Seahawks @ Commanders · Week 3

WEEK 3 · FINAL

THE READ

Seahawks edge Commanders by 3

A 3-point game to the end, and Seahawks had it 31-28. Sam Darnold threw for Seahawks — 23/29, 311 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. De'Von Achane did the work on the ground for Seahawks — 15 carries, 102 yards, 2 TD. A season best for Antonio Williams. Through the air: Seahawks 311, Commanders 192.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Seahawks	+12.3	+0.6	+11.7	+12
Commanders	-3.9	-2.1	-1.9	+0

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.

Seahawks — NFC #1 · division · 8-1 Commanders — NFC #7 · 4-4 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#8 Sam Darnold QB · Seahawks · 1.3% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter

Washington couldn't keep pace through the air—311 to 192 is a gap too wide to close—and the Commanders' defense couldn't generate enough to compensate. Seattle's passing game settled 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.

Sam Darnold

Seahawks

23/29, 311 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

De'Von Achane

Seahawks

15 carries, 102 yards, 2 TD

Daron Payne

Commanders

2 sacks

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Antonio Williams has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Seahawks 311, Commanders 192 Seahawks

Total yards Seahawks 413, Commanders 309 Seahawks

On the ground Commanders 117, Seahawks 102 Commanders

Giveaways Commanders 0, Seahawks 1 Commanders

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

Pass-heavy Pass 66% · Rush 34% · 36.1 scored, 24.4 allowed

11.2 yds/att 71.0% completions 6.7 yds/carry 418.1 yds/game 0.7 giveaways/game 6.2% sack rate last 5: 5-0

Primary weapon: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR — 26% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 85 · Efficient Balance 84 Ball security 81 Back usage 32% QB runs 0.9/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 90 WR 87 TE 75 RB 88 OL 78 DL 86 LB 82 DB 84

Best: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 99 Fastest: De'Von Achane HB 96 SPD 8 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

Azurxe

Commanders · his last 7 games

Throws it

Pass / run66% / 34% Points for / against25.9 — 27.7 Margin-1.9 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken6.3% of dropbacks Lead backJacory Croskey-Merritt · 9.4/g Top targetAntonio Williams · 30% QB carries3.1 a game

InDaGenes_8

Seahawks · his last 8 games

Throws it Protects it One back

Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against34.2 — 22.2 Margin+12.0 Giveaways a game0.8 Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks Lead backDe'Von Achane · 12.4/g Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 26% QB carries1.0 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 InDaGenes_8 against Azurxe — the men, not the teams

InDaGenes_8 leads it 1-0. InDaGenes_8 won the last one.

1 meeting avg 31.0 — 28.0 biggest: 3 pts to InDaGenes_8

S1 · week 3 InDaGenes_8 31 — 28 Azurxe INDAGENES_8

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

Seahawks receivers vs Commanders secondary 87 v 80 SEAHAWKS

Commanders receivers vs Seahawks secondary 88 v 84 COMMANDERS

Seahawks line vs Commanders front 78 v 81 COMMANDERS

Commanders line vs Seahawks front 81 v 86 SEAHAWKS

Seahawks backs vs Commanders run defence 88 v 81 SEAHAWKS

Commanders backs vs Seahawks run defence 80 v 85 SEAHAWKS

Seahawks passer vs Commanders secondary 90 v 80 SEAHAWKS

Commanders passer vs Seahawks secondary 82 v 84 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Sam Darnold QB Seahawks 311 pass yds

Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 192 pass yds

Antonio Williams WR Commanders 118 rec yds

De'Von Achane HB Seahawks 102 rush yds

Tory Horton WR Seahawks 90 rec yds

Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB Commanders 85 rush yds

Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR Seahawks 65 rec yds

Rashid Shaheed WR Seahawks 60 rec yds

Evan Svoboda TE Seahawks 55 rec yds

Daron Payne DT Commanders 2 sacks

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BOX SCORE

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Sam Darnold QB	23/29	311	2	1	2	37	119.9

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jayden Daniels QB	11/18	192	2	0	2	66	134.4

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
De'Von Achane HB	15	102	6.8	2	1	13	65	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	4	85	21.2	0	1	4	59
Rachaad White HB	6	29	4.8	0	1	6	10
Jayden Daniels QB	1	3	3	1	0	1	3

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Tory Horton WR	4	90	22.5	0	44	37
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR	5	65	13	0	12	17
Rashid Shaheed WR	5	60	12	1	13	22
Evan Svoboda TE	3	55	18.3	0	12	22
De'Von Achane HB	5	37	7.4	0	42	15
Emmanuel Henderson Jr. WR	1	4	4	1	0	4

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Antonio Williams WR	4	118	29.5	1	44	1	66
Stefon Diggs WR	3	29	9.7	0	1	1	13
Chigoziem Okonkwo TE	2	26	13	0	14	2	15
Terry McLaurin WR	2	19	9.5	1	15	0	16

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Trevon Diggs CB	5	0	0
Drake Thomas WILL	2	0	0
Bud Clark FS	2	0	0
Tyrice Knight WILL	1	0	0
Kyron Johnson LEDG	1	1	0
Julian Love SS	1	0	0
Nehemiah Pritchett CB	1	0	1
Ernest Jones IV MIKE	1	0	0
Leonard Williams DT	0	0.5	0
DeMarcus Lawrence DT	0	0.5	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Trey Amos CB	5	0	0	0
Daron Payne DT	4	2	0	0
Sonny Styles MIKE	2	0	0	0
Percy Butler FS	2	0	0	0
Quan Martin FS	1	0	1	1
Darius Rush CB	1	0	0	0
Jeremy Reaves SS	1	0	0	0
Nick Cross SS	1	0	0	1
Odafe Oweh LEDG	1	0	0	0

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jason Myers K	1/1	4/4	21

COMMANDERS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Seahawks

W 55–0 vs Cardinals WK 2

W 51–42 vs Patriots WK 1

Commanders

W 44–19 vs Cowboys WK 2

L 16–33 vs Eagles WK 1

TEAM STATS

Seahawks		Commanders
413	TOTAL YARDS	309
311	PASSING YARDS	192
102	RUSHING YARDS	117
2	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	2
1	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	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

1 SEAHAWKS — 0 COMMANDERS

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