yds
Justin Herbert QB Chargers 369 pass yds
Trey McBride TE Cardinals 208 rec yds
Brenen Thompson WR Chargers 177 rec yds
Michael Wilson WR Cardinals 155 rec yds
Omarion Hampton HB Chargers 144 rush yds
Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 64 rec yds
Marvin Harrison Jr WR Cardinals 61 rec yds
Ladd McConkey WR Chargers 56 rec yds
Oronde Gadsden TE Chargers 50 rec yds
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jacoby Brissett QB 22/3549463367110.4
CHARGERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Justin Herbert QB 27/4236961433121.9
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Cardinals Chargers
525 TOTAL YARDS 560
494 PASSING YARDS 369
31 RUSHING YARDS 191
3 SACKS ALLOWED 4
4 SACKS MADE 3
3 GIVEAWAYS 3
3 TAKEAWAYS 3

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 CARDINALS — 1 CHARGERS
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