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THE WIRE
WK 9 FINAL Bengals 63, Falcons 42 WK 9 FINAL Lions 14, Dolphins 35 WK 9 FINAL Giants 27, Eagles 49 MOVE Tyler Shough dev trait up Superstar to X-Factor MOVE RJ Harvey dev trait up Star to Superstar MOVE Jadon Canady dev trait up Star to X-Factor WK 1 Lions (4-4) at Bengals (4-4) WK 1 Packers (5-4) at Steelers (6-2)
WEEK 1 · FINAL
SAINTS 2-6 · 29.0 PPG 24 – 27 LIONS 4-4 · 33.0 PPG
THE READ
Lions edge Saints by 3

Two teams, 3 points, and Lions on the right side of it. Tyler Shough threw for Saints — 14/28, 292 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Justin Fields did the damage for Lions — 12/30, 271 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT. On the ground: Lions 145, Saints 50.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Saints -13.2 -4.2 -9.0 -12
Lions -0.8 -2.3 +1.5 -3
SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.
Lions — in the hunt · 4-4 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#12 Jameson Williams WR · Lions · 0.4% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Luca Santana Analyst
New Orleans had nothing on the ground—50 yards—and when you're throwing 72% of the time, you're begging defenses to tee off; Detroit's 3 sacks and turnover edge decided a game that otherwise came down to which backup QB made fewer mistakes, and Fields did.
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.
Tyler Shough
Saints
14/28, 292 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Justin Fields
Lions
12/30, 271 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Jameson Williams
Lions
4 catches, 174 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Lions 145, Saints 50 Lions
Total yards Lions 416, Saints 342 Lions
Through the air Saints 292, Lions 271 Saints
Pressure Lions 3 sacks, Saints 1 Lions
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 76% · Rush 24% · 29.4 scored, 38.4 allowed
10.3 yds/att 54.5% completions 4.0 yds/carry 354.9 yds/game 2.0 giveaways/game 7.9% sack rate last 5: 2-3
Primary weapon: Bryce Lance WR — 45% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY VERY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 58 · Aggressive Balance 74 Ball security 44 Back usage 20% QB runs 1.6/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Bryce Lance takes 45% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 91 WR 85 TE 74 RB 78 OL 85 DL 85 LB 78 DB 82
Best: Kevin Zeitler C 95 Fastest: Bryce Lance WR 95 SPD 8 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
ccdjd
Lions · his last 8 games
Throws it One back One target
Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against33.4 — 31.9 Margin+1.5 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken6.3% of dropbacks Lead backIsiah Pacheco · 11.2/g Top targetJameson Williams · 50% QB carries3.9 a game
Pluto
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away One back One target
Pass / run76% / 24% Points for / against29.4 — 38.4 Margin-9.0 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken7.9% of dropbacks Lead backBhayshul Tuten · 6.8/g Top targetBryce Lance · 45% QB carries1.6 a game
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 Pluto against ccdjd — the men, not the teams
ccdjd leads it 1-0. ccdjd won the last one.
1 meeting avg 24.0 — 27.0 biggest: 3 pts to ccdjd
S1 · week 1 Pluto 24 — 27 ccdjd CCDJD
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 85 v 89 LIONS
Lions receivers vs Saints secondary 86 v 82 LIONS
Saints line vs Lions front 85 v 91 LIONS
Lions line vs Saints front 80 v 85 SAINTS
Saints backs vs Lions run defence 78 v 87 LIONS
Lions backs vs Saints run defence 81 v 83 EVEN
Saints passer vs Lions secondary 91 v 89 EVEN
Lions passer vs Saints secondary 89 v 82 LIONS
TOP PERFORMERS
Tyler Shough QB Saints 292 pass yds
Justin Fields QB Lions 271 pass yds
Jameson Williams WR Lions 174 rec yds
Isiah Pacheco HB Lions 135 rush yds
Bryce Lance WR Saints 106 rec yds
Chris Olave WR Saints 100 rec yds
Brandon Aiyuk WR Saints 57 rec yds
Isiah Pacheco HB Lions 56 rec yds
Aidan Hutchinson LEDG Lions 1.5 sacks
D.J. Reed CB Lions 2 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
SAINTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Tyler Shough QB 14/282923237993.1
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Justin Fields QB 12/302713114892.4
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Saints Lions
342 TOTAL YARDS 416
292 PASSING YARDS 271
50 RUSHING YARDS 145
3 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 3
2 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 TAKEAWAYS 2

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
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