WEEK 4 · FINAL
THE READ
Giants run away with it, 41-14
A long afternoon for Cardinals. Giants by 27. Malik Nabers moved the ball for Giants — 7 catches, 138 yards, 2 TD. Jeremiyah Love ran it for Cardinals — 19 carries, 99 yards, 1 TD — in a losing effort. Malik Nabers's high-water mark for the year. Through the air: Giants 133, Cardinals 126.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | -25.4 | +2.8 | -28.1 | -9 |
| Giants | -11.4 | -7.1 | -4.2 | -4 |
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
Kayla James
The showman
The Giants brought a flamethrower to a knife fight and Arizona never stood a chance—Malik Nabers and Jeremiyah Love both had career afternoons, and when your offense finds that kind of rhythm, 27 points is what mercy looks like.
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.
Malik Nabers
Giants
7 catches, 138 yards, 2 TD
Jeremiyah Love
Cardinals
19 carries, 99 yards, 1 TD
Trey McBride
Cardinals
3 catches, 61 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Giants 133, Cardinals 126
Giants
Total yards
Giants 241, Cardinals 237
Giants
On the ground
Cardinals 111, Giants 108
Cardinals
Pressure
Giants 0 sacks, Cardinals 1
Cardinals
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
Balanced
Pass 53% · Rush 47% · 13.9 scored, 42.0 allowed
6.6 yds/att
50.2% completions
4.1 yds/carry
290.8 yds/game
2.3 giveaways/game
6.9% sack rate
last 5: 0-5
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 28 · Turnover-prone
Balance 97
Ball security 35
Back usage 44%
QB runs 1.4/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.3 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 74
WR 79
TE 99
RB 84
OL 80
DL 80
LB 74
DB 82
Best: Trey McBride TE 99
Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 SPD
8 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% · 27.9 scored, 32.1 allowed
8.4 yds/att
54.4% completions
5.2 yds/carry
343.5 yds/game
1.8 giveaways/game
6.0% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 55 · Aggressive
Balance 88
Ball security 51
Back usage 38%
QB runs 0.1/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.8 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89
WR 84
TE 80
RB 92
OL 81
DL 88
LB 82
DB 84
Best: Christian McCaffrey HB 96
Fastest: Malik Nabers WR 96 SPD
9 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
mchristian24
Giants · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run62% / 38%
Points for / against27.9 — 32.1
Margin-4.2
Giveaways a game1.8
Sacks taken6.0% of dropbacks
Lead backTravis Etienne Jr · 11.6/g
Top targetMalik Nabers · 30%
QB carries0.1 a game
dogmanrk
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Runs it
Gives it away
One back
One target
Pass / run54% / 46%
Points for / against14.9 — 43.4
Margin-28.5
Giveaways a game2.4
Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks
Lead backJeremiyah Love · 20.1/g
Top targetTrey McBride · 43%
QB carries1.4 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
dogmanrk against mchristian24 — the men, not the teams
mchristian24 leads it 1-0.
mchristian24 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 14.0 — 41.0
biggest: 27 pts to mchristian24
S1 · week 4
dogmanrk 14 — 41 mchristian24
MCHRISTIAN24
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
Cardinals receivers vs Giants secondary
79 v 84
GIANTS
Giants receivers vs Cardinals secondary
84 v 82
EVEN
Cardinals line vs Giants front
80 v 88
GIANTS
Giants line vs Cardinals front
81 v 80
EVEN
Cardinals backs vs Giants run defence
84 v 85
EVEN
Giants backs vs Cardinals run defence
92 v 78
GIANTS
Cardinals passer vs Giants secondary
74 v 84
GIANTS
Giants passer vs Cardinals secondary
89 v 82
GIANTS
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BOX SCORE
CARDINALS
GIANTS
CARDINALS
GIANTS
CARDINALS
GIANTS
CARDINALS
GIANTS
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Beck QB | 9/18 | 92 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 43.9 |
| Jacoby Brissett QB | 3/8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 51 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Love QB | 10/24 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 64.7 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 19 | 99 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 29 | 0 |
| Tyler Allgeier HB | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Carson Beck QB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 9 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 0 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey McBride TE | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 26 |
| Devin Duvernay WR | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14 |
| Marvin Harrison Jr WR | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Michael Wilson WR | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Nabers WR | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 2 | 80 | 0 | 33 |
| Jalin Hyatt WR | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 2 | 102 | 1 | 85 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 37 |
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 43 |
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budda Baker SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Melton CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Murphy-Bunting CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaven Collins LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Wilson Sr MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Nolen III DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Simon WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Proctor DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Wingard FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Williams CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Gibbens MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GIANTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulson Adebo CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deonte Banks CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JT Woods SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arvell Reese LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germaine Pratt WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Campbell FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Pinnock SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Reader DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Burns REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarheeb Still FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tremaine Edmunds SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edgerrin Cooper WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korie Black CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent McDuffie CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Cardinals
L
14–49 vs 49ers
WK 3
L
0–55 vs Seahawks
WK 2
L
6–31 vs Chargers
WK 1
Giants
L
24–49 vs Titans
WK 3
L
20–24 vs Rams
WK 2
L
27–30 vs Cowboys
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Cardinals | Giants | |
|---|---|---|
| 237 | TOTAL YARDS | 241 |
| 126 | PASSING YARDS | 133 |
| 111 | RUSHING YARDS | 108 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 2 | GIVEAWAYS | 2 |
| 1 | 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
0
CARDINALS
—
1
GIANTS