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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
SAINTS 0-1 · 52.0 PPG 52 – 55 LIONS 1-0 · 55.0 PPG
THE READ
Lions edge Saints by 3

Lions 55, Saints 52. Nobody watching sat down. Jared Goff was steady for Lions — 15/29, 366 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT. Tyler Shough did the damage for Saints — 23/40, 303 yards, 4 TD, 4 INT — in a losing effort. On the ground: Lions 224, Saints 73.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Lions — NFC #5 · 1-0 Playoff picture →
Jared Goff
Lions
15/29, 366 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Tyler Shough
Saints
23/40, 303 yards, 4 TD, 4 INT
Jahmyr Gibbs
Lions
18 carries, 205 yards, 2 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Lions 224, Saints 73 Lions
Total yards Lions 590, Saints 488 Lions
Through the air Saints 415, Lions 366 Saints
Giveaways Lions 4, Saints 4 Saints
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 1 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
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 70% · Rush 30% · 52.0 scored, 55.0 allowed
9.4 yds/att 61.4% completions 3.8 yds/carry 488.0 yds/game 4.0 giveaways/game 4.3% sack rate last 1: 0-1
Primary weapon: Chris Olave WR — 45% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY VERY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 68 · Aggressive Balance 48 Ball security 0 Back usage 5% QB runs 16.0/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 4.0 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 80 WR 80 TE 80 RB 82 OL 79 DL 80 LB 76 DB 79
Best: Chris Olave WR 88 Fastest: Mason Tipton WR 94 SPD
Out: Erik McCoy C 87 · 5wk · Pete Werner MIKE 75 · 4wk
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
acal817
Lions · his last 1 game
acal817 has 1 game on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.
BIRD
Saints · his last 1 game
BIRD 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 BIRD against acal817 — the men, not the teams
acal817 leads it 1-0. acal817 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 52.0 — 55.0 biggest: 3 pts to acal817
S1 · week 1 BIRD 52 — 55 acal817 ACAL817
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
Saints receivers vs Lions secondary 80 v 85 LIONS
Lions receivers vs Saints secondary 85 v 79 LIONS
Saints line vs Lions front 79 v 84 LIONS
Lions line vs Saints front 80 v 80 EVEN
Saints backs vs Lions run defence 82 v 82 EVEN
Lions backs vs Saints run defence 87 v 79 LIONS
Saints passer vs Lions secondary 80 v 85 LIONS
Lions passer vs Saints secondary 89 v 79 LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
Jared Goff QB Lions 366 pass yds
Tyler Shough QB Saints 303 pass yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 205 rush yds
Chris Olave WR Saints 188 rec yds
Jameson Williams WR Lions 141 rec yds
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR Lions 118 rec yds
Oscar Delp TE Saints 84 rec yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 51 rec yds
Kool-Aid McKinstry CB Saints 1 INTs
Kaden Elliss WILL Saints 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
SAINTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Tyler Shough QB 23/403034424075.3
Zach Wilson QB 4/411210060158.3
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jared Goff QB 15/2936632272103
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Saints Lions
488 TOTAL YARDS 590
415 PASSING YARDS 366
73 RUSHING YARDS 224
2 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 2
4 GIVEAWAYS 4
4 TAKEAWAYS 4

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 SAINTS — 1 LIONS
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