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THE WIRE
WK 1 FINAL Rams 0, 49ers 70 WK 1 FINAL Buccaneers 13, Jaguars 37 WK 1 FINAL Bengals 21, Lions 45 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
BENGALS 0-1 · 21.0 PPG 21 – 45 LIONS 1-0 · 45.0 PPG
THE READ
Lions run away with it, 45-21

Lions 45, Bengals 21, and it was not that close. Shawn Rowland threw for Lions — 17/19, 230 yards, 4 TD. Joe Burrow was steady for Bengals — 16/24, 232 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT — in a losing effort. 5 in the league in passing yards, at 77 overall. Shawn Rowland is not supposed to be doing this. On the ground: Lions 113, Bengals 23.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Bengals — AFC #6 · 0-1 Lions — NFC #6 · 1-0 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Sierra Vaughn Analyst
Cincinnati gave this away before it started—4 turnovers and 23 rushing yards means the Bengals were broken on both sides of the ball, and Joe Burrow's 4 interceptions just made it official.
Ava Collins Beat reporter · replying
Detroit's ground game barely got tested and still produced 113 yards—Cincinnati's run defense has a real problem, and abandoning the run at 75% pass plays suggests the Bengals gave up on establishing anything early.
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.
Shawn Rowland
Lions
17/19, 230 yards, 4 TD
Joe Burrow
Bengals
16/24, 232 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT
Jahmyr Gibbs
Lions
14 carries, 90 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Lions 113, Bengals 23 Lions
Total yards Lions 343, Bengals 255 Lions
Giveaways Lions 1, Bengals 4 Lions
Through the air Bengals 232, Lions 230 Bengals
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 75% · Rush 25% · 21.0 scored, 45.0 allowed
9.7 yds/att 66.7% completions 2.9 yds/carry 255.0 yds/game 4.0 giveaways/game 4.0% sack rate last 1: 0-1
Primary weapon: Tank Bigsby HB — 31% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 73 · Aggressive Balance 25 Ball security 0 Back usage 19% QB runs 2.0/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 4.0 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 98 WR 92 TE 71 RB 75 OL 78 DL 86 LB 81 DB 82
Best: Ja'Marr Chase WR 99 Fastest: Ja'Marr Chase WR 96 SPD 2 at star dev or better
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
PrimeTime21
Lions · his last 1 game
PrimeTime21 has 1 game on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.
Adam
Bengals · his last 1 game
Adam 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 Adam against PrimeTime21 — the men, not the teams
PrimeTime21 leads it 1-0. PrimeTime21 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 21.0 — 45.0 biggest: 24 pts to PrimeTime21
S2 · week 1 Adam 21 — 45 PrimeTime21 PRIMETIME21
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
Bengals receivers vs Lions secondary 92 v 89 BENGALS
Lions receivers vs Bengals secondary 83 v 82 EVEN
Bengals line vs Lions front 78 v 84 LIONS
Lions line vs Bengals front 81 v 86 BENGALS
Bengals backs vs Lions run defence 75 v 81 LIONS
Lions backs vs Bengals run defence 88 v 84 LIONS
Bengals passer vs Lions secondary 98 v 89 BENGALS
Lions passer vs Bengals secondary 87 v 82 LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
Joe Burrow QB Bengals 232 pass yds
Shawn Rowland QB Lions 230 pass yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 90 rush yds
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR Lions 82 rec yds
Tank Bigsby HB Bengals 72 rec yds
Jordan Addison WR Bengals 55 rec yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Lions 52 rec yds
D.J. Reed CB Lions 1 INTs
Kristian Fulton CB Lions 1 INTs
Damone Clark MIKE Lions 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BENGALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Joe Burrow QB 16/242323413497.9
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Shawn Rowland QB 17/1923040059156.6
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Bengals Lions
255 TOTAL YARDS 343
232 PASSING YARDS 230
23 RUSHING YARDS 113
1 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 1
4 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 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 BENGALS — 1 LIONS
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