Jaguars @ Bengals · Week 4

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

116 points between Jaguars and Bengals

Cincinnati beat Jacksonville 68-48 in a shootout where Matthew Stafford's arm decided it. Stafford went 17 of 25 for 453 yards and 6 touchdowns, while Ja'Marr Chase caught 6 passes for 164 yards and 4 of those scores. Trevor Lawrence kept Jacksonville in it with 14 of 24 for 262 yards and 4 touchdowns of his own, but Cincinnati's 453 passing yards to Jacksonville's 262 proved the difference despite the Jaguars outrushing Cincinnati 256 to 105.

Talia Morgan Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Jaguars	+1.4	-0.6	+2.0	+0
Bengals	+1.6	+4.0	-2.4	-3

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.

Jaguars — AFC #7 · 5-3 Bengals — in the hunt · 4-4 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Riley Parker The chaos merchant

Jacksonville had 256 rushing yards and still lost by 20—the Jags couldn't afford to leave that many points on the field when Stafford and Chase were operating at 6 and 4 touchdowns respectively.

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.

Matthew Stafford

Bengals

17/25, 453 yards, 6 TD, 2 INT

Trevor Lawrence

Jaguars

14/24, 262 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT

Ja'Marr Chase

Bengals

6 catches, 164 yards, 4 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Chase Brown has now cleared 100 rushing yards in 3 straight games.

🔥 Trevor Lawrence has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Matthew Stafford has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Brian Thomas Jr has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Bengals 453, Jaguars 262 Bengals

On the ground Jaguars 256, Bengals 105 Jaguars

Total yards Bengals 558, Jaguars 518 Bengals

Pressure Bengals 1 sacks, Jaguars 0 Bengals

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% · 39.6 scored, 37.6 allowed

9.5 yds/att 65.5% completions 7.2 yds/carry 419.3 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 8.3% sack rate last 5: 2-3

Primary weapon: Brian Thomas Jr WR — 43% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY VERY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 72 · Aggressive Balance 92 Ball security 64 Back usage 29% QB runs 6.4/game

Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Brian Thomas Jr takes 43% of the receiving yards

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 86 WR 89 TE 78 RB 82 OL 75 DL 83 LB 73 DB 86

Best: Puka Nacua WR 98 Fastest: Brian Thomas Jr WR 97 SPD 9 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

Emmitt1k300

Bengals · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away One back

Pass / run63% / 37% Points for / against34.8 — 37.1 Margin-2.4 Giveaways a game2.6 Sacks taken6.3% of dropbacks Lead backChase Brown · 15.1/g Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 35% QB carries0.6 a game

wonka

Jaguars · his last 7 games

Balanced Runs the quarterback One target

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against39.6 — 37.6 Margin+2.0 Giveaways a game1.3 Sacks taken8.3% of dropbacks Lead backKyren Williams · 13.1/g Top targetBrian Thomas Jr · 43% QB carries5.3 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 wonka against Emmitt1k300 — the men, not the teams

Emmitt1k300 leads it 1-0. Emmitt1k300 won the last one.

1 meeting avg 48.0 — 68.0 biggest: 20 pts to Emmitt1k300

S1 · week 4 wonka 48 — 68 Emmitt1k300 EMMITT1K300

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

Jaguars receivers vs Bengals secondary 89 v 82 JAGUARS

Bengals receivers vs Jaguars secondary 88 v 86 EVEN

Jaguars line vs Bengals front 75 v 88 BENGALS

Bengals line vs Jaguars front 78 v 83 JAGUARS

Jaguars backs vs Bengals run defence 82 v 82 EVEN

Bengals backs vs Jaguars run defence 80 v 79 EVEN

Jaguars passer vs Bengals secondary 86 v 82 JAGUARS

Bengals passer vs Jaguars secondary 99 v 86 BENGALS

TOP PERFORMERS

Matthew Stafford QB Bengals 453 pass yds

Trevor Lawrence QB Jaguars 262 pass yds

Brian Thomas Jr WR Jaguars 176 rec yds

Ja'Marr Chase WR Bengals 164 rec yds

Tee Higgins WR Bengals 144 rec yds

Trevor Lawrence QB Jaguars 129 rush yds

Kyren Williams HB Jaguars 120 rush yds

Chase Brown HB Bengals 105 rush yds

Andrei Iosivas WR Bengals 92 rec yds

Kyren Williams HB Jaguars 63 rec yds

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BOX SCORE

JAGUARS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Trevor Lawrence QB	14/24	262	4	1	1	80	118.4

BENGALS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Matthew Stafford QB	17/25	453	6	2	0	92	117

JAGUARS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Trevor Lawrence QB	9	129	14.3	1	0	11	50	1
Kyren Williams HB	12	120	10	0	3	16	35	0
Brian Thomas Jr WR	2	7	3.5	1	0	0	5	0

BENGALS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Chase Brown HB	18	105	5.8	1	0	22	35	0
Ja'Marr Chase WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

JAGUARS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Brian Thomas Jr WR	4	176	44	3	105	80
Kyren Williams HB	5	63	12.6	1	17	36
Isaiah Likely TE	2	7	3.5	0	8	8
Puka Nacua WR	1	-4	-4	0	0	0

BENGALS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Ja'Marr Chase WR	6	164	27.3	4	62	78
Tee Higgins WR	6	144	24	1	78	71
Andrei Iosivas WR	1	92	92	1	43	92
Colbie Young WR	2	35	17.5	0	24	29
Kendric Pryor WR	1	10	10	0	6	10
Luke Musgrave TE	1	8	8	0	0	8

JAGUARS

PLAYER	TKL	INT	PD	TD
Jarrian Jones CB	4	0	1	0
Ameer Speed CB	4	0	0	0
Donte Jackson CB	3	0	0	0
Yasir Abdullah SAM	2	1	0	1
Albert Regis DT	2	0	0	0
Eric Murray FS	1	0	0	0
Travon Walker LEDG	1	0	0	0
Jourdan Lewis CB	1	0	0	0
Antonio Johnson SS	1	0	0	0
Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig SS	1	0	0	0
Israel Mukuamu FS	1	0	0	0
Travis Hunter CB	0	1	0	0

BENGALS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	TD
Kyle Dugger SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dominique Hampton WILL	3	0	0	1	0	0
DJ Turner II CB	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tacario Davis CB	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Cook FS	2	0	0	1	1	1
Liam Anderson WILL	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dexter Lawrence II DT	1	0	0	0	0	0
Boye Mafe REDG	1	0	0	0	0	0
Demetrius Knight Jr WILL	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cashius Howell LEDG	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jordan Battle SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daijahn Anthony FS	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dax Hill CB	1	0	1	1	0	1
Jonathan Allen DT	1	0	0	0	0	0

RECENT FORM

Jaguars

W 70–49 vs Patriots WK 3

W 48–41 vs Broncos WK 2

W 49–21 vs Browns WK 1

Bengals

W 56–35 vs Steelers WK 3

L 24–38 vs Texans WK 2

L 0–35 vs Buccaneers WK 1

TEAM STATS

Jaguars		Bengals
518	TOTAL YARDS	558
262	PASSING YARDS	453
256	RUSHING YARDS	105
1	SACKS ALLOWED	0
0	SACKS MADE	1
2	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	TAKEAWAYS	2

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 JAGUARS — 1 BENGALS

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