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WEEK 4 · FINAL
DOLPHINS 6-2 · 38.0 PPG 52 – 24 VIKINGS 4-4 · 37.0 PPG
THE READ
Dolphins run away with it, 52-24

Miami dismantled Minnesota 52-24 in Week 4, with Malik Willis throwing for 460 yards and 6 touchdowns while Jeff Caldwell caught 4 passes for 158 yards and 2 scores. The Dolphins' passing attack overwhelmed a Vikings defense that recorded no sacks, and Minnesota's 3 turnovers against Miami's clean ball security decided the rout. Willis has now cleared 250 passing yards in 4 straight games, while J.J. McCarthy managed only 20 of 35 for 300 yards with 2 interceptions in the loss. Miami improved to 2-2, Minnesota fell to 1-3.

Devon Walker Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Dolphins +17.2 +4.0 +13.2 +10
Vikings +5.8 +2.2 +3.6 -5
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.
Dolphins — AFC #4 · division · 6-2 Vikings — in the hunt · 4-4 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#2 Malik Willis QB · Dolphins · 14.4% of the field
#9 Jeff Caldwell WR · Dolphins · 1.0% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Marcus Reyes The numbers guy
Malik Willis threw 6 touchdown passes on 19 completions—that's efficiency that doesn't need the volume excuse—and Miami's pass rush (3 sacks, 0 allowed) turned this into a clinic the Vikings couldn't survive. Minnesota's 1-3 record is what happens when you gift away 3 turnovers to a team that gives up zero.
Sierra Vaughn Analyst · replying
Jeff Caldwell just turned 4 catches into 158 yards and 2 scores—that's the kind of efficiency on limited volume that either means he was open all afternoon or Willis knew exactly where to find him, and either way Minnesota's secondary has a real problem.
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 Willis
Dolphins
19/27, 460 yards, 6 TD
J.J. McCarthy
Vikings
20/35, 300 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Jeff Caldwell
Dolphins
4 catches, 158 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Dolphins 460, Vikings 300 Dolphins
Total yards Dolphins 505, Vikings 397 Dolphins
On the ground Vikings 97, Dolphins 45 Vikings
Pressure Vikings 0 sacks, Dolphins 4 Dolphins
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 4 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
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 84% · Rush 16% · 38.4 scored, 25.1 allowed
12.5 yds/att 59.8% completions 5.4 yds/carry 438.9 yds/game 1.2 giveaways/game 5.4% sack rate last 5: 5-0
Primary weapon: Jeff Caldwell WR — 36% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 70 · Efficient Balance 61 Ball security 65 Back usage 8% QB runs 2.9/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 91 WR 79 TE 95 RB 72 OL 78 DL 85 LB 74 DB 82
Best: Brock Bowers TE 95 Fastest: Jeff Caldwell WR 95 SPD 6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
thecozyfiles
Vikings · his last 7 games
Throws it Gives it away Runs the quarterback
Pass / run71% / 29% Points for / against37.0 — 33.4 Margin+3.6 Giveaways a game2.7 Sacks taken4.6% of dropbacks Lead backDemond Claiborne · 7.3/g Top targetGermie Bernard · 31% QB carries3.3 a game
stuuumouuu
Dolphins · his last 8 games
Throws it Runs the quarterback
Pass / run84% / 16% Points for / against38.4 — 25.1 Margin+13.2 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken5.4% of dropbacks Lead backEli Heidenreich · 1.8/g Top targetJeff Caldwell · 36% QB carries2.1 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 stuuumouuu against thecozyfiles — the men, not the teams
stuuumouuu leads it 1-0. stuuumouuu won the last one.
1 meeting avg 52.0 — 24.0 biggest: 28 pts to stuuumouuu
S1 · week 4 stuuumouuu 52 — 24 thecozyfiles STUUUMOUUU
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
Dolphins receivers vs Vikings secondary 79 v 85 VIKINGS
Vikings receivers vs Dolphins secondary 82 v 82 EVEN
Dolphins line vs Vikings front 78 v 80 EVEN
Vikings line vs Dolphins front 83 v 85 EVEN
Dolphins backs vs Vikings run defence 72 v 80 VIKINGS
Vikings backs vs Dolphins run defence 80 v 81 EVEN
Dolphins passer vs Vikings secondary 91 v 85 DOLPHINS
Vikings passer vs Dolphins secondary 77 v 82 DOLPHINS
TOP PERFORMERS
Malik Willis QB Dolphins 460 pass yds
J.J. McCarthy QB Vikings 300 pass yds
Jeff Caldwell WR Dolphins 158 rec yds
Chris Bell WR Dolphins 115 rec yds
Brock Bowers TE Dolphins 102 rec yds
Jordan Addison WR Vikings 99 rec yds
Germie Bernard WR Vikings 75 rec yds
Demond Claiborne HB Vikings 71 rec yds
J.J. McCarthy QB Vikings 64 rush yds
Kain Medrano LEDG Dolphins 2 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
DOLPHINS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Malik Willis QB 19/2746060071152.3
VIKINGS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
J.J. McCarthy QB 20/353002234680.6
RECENT FORM
Dolphins
L 39–43 vs Chiefs WK 3
L 35–56 vs 49ers WK 2
W 34–0 vs Raiders WK 1
Vikings
W 34–31 vs Buccaneers WK 3
L 21–31 vs Bears WK 2
L 38–41 vs Packers WK 1
TEAM STATS
Dolphins Vikings
505 TOTAL YARDS 397
460 PASSING YARDS 300
45 RUSHING YARDS 97
0 SACKS ALLOWED 3
4 SACKS MADE 0
0 GIVEAWAYS 3
2 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 DOLPHINS — 0 VIKINGS
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