WEEK 2 · FINAL
THE READ
Rams beat Giants, 24-20
Rams took care of Giants, 24-20. Aaron Rodgers was steady for Giants — 11/19, 207 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Brian Burns got after the quarterback for Giants — 2 sacks. On the ground: Rams 174, Giants 75.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giants | -11.4 | -7.1 | -4.2 | -4 |
| Rams | -7.2 | -0.8 | -6.4 | -16 |
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.
Rams —
in the hunt
· 4-5
Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
The Giants threw 70% of the time against a Rams team that leaned on 147 yards from Chuba Hubbard—that's not a game Los Angeles won, that's one New York gave away by abandoning what could've worked. Four points is too close to hide how badly they got out-schemed on the ground.
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.
Brian Burns
Giants
2 sacks
Chuba Hubbard
Rams
21 carries, 147 yards
Malik Nabers
Giants
4 catches, 85 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Rams 141, Giants 112
Rams
Total yards
Rams 323, Giants 297
Rams
On the ground
Giants 185, Rams 182
Giants
Pressure
Rams 5.5 sacks, Giants 3.5
Rams
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 62% · Rush 38% · 27.9 scored, 32.1 allowed
8.4 yds/att
54.4% completions
5.2 yds/carry
343.5 yds/game
1.8 giveaways/game
6.0% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 55 · Aggressive
Balance 88
Ball security 51
Back usage 38%
QB runs 0.1/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.8 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89
WR 84
TE 80
RB 92
OL 81
DL 88
LB 82
DB 84
Best: Christian McCaffrey HB 96
Fastest: Malik Nabers WR 96 SPD
9 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 58% · Rush 42% · 35.4 scored, 41.8 allowed
10.0 yds/att
59.0% completions
6.5 yds/carry
448.2 yds/game
2.9 giveaways/game
9.6% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 61 · Aggressive
Balance 92
Ball security 20
Back usage 37%
QB runs 3.0/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.9 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 87
TE 79
RB 82
OL 79
DL 88
LB 88
DB 85
Best: Myles Garrett REDG 99
Fastest: Tutu Atwell WR 93 SPD
12 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
lilmike438
Rams · his last 8 games
Balanced
Gives it away
Takes sacks
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against35.4 — 41.8
Margin-6.4
Giveaways a game2.9
Sacks taken9.6% of dropbacks
Lead backChuba Hubbard · 12.2/g
Top targetDavante Adams · 26%
QB carries2.9 a game
mchristian24
Giants · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run62% / 38%
Points for / against27.9 — 32.1
Margin-4.2
Giveaways a game1.8
Sacks taken6.0% of dropbacks
Lead backTravis Etienne Jr · 11.6/g
Top targetMalik Nabers · 30%
QB carries0.1 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
mchristian24 against lilmike438 — the men, not the teams
lilmike438 leads it 1-0.
lilmike438 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 20.0 — 24.0
biggest: 4 pts to lilmike438
S1 · week 2
mchristian24 20 — 24 lilmike438
LILMIKE438
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
Giants receivers vs Rams secondary
84 v 85
EVEN
Rams receivers vs Giants secondary
87 v 84
RAMS
Giants line vs Rams front
81 v 88
RAMS
Rams line vs Giants front
79 v 88
GIANTS
Giants backs vs Rams run defence
92 v 88
GIANTS
Rams backs vs Giants run defence
82 v 85
GIANTS
Giants passer vs Rams secondary
89 v 85
GIANTS
Rams passer vs Giants secondary
99 v 84
RAMS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Love QB | 9/21 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 56 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Burrow QB | 12/18 | 141 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 106.7 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 14 | 110 | 7.9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 0 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 9 | 75 | 8.3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 65 | 0 |
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuba Hubbard HB | 21 | 147 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 41 | 0 |
| Joe Burrow QB | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Adam Randall HB | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dean Connors HB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Nabers WR | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 67 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 1 | 84 | 0 | 64 |
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 1 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Theo Johnson TE | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jalin Hyatt WR | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Whittington WR | 1 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 33 |
| Davante Adams WR | 2 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| Adam Randall HB | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 17 |
| Juwan Johnson TE | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Ladd McConkey WR | 1 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 |
| Tutu Atwell WR | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Chuba Hubbard HB | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Tyler Higbee TE | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JT Woods SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Burns REDG | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arvell Reese LEDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germaine Pratt WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Alexander DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent McDuffie CB | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Campbell FS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarheeb Still FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poona Ford DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Reader DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Pinnock SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edgerrin Cooper WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deonte Banks CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paulson Adebo CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie Bates III FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Gilmore CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Donald DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jadon Canady SS | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Andersen FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Davis DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylen Watson CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Garrett REDG | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Newsome II CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Herbig LEDG | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omar Speights WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Lake SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GIANTS
nothing recorded
RAMS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Mevis K | 1/2 | 3/3 | 48 |
RECENT FORM
Giants
L
27–30 vs Cowboys
WK 1
Rams
L
50–78 vs 49ers
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Giants | Rams | |
|---|---|---|
| 297 | TOTAL YARDS | 323 |
| 112 | PASSING YARDS | 141 |
| 185 | RUSHING YARDS | 182 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3.5 | SACKS MADE | 5.5 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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
0
GIANTS
—
1
RAMS