WEEK 3 · FINAL
THE READ
Marcus Reyes
The numbers guy
76 points between Falcons and Packers
Atlanta beat Green Bay 42-34 in a shootout where the ground game decided it. Bijan Robinson ran for 157 yards and 2 touchdowns on 12 carries while the Packers managed 3 rushing yards total, then leaned entirely on Jordan Love's arm—he completed 21 of 37 for 407 yards and 5 touchdowns. Ty Simpson went 30 of 51 for 365 yards and 2 scores for Atlanta, which outgained Green Bay 549 to 410 and sacked Love's replacement twice while taking none themselves. Both teams sit at 1-2.
Marcus Reyes
The numbers guy
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcons | -11.4 | +2.2 | -13.6 | -14 |
| Packers | +5.8 | -1.9 | +7.8 | +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.
Packers —
NFC #4 · division
· 5-4
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IN THE BOOTH
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
Atlanta's ground game was the difference. Green Bay threw for 407 yards and 5 touchdowns but managed 3 rushing yards, and Bijan Robinson ran for 157 and 2 scores to carry the Falcons past a Pack offense that had to do everything through the air.
Kayla James
The showman
· replying
Jordan Love threw 5 touchdown passes in a losing effort—that's the cruelest arithmetic in football, and it says everything about Green Bay's 1-2 spot right now.
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.
Ty Simpson
Falcons
30/51, 365 yards, 2 TD
Aaron Rodgers
Packers
20/35, 340 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Bijan Robinson
Falcons
12 carries, 157 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Falcons 549, Packers 349
Falcons
On the ground
Falcons 184, Packers 9
Falcons
Through the air
Falcons 365, Packers 340
Falcons
Pressure
Packers 0 sacks, Falcons 3
Falcons
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 72% · Rush 28% · 33.9 scored, 47.4 allowed
9.0 yds/att
57.0% completions
6.0 yds/carry
433.6 yds/game
2.1 giveaways/game
2.0% sack rate
last 5: 0-5
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 65 · Aggressive
Balance 78
Ball security 41
Back usage 23%
QB runs 2.7/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87
WR 87
TE 98
RB 88
OL 86
DL 76
LB 76
DB 80
Best: Bijan Robinson HB 99
Fastest: Bijan Robinson HB 95 SPD
6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 36.4 scored, 28.6 allowed
11.6 yds/att
64.8% completions
4.9 yds/carry
382.4 yds/game
0.9 giveaways/game
8.3% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 74 · Efficient
Balance 88
Ball security 76
Back usage 36%
QB runs 0.9/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.3% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 79
TE 86
RB 82
OL 76
DL 85
LB 75
DB 82
Best: Aaron Rodgers QB 99
Fastest: Christian Watson WR 96 SPD
7 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
Better88
Packers · his last 8 games
Throws it
One back
Pass / run62% / 38%
Points for / against36.4 — 28.6
Margin+7.8
Giveaways a game0.9
Sacks taken8.3% of dropbacks
Lead backJosh Jacobs · 13.4/g
Top targetChristian Watson · 30%
QB carries0.5 a game
DopeIS1
Falcons · his last 8 games
Throws it
One back
Pass / run72% / 28%
Points for / against31.1 — 45.5
Margin-14.4
Giveaways a game1.8
Sacks taken2.2% of dropbacks
Lead backBijan Robinson · 11.1/g
Top targetCaleb Douglas · 31%
QB carries2.4 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
DopeIS1 against Better88 — the men, not the teams
DopeIS1 leads it 1-0.
DopeIS1 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 42.0 — 34.0
biggest: 8 pts to DopeIS1
S1 · week 3
DopeIS1 42 — 34 Better88
DOPEIS1
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
Falcons receivers vs Packers secondary
87 v 82
FALCONS
Packers receivers vs Falcons secondary
79 v 80
EVEN
Falcons line vs Packers front
86 v 85
EVEN
Packers line vs Falcons front
76 v 76
EVEN
Falcons backs vs Packers run defence
88 v 82
FALCONS
Packers backs vs Falcons run defence
82 v 76
PACKERS
Falcons passer vs Packers secondary
87 v 82
FALCONS
Packers passer vs Falcons secondary
99 v 80
PACKERS
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BOX SCORE
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FALCONS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Simpson QB | 30/51 | 365 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 93.9 |
PACKERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rodgers QB | 20/35 | 340 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 97.3 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson HB | 12 | 157 | 13.1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 65 | 0 |
| Ty Simpson QB | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 |
PACKERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rodgers QB | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Josh Jacobs HB | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Tucker Kraft TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson HB | 10 | 120 | 12 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 30 |
| Drake London WR | 2 | 60 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 41 |
| Caleb Douglas WR | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Travis Kelce TE | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
PACKERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Golden WR | 4 | 128 | 32 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 47 |
| Tucker Kraft TE | 4 | 109 | 27.2 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 48 |
| Christian Watson WR | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| Josh Jacobs HB | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 15 |
| Bo Melton WR | 1 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
FALCONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Phillips III CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamren Kinchens FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hughes CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendal Daniels WILL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Watts SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Bowman Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Azeez Ojulari LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Brown SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalon Walker LEDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avieon Terrell CB | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PACKERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javon Bullard SS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Cisse CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keisean Nixon CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaire Franklin MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah Parsons REDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakorian Bennett CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dru Phillips FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jadeveon Clowney LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benjamin St-Juste CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lukas Van Ness DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris McClellan DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carrington Valentine CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Falcons
L
14–28 vs Panthers
WK 2
L
56–63 vs Steelers
WK 1
Packers
L
10–20 vs Jets
WK 2
W
41–38 vs Vikings
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Falcons | Packers | |
|---|---|---|
| 549 | TOTAL YARDS | 349 |
| 365 | PASSING YARDS | 340 |
| 184 | RUSHING YARDS | 9 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 0 | TAKEAWAYS | 0 |
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
FALCONS
—
0
PACKERS