Buccaneers @ Cowboys · Week 5

WEEK 5 · FINAL

THE READ

Buccaneers run away with it, 52-19

A long afternoon for Cowboys. Buccaneers by 33. Baker Mayfield did the damage for Buccaneers — 25/37, 413 yards, 6 TD. Shemar Stewart was the problem for Buccaneers — 2.5 sacks. Make it 5 consecutive games past 250 for Baker Mayfield. Through the air: Buccaneers 413, Cowboys 187.

Luca Santana Analyst

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Buccaneers	+10.9	-3.8	+14.7	+4
Cowboys	-13.4	-1.1	-12.2	-11

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.

Buccaneers — NFC #2 · division · 7-2 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#5 Baker Mayfield QB · Buccaneers · 9.4% of the field

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IN THE BOOTH

Daniel Keller The numbers guy

Baker Mayfield threw 6 touchdown passes on 413 yards and the Dallas defense generated nothing—1 sack, 2 turnovers forced. When one side's quarterback is operating in a vacuum and the other can't manufacture pressure or take the ball away, a 33-point margin understates the problem.

Elise Carter The insider · replying

Dallas is 1-4 and looking at a season that could get away from them fast. Tampa Bay just proved it can win a shootout without running the ball at all—which means this isn't a fluke, it's a choice, and it's working.

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.

Baker Mayfield

Buccaneers

25/37, 413 yards, 6 TD

Shemar Stewart

Buccaneers

2.5 sacks

Emeka Egbuka

Buccaneers

10 catches, 167 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Baker Mayfield has now cleared 250 passing yards in 5 straight games.

⭐ Emeka Egbuka has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Buccaneers 413, Cowboys 187 Buccaneers

Total yards Buccaneers 413, Cowboys 282 Buccaneers

On the ground Cowboys 95, Buccaneers 0 Cowboys

Pressure Cowboys 1 sacks, Buccaneers 5 Buccaneers

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

Pass-heavy Pass 91% · Rush 9% · 39.0 scored, 24.3 allowed

11.2 yds/att 69.6% completions 4.1 yds/carry 399.1 yds/game 1.9 giveaways/game 4.0% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Adonai Mitchell WR — 24% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 77 · Aggressive Balance 59 Ball security 47 Back usage 6% QB runs 1.1/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 1.9 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 96 WR 85 TE 80 RB 84 OL 81 DL 86 LB 75 DB 88

Best: Vita Vea DT 97 Fastest: Ted Hurst III WR 95 SPD 11 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

Bilodeau29

Cowboys · his last 8 games

Balanced Gives it away One target

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against23.5 — 35.8 Margin-12.2 Giveaways a game2.2 Sacks taken8.2% of dropbacks Lead backJaydon Blue · 12.0/g Top targetCeeDee Lamb · 38% QB carries4.4 a game

nardwick

Buccaneers · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away Runs the quarterback

Pass / run91% / 9% Points for / against39.1 — 28.2 Margin+10.9 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken4.2% of dropbacks Lead backBucky Irving · 2.2/g Top targetAdonai Mitchell · 23% QB carries1.0 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 nardwick against Bilodeau29 — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 52.0 — 19.0 biggest: 33 pts to nardwick

S1 · week 5 nardwick 52 — 19 Bilodeau29 NARDWICK

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

Buccaneers receivers vs Cowboys secondary 85 v 86 EVEN

Cowboys receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 88 v 88 EVEN

Buccaneers line vs Cowboys front 81 v 85 COWBOYS

Cowboys line vs Buccaneers front 82 v 86 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers backs vs Cowboys run defence 84 v 84 EVEN

Cowboys backs vs Buccaneers run defence 82 v 83 EVEN

Buccaneers passer vs Cowboys secondary 96 v 86 BUCCANEERS

Cowboys passer vs Buccaneers secondary 81 v 88 BUCCANEERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 413 pass yds

Joe Milton QB Cowboys 187 pass yds

Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 167 rec yds

Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 102 rec yds

Adonai Mitchell WR Buccaneers 75 rec yds

CeeDee Lamb WR Cowboys 60 rec yds

Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 52 rec yds

Shemar Stewart REDG Buccaneers 2.5 sacks

Troy Andersen MIKE Buccaneers 1 INTs

Cor'Dale Flott SS Buccaneers 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Baker Mayfield QB	25/37	413	6	0	1	65	144.4

COWBOYS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Joe Milton QB	15/34	187	2	2	5	33	56.8

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Baker Mayfield QB	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Emeka Egbuka WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bucky Irving HB	1	-1	-1	0	0	1	0

COWBOYS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jaydon Blue HB	12	44	3.7	1	2	13	10
Joe Milton QB	6	41	6.8	0	0	11	13
George Pickens WR	2	6	3	0	0	3	4
Javonte Williams HB	1	4	4	0	1	7	4

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Emeka Egbuka WR	10	167	16.7	1	65	1	38
Bucky Irving HB	6	102	17	3	99	0	65
Adonai Mitchell WR	4	75	18.8	1	6	0	28
Ted Hurst III WR	3	52	17.3	1	34	0	31
Eli Stowers TE	2	17	8.5	0	6	0	14

COWBOYS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
CeeDee Lamb WR	7	60	8.6	0	30	18
George Pickens WR	3	46	15.3	0	2	19
Taysom Hill TE	3	44	14.7	1	7	20
KaVontae Turpin WR	1	33	33	1	4	33
Jaydon Blue HB	1	4	4	0	0	4

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Jacob Parrish CB	6	0	0	2
Shemar Stewart REDG	4	2.5	0	0
Cor'Dale Flott SS	3	0	1	1
Troy Andersen MIKE	2	0	1	0
Antoine Winfield Jr FS	2	0	0	1
Vita Vea DT	2	1	0	0
Benjamin Morrison CB	2	0	0	2
Zyon McCollum CB	2	0	0	3
Rueben Bain Jr. LEDG	1	0.5	0	0
Kelee Ringo FS	1	0	0	0
Calijah Kancey DT	1	1	0	0
Keionte Scott CB	1	0	0	1
Josh Hayes FS	1	0	0	0

COWBOYS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Rashan Gary LEDG	2	1	0
Jalen Pitre CB	2	0	2
Caleb Downs SS	1	0	0
Jalen Thompson FS	1	0	0
P.J. Locke SS	1	0	0
Markquese Bell SS	1	0	0
Cobie Durant CB	1	0	1
Malik Hooker FS	1	0	0
Jaishawn Barham WILL	0	0	1

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Chase McLaughlin K	1/1	7/7	20

COWBOYS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Buccaneers

W 31–28 vs Packers WK 4

L 31–34 vs Vikings WK 3

W 45–14 vs Browns WK 2

Cowboys

L 24–28 vs Texans WK 4

L 9–47 vs Ravens WK 3

L 19–44 vs Commanders WK 2

TEAM STATS

Buccaneers		Cowboys
413	TOTAL YARDS	282
413	PASSING YARDS	187
0	RUSHING YARDS	95
1	SACKS ALLOWED	5
5	SACKS MADE	1
0	GIVEAWAYS	2
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 BUCCANEERS — 0 COWBOYS

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