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THE WIRE
WK 1 FINAL Chiefs 44, Broncos 45 WK 1 FINAL Rams 0, 49ers 70 WK 1 FINAL Buccaneers 13, Jaguars 37 MOVE Marquise Ballard traded to Packers MOVE Ben Powers signed with Packers MOVE Elijah Molden signed with Seahawks ON THE BLOCK Tavon Sheffield (WR 69) ON THE BLOCK Omari Evans (WR 71)
WEEK 1 · FINAL
PATRIOTS 1-0 · 35.0 PPG 35 – 28 DOLPHINS 0-1 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
63 points between Patriots and Dolphins

Patriots 35, Dolphins 28. Miami moved the ball at will—502 yards, 355 through the air—but Malik Willis's 2 interceptions and a turnover margin of minus-1 cost them the game. Chris Bell caught 6 for 242 yards and 2 touchdowns, the kind of evening that ordinarily wins football games. TreVeyon Henderson's 115 rushing yards on 18 carries and 2 touchdowns were enough. New England's defense generated 3 sacks to Miami's 1, and that marginal advantage in pressure proved decisive in a shootout neither team should have won.

Ethan Price The numbers guy
THE WIDER PICTURE
Patriots — AFC #7 · 1-0 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Caleb Brooks Beat reporter
Miami had the better day — 502 yards, Willis hitting his receivers all over the field — but 2 turnovers and Henderson's 115 on the ground was enough for New England to close it out. The Phins beat themselves.
Devon Walker Beat reporter · replying
Chris Bell put up 242 yards and nobody in a Pats secondary that gave up only 191 through the air could stay with him — but 6 catches and 2 touchdowns on a 502-yard day still adds up to a loss when your defense can't force a stop.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.
Malik Willis
Dolphins
14/24, 355 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Chris Bell
Dolphins
6 catches, 242 yards, 2 TD
TreVeyon Henderson
Patriots
18 carries, 115 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Dolphins 502, Patriots 306 Dolphins
Through the air Dolphins 355, Patriots 191 Dolphins
On the ground Dolphins 147, Patriots 115 Dolphins
Pressure Dolphins 1 sacks, Patriots 3 Patriots
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
Balanced Pass 51% · Rush 49% · 35.0 scored, 28.0 allowed
9.1 yds/att 52.4% completions 5.8 yds/carry 306.0 yds/game 1.0 giveaways/game 4.5% sack rate last 1: 1-0
Primary weapon: Garrett Wilson WR — 35% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 53 · Aggressive Balance 49 Ball security 72 Back usage 46% QB runs 1.0/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 95 WR 86 TE 86 RB 86 OL 81 DL 82 LB 73 DB 88
Best: Christian Gonzalez CB 99 Fastest: TreVeyon Henderson HB 95 SPD 3 at star dev or better
Out: Dametrious Crownover RT 69 · 1wk · Tony Fields II MIKE 68 · 1wk
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
TimboSlice
Dolphins · his last 1 game
TimboSlice has 1 game on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.
Kbdadon21
Patriots · his last 1 game
Kbdadon21 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 Kbdadon21 against TimboSlice — the men, not the teams
Kbdadon21 leads it 1-0. Kbdadon21 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 35.0 — 28.0 biggest: 7 pts to Kbdadon21
S2 · week 1 Kbdadon21 35 — 28 TimboSlice KBDADON21
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
Patriots receivers vs Dolphins secondary 86 v 82 PATRIOTS
Dolphins receivers vs Patriots secondary 78 v 88 PATRIOTS
Patriots line vs Dolphins front 81 v 88 DOLPHINS
Dolphins line vs Patriots front 80 v 82 EVEN
Patriots backs vs Dolphins run defence 86 v 85 EVEN
Dolphins backs vs Patriots run defence 82 v 79 DOLPHINS
Patriots passer vs Dolphins secondary 95 v 82 PATRIOTS
Dolphins passer vs Patriots secondary 78 v 88 PATRIOTS
TOP PERFORMERS
Malik Willis QB Dolphins 355 pass yds
Chris Bell WR Dolphins 242 rec yds
Shedeur Sanders QB Patriots 191 pass yds
TreVeyon Henderson HB Patriots 115 rush yds
De'Von Achane HB Dolphins 111 rush yds
Garrett Wilson WR Patriots 67 rec yds
Marcus Jones CB Patriots 1 INTs
Robert Spears-Jennings FS Dolphins 1 INTs
Craig Woodson SS Patriots 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
PATRIOTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Shedeur Sanders QB 11/211911113879.6
DOLPHINS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Malik Willis QB 14/2435532380107.6
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Patriots Dolphins
306 TOTAL YARDS 502
191 PASSING YARDS 355
115 RUSHING YARDS 147
1 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 1
1 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 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 PATRIOTS — 0 DOLPHINS
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