Rams @ Broncos · Week 3 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 3 · FINAL

THE READ

Broncos run away with it, 55-13

Denver routed Los Angeles 55-13 behind Bo Nix, who completed 24 of 33 passes for 373 yards and 5 touchdowns. The Broncos dominated with 463 total yards to the Rams' 212 and forced 4 turnovers while committing none, with Denver's defense recording 7 sacks. Elijah Arroyo caught 9 passes for 109 yards and a touchdown in the blowout that leaves both teams at 1-2.

Devon Walker Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Rams	-7.2	-0.8	-6.4	-16
Broncos	+11.0	+5.0	+6.0	+1

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.

Broncos — in the hunt · 5-4 Rams — in the hunt · 4-5 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Daniel Keller The numbers guy

Denver threw on 79% of plays and Bo Nix completed 24 of 33 for 373 yards and 5 touchdowns—efficiency masquerading as volume. Los Angeles turned it over 4 times and allowed 7 sacks, which is a recipe for 55-13 any afternoon.

Roman Vaughn The superfan · replying

Denver just showed it can play winning football when everything clicks—Bo Nix throwing 5 touchdowns and the offense humming at full speed is a statement that this team has real talent, and at 1-2 they're still in the hunt because of performances exactly like this one.

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.

Bo Nix

Broncos

24/33, 373 yards, 5 TD

Jared Verse

Broncos

2.5 sacks

Elijah Arroyo

Broncos

9 catches, 109 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Bo Nix has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Omarion Hampton has not had a better afternoon this season.

💎 Elijah Arroyo is 80 overall and sits 3 in the league in receiving yards.

⭐ Adam Randall has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Broncos 373, Rams 155 Broncos

Total yards Broncos 463, Rams 246 Broncos

Pressure Broncos 7 sacks, Rams 2 Broncos

Giveaways Broncos 0, Rams 4 Broncos

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

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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

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

Primary weapon: Davante Adams WR — 26% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

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 what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

Grand Regent K

Broncos · his last 8 games

Throws it One back

Pass / run78% / 22% Points for / against39.1 — 33.1 Margin+6.0 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken6.9% of dropbacks Lead backOmarion Hampton · 7.8/g Top targetElijah Arroyo · 34% QB carries0.8 a game

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

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 lilmike438 against Grand Regent K — the men, not the teams

Grand Regent K leads it 1-0. Grand Regent K won the last one.

1 meeting avg 13.0 — 55.0 biggest: 42 pts to Grand Regent K

S1 · week 3 lilmike438 13 — 55 Grand Regent K GRAND REGENT K

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

Rams receivers vs Broncos secondary 87 v 85 EVEN

Broncos receivers vs Rams secondary 85 v 85 EVEN

Rams line vs Broncos front 79 v 90 BRONCOS

Broncos line vs Rams front 86 v 88 EVEN

Rams backs vs Broncos run defence 82 v 86 BRONCOS

Broncos backs vs Rams run defence 82 v 88 RAMS

Rams passer vs Broncos secondary 99 v 85 RAMS

Broncos passer vs Rams secondary 89 v 85 BRONCOS

TOP PERFORMERS

Bo Nix QB Broncos 373 pass yds

Joe Burrow QB Rams 155 pass yds

Adam Randall HB Rams 143 rec yds

Elijah Arroyo TE Broncos 109 rec yds

Omarion Hampton HB Broncos 94 rec yds

Omarion Hampton HB Broncos 90 rush yds

Jaylen Waddle WR Broncos 66 rec yds

Courtland Sutton WR Broncos 56 rec yds

Tutu Atwell WR Rams 53 rec yds

Jared Verse DT Broncos 2.5 sacks

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BOX SCORE

RAMS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Joe Burrow QB	16/36	155	1	4	7	23	26.7

BRONCOS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Bo Nix QB	24/33	373	5	0	2	57	149.3

RAMS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Chuba Hubbard HB	9	36	4	1	3	16	16
Adam Randall HB	4	34	8.5	0	1	10	13
Joe Burrow QB	3	21	7	0	0	2	11
Tutu Atwell WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Omarion Hampton HB	9	90	10	1	4	54	53
Marvin Mims Jr WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Courtland Sutton WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Elijah Arroyo TE	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

RAMS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Adam Randall HB	7	143	20.4	0	94	61
Tutu Atwell WR	5	53	10.6	1	18	23
Ladd McConkey WR	2	43	21.5	1	15	38
Jaylin Noel WR	2	35	17.5	0	11	22
Juwan Johnson TE	3	32	10.7	0	4	23
Chuba Hubbard HB	4	30	7.5	0	17	10
Tyler Higbee TE	1	5	5	0	3	5
Terrance Ferguson TE	1	0	0	0	1	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Elijah Arroyo TE	9	109	12.1	1	58	29
Omarion Hampton HB	9	94	10.4	1	98	44
Jaylen Waddle WR	2	66	33	1	21	57
Courtland Sutton WR	3	56	18.7	1	8	44
Troy Franklin WR	1	48	48	1	0	48

RAMS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Jadon Canady SS	5	1	0	1
Bobby Wagner MIKE	3	0	1	0
Greg Newsome II CB	2	0	0	0
Jessie Bates III FS	2	0	0	0
Nick Herbig LEDG	1	0	0	0
Steven Gilmore CB	1	0	0	0
Jaylen Watson CB	1	0	0	0
Quentin Lake SS	1	0	0	0
Myles Garrett REDG	1	1	0	0
Grant Stuard WILL	1	0	0	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Tyson Campbell CB	4	0	0	1	0
Jevon Holland FS	3	0	0	0	0
Jared Verse DT	3	2.5	1	0	1
Grant Delpit FS	3	0	1	1	0
Nik Bonitto LEDG	2	2.5	0	0	0
Zach Allen DT	2	1	0	1	0
Riley Moss CB	2	0	1	0	0
Andrew Van Ginkel REDG	1	1	0	0	0
Tycen Anderson SS	1	0	0	0	0
Brandon Jones FS	1	0	1	0	0
Talanoa Hufanga SS	1	0	0	0	0
Amare Barno SAM	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Golday MIKE	0	0	0	2	0
Ja'Quan McMillian CB	0	0	0	3	0

RAMS

nothing recorded

BRONCOS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Wil Lutz K	2/2	7/7	41

RECENT FORM

Rams

W 24–20 vs Giants WK 2

L 50–78 vs 49ers WK 1

Broncos

L 41–48 vs Jaguars WK 2

L 31–52 vs Chiefs WK 1

TEAM STATS

Rams		Broncos
246	TOTAL YARDS	463
155	PASSING YARDS	373
91	RUSHING YARDS	90
7	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	7
4	GIVEAWAYS	0
1	TAKEAWAYS	4

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 RAMS — 1 BRONCOS

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