WEEK 1 · FINAL
THE READ
Bills beat Texans, 27-21
Texans kept it respectable. Bills still won by 6. C.J. Stroud was steady for Texans — 19/33, 211 yards, 2 TD — in a losing effort. Ed Oliver was the problem for Bills — 2.5 sacks. On the ground: Bills 251, Texans 63.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Bills —
AFC #7
· 1-0
Playoff picture →
C.J. Stroud
Texans
19/33, 211 yards, 2 TD
Ed Oliver
Bills
2.5 sacks
James Cook III
Bills
15 carries, 110 yards
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Bills 251, Texans 63
Bills
Total yards
Bills 440, Texans 274
Bills
Through the air
Texans 211, Bills 189
Texans
Pressure
Texans 3 sacks, Bills 4
Bills
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
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
Run-heavy
Pass 44% · Rush 56% · 27.0 scored, 21.0 allowed
5.6 yds/att
61.8% completions
5.7 yds/carry
440.0 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
8.1% sack rate
last 1: 1-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 25 · Conservative
Balance 44
Ball security 72
Back usage 42%
QB runs 11.0/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.1% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 81
TE 83
RB 84
OL 82
DL 82
LB 80
DB 79
Best: Josh Allen QB 99
Fastest: James Cook III HB 93 SPD
4 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 21.0 scored, 27.0 allowed
6.4 yds/att
57.6% completions
3.1 yds/carry
274.0 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
10.8% sack rate
last 1: 0-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 51 · Conservative
Balance 47
Ball security 72
Back usage 34%
QB runs 2.0/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 10.8% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77
WR 83
TE 87
RB 82
OL 78
DL 87
LB 79
DB 88
Best: Will Anderson Jr LEDG 95
Fastest: Jaylin Noel WR 93 SPD
4 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
Sifboogi
Texans · his last 1 game
Sifboogi has 1 game on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.
DirtyJoe
Bills · his last 1 game
DirtyJoe 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
DirtyJoe against Sifboogi — the men, not the teams
DirtyJoe leads it 1-0.
DirtyJoe won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 27.0 — 21.0
biggest: 6 pts to DirtyJoe
S1 · week 1
DirtyJoe 27 — 21 Sifboogi
DIRTYJOE
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
Bills receivers vs Texans secondary
81 v 88
TEXANS
Texans receivers vs Bills secondary
83 v 79
TEXANS
Bills line vs Texans front
82 v 87
TEXANS
Texans line vs Bills front
78 v 82
BILLS
Bills backs vs Texans run defence
84 v 84
EVEN
Texans backs vs Bills run defence
82 v 81
EVEN
Bills passer vs Texans secondary
99 v 88
BILLS
Texans passer vs Bills secondary
77 v 79
EVEN
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Allen QB | 21/34 | 189 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 64.4 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.J. Stroud QB | 19/33 | 211 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 96.9 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cook III HB | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 0 | 6 | 57 | 20 | 0 |
| Ray Davis HB | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 34 | 0 |
| Ty Johnson HB | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Josh Allen QB | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DJ Moore WR | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Montgomery HB | 18 | 60 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| C.J. Stroud QB | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nico Collins WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayshon Boutte WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Kincaid TE | 5 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| Khalil Shakir WR | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| Joshua Palmer WR | 3 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| DJ Moore WR | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Dawson Knox TE | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Jackson Hawes TE | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Ray Davis HB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Ty Johnson HB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Collins WR | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| Kayshon Boutte WR | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 17 |
| Dalton Schultz TE | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| Tank Dell WR | 2 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| Foster Moreau TE | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| David Montgomery HB | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.J. Gardner-Johnson SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Greg Rousseau LEDG | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Benford CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dorian Williams WILL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Terrel Bernard MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bradley Chubb REDG | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Oliver DT | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Bishop FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Deone Walker DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxwell Hairston CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Landon Jackson DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davison Igbinosun CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Stingley Jr CB | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Azeez Al-Shaair MIKE | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Henry To'oTo'o WILL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kamari Lassiter CB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| E.J. Speed SAM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Calen Bullock FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reed Blankenship SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter REDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Pitre CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jake Hansen MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Anderson Jr LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Rankins DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Hall DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayden McDonald DT | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Braswell REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jadeveon Clowney LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
| Bills | Texans | |
|---|---|---|
| 440 | TOTAL YARDS | 274 |
| 189 | PASSING YARDS | 211 |
| 251 | RUSHING YARDS | 63 |
| 3 | SACKS ALLOWED | 4 |
| 4 | SACKS MADE | 3 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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
1
BILLS
—
0
TEXANS