WEEK 2 · FINAL
THE READ
Ravens run away with it, 48-21
Ravens were never troubled, putting Saints away 48-21. Lamar Jackson did the damage for Ravens — 18/31, 296 yards, 5 TD. Tyler Shough did the damage for Saints — 12/27, 231 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Total yards: Ravens 482, Saints 254.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saints | -13.2 | -4.2 | -9.0 | -12 |
| Ravens | +7.6 | -7.7 | +15.2 | +10 |
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.
Ravens —
AFC #2 · division
· 7-2
Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Ava Collins
Beat reporter
New Orleans couldn't move the ball on the ground—23 yards total—and had to live in the passing game, where Tyler Shough threw 3 interceptions against a Baltimore defense that smothered everything; Lamar Jackson answered with 5 touchdowns and the Ravens rolled 48-21.
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
· replying
Baltimore's dominance here fits what they've been all season—a 4-1 team that moves the ball however it wants. New Orleans, meanwhile, is still the same 1-4 problem: they can't run it, so they're forced to pass 77 percent of the time and get picked apart when they do.
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.
Lamar Jackson
Ravens
18/31, 296 yards, 5 TD
Tyler Shough
Saints
12/27, 231 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
Mark Andrews
Ravens
5 catches, 96 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Ravens 482, Saints 254
Ravens
On the ground
Ravens 186, Saints 23
Ravens
Through the air
Ravens 296, Saints 231
Ravens
Pressure
Ravens 4 sacks, Saints 1
Ravens
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 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
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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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 53% · Rush 47% · 32.5 scored, 17.2 allowed
10.4 yds/att
65.2% completions
5.4 yds/carry
383.2 yds/game
0.8 giveaways/game
6.5% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 79 · Efficient
Balance 97
Ball security 79
Back usage 36%
QB runs 5.4/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 98
WR 82
TE 91
RB 83
OL 79
DL 89
LB 83
DB 90
Best: Lamar Jackson QB 98
Fastest: Lamar Jackson QB 95 SPD
12 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
Travmoney
Ravens · his last 8 games
Runs it
Protects it
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run53% / 47%
Points for / against32.5 — 17.2
Margin+15.2
Giveaways a game0.8
Sacks taken6.5% of dropbacks
Lead backRJ Harvey · 11.5/g
Top targetDevontez Walker · 28%
QB carries5.1 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 Travmoney — the men, not the teams
Travmoney leads it 1-0.
Travmoney won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 21.0 — 48.0
biggest: 27 pts to Travmoney
S1 · week 2
Pluto 21 — 48 Travmoney
TRAVMONEY
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 Ravens secondary
85 v 90
RAVENS
Ravens receivers vs Saints secondary
82 v 82
EVEN
Saints line vs Ravens front
85 v 89
RAVENS
Ravens line vs Saints front
79 v 85
SAINTS
Saints backs vs Ravens run defence
78 v 87
RAVENS
Ravens backs vs Saints run defence
83 v 83
EVEN
Saints passer vs Ravens secondary
91 v 90
EVEN
Ravens passer vs Saints secondary
98 v 82
RAVENS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 12/27 | 231 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 59.8 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Jackson QB | 18/31 | 296 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 129.8 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| Barion Brown WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Aiyuk WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Shough QB | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Harvey HB | 18 | 110 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| Lamar Jackson QB | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 26 | 0 |
| Kendre Miller HB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Devontez Walker WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Miller WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Delp TE | 4 | 80 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 32 |
| Bryce Lance WR | 1 | 65 | 65 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 65 |
| Chris Olave WR | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 15 |
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| Brandon Aiyuk WR | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Andrews TE | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 27 |
| Devontez Walker WR | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 34 |
| RJ Harvey HB | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 27 |
| Ja'Kobi Lane WR | 3 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| Rashod Bateman WR | 1 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Zay Flowers WR | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Sanker SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Stalbird WILL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Hood CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Woodaz MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Stutsman SAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwan'tez Stiggers CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Reid FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Joseph SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdul Carter REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton Simpson WILL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derwin James Jr FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Forbes Jr CB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marlon Humphrey CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Hamilton SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roquan Smith MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darnell Savage FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Hendrickson REDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Wiggins CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calais Campbell DT | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Green LEDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
nothing recorded
RAVENS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Loop K | 2/2 | 6/6 | 28 |
RECENT FORM
Saints
L
24–27 vs Lions
WK 1
Ravens
W
38–35 vs Colts
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Saints | Ravens | |
|---|---|---|
| 254 | TOTAL YARDS | 482 |
| 231 | PASSING YARDS | 296 |
| 23 | RUSHING YARDS | 186 |
| 4 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 4 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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
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RAVENS