WEEK 2 · FINAL
THE READ
Bills run away with it, 42-13
Bills were never troubled, putting Lions away 42-13. Josh Allen did the damage for Bills — 15/18, 325 yards, 6 TD. Justin Fields threw for Lions — 15/30, 228 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Total yards: Bills 453, Lions 269.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions | -0.8 | -2.3 | +1.5 | -3 |
| Bills | +3.5 | +2.6 | +0.9 | +5 |
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 BOOTH
Kayla James
The showman
Josh Allen threw 6 touchdown passes and Buffalo's offense became unstoppable, but Detroit's ground game simply disappeared—41 rushing yards is a team that couldn't establish anything on the ground, and that's what let the Bills' defense tee off.
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
· replying
Buffalo turned the ball over zero times against a team that gave it away 3 times—that's not dominance, that's Detroit doing Buffalo's job for them while Justin Fields threw 3 interceptions into a defense that only had to rush 4 times to get home.
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.
Josh Allen
Bills
15/18, 325 yards, 6 TD
Justin Fields
Lions
15/30, 228 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT
Maxx Crosby
Bills
2.5 sacks
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Bills 453, Lions 269
Bills
Through the air
Bills 325, Lions 228
Bills
On the ground
Bills 128, Lions 41
Bills
Giveaways
Bills 0, Lions 3
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
Pass-heavy
Pass 65% · Rush 35% · 33.4 scored, 31.9 allowed
10.5 yds/att
60.2% completions
6.9 yds/carry
418.9 yds/game
1.6 giveaways/game
6.3% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 66 · Aggressive
Balance 85
Ball security 54
Back usage 26%
QB runs 4.1/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Jameson Williams takes 50% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89
WR 86
TE 88
RB 81
OL 80
DL 91
LB 80
DB 89
Best: Penei Sewell LT 98
Fastest: Jameson Williams WR 98 SPD
14 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 28.1 scored, 27.3 allowed
8.5 yds/att
62.3% completions
5.7 yds/carry
362.0 yds/game
1.1 giveaways/game
7.9% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 69 · Efficient
Balance 93
Ball security 68
Back usage 31%
QB runs 5.6/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 83
TE 82
RB 86
OL 79
DL 86
LB 77
DB 83
Best: Josh Allen QB 99
Fastest: Mecole Hardman WR 93 SPD
6 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
𝓔𝓵𝓲
Bills · his last 7 games
Balanced
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run57% / 43%
Points for / against28.1 — 27.3
Margin+0.9
Giveaways a game1.1
Sacks taken7.9% of dropbacks
Lead backJames Cook III · 11.7/g
Top targetDJ Moore · 27%
QB carries5.3 a game
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
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
ccdjd against 𝓔𝓵𝓲 — the men, not the teams
𝓔𝓵𝓲 leads it 1-0.
𝓔𝓵𝓲 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 13.0 — 42.0
biggest: 29 pts to 𝓔𝓵𝓲
S1 · week 2
ccdjd 13 — 42 𝓔𝓵𝓲
𝓔𝓵𝓲
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
Lions receivers vs Bills secondary
86 v 83
LIONS
Bills receivers vs Lions secondary
83 v 89
LIONS
Lions line vs Bills front
80 v 86
BILLS
Bills line vs Lions front
79 v 91
LIONS
Lions backs vs Bills run defence
81 v 82
EVEN
Bills backs vs Lions run defence
86 v 87
EVEN
Lions passer vs Bills secondary
89 v 83
LIONS
Bills passer vs Lions secondary
99 v 89
BILLS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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LIONS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Fields QB | 15/30 | 228 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 46.9 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Allen QB | 15/18 | 325 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 158.3 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isiah Pacheco HB | 9 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| Justin Fields QB | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Rico Dowdle HB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jameson Williams WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cook III HB | 14 | 74 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| Josh Allen QB | 6 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Davis HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Kincaid TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Williams WR | 9 | 154 | 17.1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 48 |
| Sam LaPorta TE | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| Isiah Pacheco HB | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| Isaac TeSlaa WR | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown WR | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cook III HB | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 80 |
| Dalton Kincaid TE | 2 | 70 | 35 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 48 |
| Keon Coleman WR | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| DJ Moore WR | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Branch SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Reed CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Payton Wilson WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Campbell MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Wonnum REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mekhi Wingo DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyleik Williams DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Izien SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Hutchinson LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Clark FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alim McNeill DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamel Dean CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaleb Elarms-Orr WILL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davison Igbinosun CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxwell Hairston CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toriano Pride Jr. CB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxx Crosby LEDG | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ciarlo MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Hancock SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Danna LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Bishop FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Rousseau DT | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorian Williams WILL | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Benford CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Sanders DT | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Lions
W
27–24 vs Saints
WK 1
Bills
L
9–21 vs Texans
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Lions | Bills | |
|---|---|---|
| 269 | TOTAL YARDS | 453 |
| 228 | PASSING YARDS | 325 |
| 41 | RUSHING YARDS | 128 |
| 4 | SACKS ALLOWED | 2 |
| 2 | SACKS MADE | 4 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | TAKEAWAYS | 3 |
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
LIONS
—
1
BILLS