WEEK 3 · FINAL
THE READ
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
Raiders run away with it, 54-30
Las Vegas dismantled New Orleans 54-30 behind Ashton Jeanty's 318 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns on 25 carries, a display of ground control that required almost no passing game on the Raiders' side. The Saints moved the ball through the air—Tyler Shough threw for 346 yards and 4 touchdowns, Bryce Lance caught 6 for 115 and 3 scores—but coughed it up 3 times to Las Vegas's 0, and that differential decided it. New Orleans ran 76 percent passing plays on 11 rushes, a predictable formula that the Raiders' 3 sacks helped collapse.
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raiders | -4.2 | +4.5 | -8.7 | +0 |
| Saints | -13.2 | -4.2 | -9.0 | -12 |
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.
IN THE BOOTH
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
Ashton Jeanty decided this one with 318 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns — when one back can score at will on the ground, there's no way to stop what's coming at you.
Roman Vaughn
The superfan
· replying
New Orleans put up 30 points and Tyler Shough threw 4 touchdown passes in a game they'll want to forget—but the Saints defense couldn't slow down anything, and when you're 0-3, you need to find somebody who can make a stop.
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.
Ashton Jeanty
Raiders
25 carries, 318 yards, 7 TD
Tyler Shough
Saints
19/35, 346 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT
Bryce Lance
Saints
6 catches, 115 yards, 3 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Saints 346, Raiders 87
Saints
On the ground
Raiders 318, Saints 66
Raiders
Total yards
Saints 412, Raiders 405
Saints
Giveaways
Saints 3, Raiders 0
Raiders
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
Run-heavy
Pass 37% · Rush 63% · 31.7 scored, 40.3 allowed
8.4 yds/att
47.0% completions
7.8 yds/carry
392.8 yds/game
1.6 giveaways/game
3.0% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 50 · Aggressive
Balance 71
Ball security 56
Back usage 61%
QB runs 0.8/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Dont'e Thornton Jr takes 45% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81
WR 77
TE 74
RB 88
OL 89
DL 82
LB 86
DB 82
Best: Fred Warner SAM 99
Fastest: Dont'e Thornton Jr 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
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
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
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
El Lano
Raiders · his last 8 games
Runs it
One back
One target
Pass / run37% / 63%
Points for / against35.6 — 41.1
Margin-5.5
Giveaways a game1.4
Sacks taken2.7% of dropbacks
Lead backAshton Jeanty · 29.2/g
Top targetDont'e Thornton Jr · 47%
QB carries0.6 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
El Lano against Pluto — the men, not the teams
El Lano leads it 1-0.
El Lano won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 54.0 — 30.0
biggest: 24 pts to El Lano
S1 · week 3
El Lano 54 — 30 Pluto
EL LANO
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
Raiders receivers vs Saints secondary
77 v 82
SAINTS
Saints receivers vs Raiders secondary
85 v 82
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Raiders line vs Saints front
89 v 85
RAIDERS
Saints line vs Raiders front
85 v 82
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Raiders backs vs Saints run defence
88 v 83
RAIDERS
Saints backs vs Raiders run defence
78 v 83
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Raiders passer vs Saints secondary
81 v 82
EVEN
Saints passer vs Raiders secondary
91 v 82
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Mendoza QB | 5/9 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 88.6 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 19/35 | 346 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 90.8 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 25 | 318 | 12.7 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 55 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| Tyler Shough QB | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Barion Brown WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Tipton WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dont'e Thornton Jr WR | 1 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
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| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Lance WR | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 30 |
| Brandon Aiyuk WR | 2 | 74 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 59 |
| Oscar Delp TE | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 27 |
| Chris Olave WR | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Chinn SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Warner SAM | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermod McCoy CB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darien Porter CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Stokes CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nakobe Dean MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Koonce LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Johnson SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decamerion Richardson CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quay Walker WILL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Pegues DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tonka Hemingway DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Laulu DT | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Woodaz MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Stalbird WILL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdul Carter REDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Joseph SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Hood CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaden Elliss MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ifeatu Melifonwu SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davon Godchaux DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAIDERS
nothing recorded
SAINTS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smyth K | 1/1 | 3/3 | 29 |
RECENT FORM
Raiders
L
28–35 vs Chargers
WK 2
L
0–34 vs Dolphins
WK 1
Saints
L
21–48 vs Ravens
WK 2
L
24–27 vs Lions
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Raiders | Saints | |
|---|---|---|
| 405 | TOTAL YARDS | 412 |
| 87 | PASSING YARDS | 346 |
| 318 | RUSHING YARDS | 66 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 2 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 3 |
| 3 | 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
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0
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