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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
SEAHAWKS 1-0 · 59.0 PPG 59 – 28 VIKINGS 0-1 · 28.0 PPG
THE READ
Seahawks run away with it, 59-28

Seattle dominated Minnesota 59-28 behind a ground game that was simply overwhelming—224 rushing yards to Minnesota's 27, with Ashton Jeanty accounting for 138 of those yards and 3 touchdowns on just 9 carries. J.J. McCarthy had a contradictory day for the Vikes, throwing 4 touchdowns but also 4 interceptions while completing 28 of 43 for 304 yards, and those giveaways proved decisive in a 31-point rout. The Vikings' refusal to run the ball—just 9 carries for 27 yards—left them one-dimensional and vulnerable, while Seattle's balanced attack with Jalen Milroe completing 9 of 10 passing was all they needed to seize control early.

Nicole Santos Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
Seahawks — NFC #5 · 1-0 Vikings — in the hunt · 0-1 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Daniel Keller The numbers guy
Minnesota abandoned the run after mustering 27 yards—when you're forced into 83% passing and cough up 4 turnovers, a 31-point margin feels inevitable. Seattle's answer was simpler: Ashton Jeanty found the end zone 3 times on the ground, and Jalen Milroe needed only 10 attempts to remind everyone efficient doesn't mean quiet.
Devon Walker Beat reporter · replying
Seattle's defense forced nothing and still won by 31—Minnesota's 4 turnovers and 27 rushing yards did the work that Seattle's pass rush couldn't. The Seahawks were efficient, but they got a gift-wrapped game.
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.
J.J. McCarthy
Vikings
28/43, 304 yards, 4 TD, 4 INT
Jalen Milroe
Seahawks
9/10, 235 yards, 3 TD
Ashton Jeanty
Seahawks
9 carries, 138 yards, 3 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Seahawks 224, Vikings 27 Seahawks
Total yards Seahawks 459, Vikings 331 Seahawks
Through the air Vikings 304, Seahawks 235 Vikings
Giveaways Vikings 4, Seahawks 0 Seahawks
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
Run-heavy Pass 43% · Rush 57% · 59.0 scored, 28.0 allowed
23.5 yds/att 100.0% completions 17.2 yds/carry 459.0 yds/game 0.0 giveaways/game 33.3% sack rate last 1: 1-0
Primary weapon: Tory Horton WR — 39% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS Balance 52 Ball security 100 Back usage 39% QB runs 4.0/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 33.3% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 73 WR 88 TE 75 RB 84 OL 78 DL 85 LB 74 DB 85
Best: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 99 Fastest: Rashid Shaheed WR 95 SPD 4 at star dev or better
Out: Colby Parkinson TE 73 · 2wk
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
mxxviii
Vikings · his last 1 game
mxxviii has 1 game on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.
MiamiSZN
Seahawks · his last 1 game
MiamiSZN 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 MiamiSZN against mxxviii — the men, not the teams
MiamiSZN leads it 1-0. MiamiSZN won the last one.
1 meeting avg 59.0 — 28.0 biggest: 31 pts to MiamiSZN
S2 · week 1 MiamiSZN 59 — 28 mxxviii MIAMISZN
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
Seahawks receivers vs Vikings secondary 88 v 83 SEAHAWKS
Vikings receivers vs Seahawks secondary 81 v 85 SEAHAWKS
Seahawks line vs Vikings front 78 v 83 VIKINGS
Vikings line vs Seahawks front 84 v 85 EVEN
Seahawks backs vs Vikings run defence 84 v 81 SEAHAWKS
Vikings backs vs Seahawks run defence 77 v 82 SEAHAWKS
Seahawks passer vs Vikings secondary 73 v 83 VIKINGS
Vikings passer vs Seahawks secondary 85 v 85 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
J.J. McCarthy QB Vikings 304 pass yds
Jalen Milroe QB Seahawks 235 pass yds
Justin Joly TE Vikings 162 rec yds
Ashton Jeanty HB Seahawks 138 rush yds
Clayton Hamlin WR Vikings 105 rec yds
Tory Horton WR Seahawks 92 rec yds
Ashton Jeanty HB Seahawks 79 rec yds
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR Seahawks 54 rec yds
Jalen Milroe QB Seahawks 53 rush yds
Myles Murphy LEDG Vikings 2 sacks
🎬 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
SEAHAWKS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jalen Milroe QB 9/1023530586158.3
VIKINGS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
J.J. McCarthy QB 28/433044447778
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Seahawks Vikings
459 TOTAL YARDS 331
235 PASSING YARDS 304
224 RUSHING YARDS 27
5 SACKS ALLOWED 4
4 SACKS MADE 5
0 GIVEAWAYS 4
4 TAKEAWAYS 0

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 SEAHAWKS — 0 VIKINGS
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