49ers @ Seahawks · Week 5

WEEK 5 · FINAL

THE READ

Seahawks run away with it, 52-30

A long afternoon for 49ers. Seahawks by 22. Sam Darnold was steady for Seahawks — 18/25, 363 yards, 6 TD. Brock Purdy was steady for 49ers — 20/41, 418 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Brock Purdy has now cleared 250 passing yards in 5 in a row. Total yards: 49ers 469, Seahawks 409.

Zoe Bell The contrarian

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
49ers	+11.6	-1.4	+13.0	+9
Seahawks	+12.3	+0.6	+11.7	+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.

Seahawks — NFC #1 · division · 8-1 49ers — NFC #5 · 6-2 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#1 Brock Purdy QB · 49ers · 36.9% of the field

#4 Mike Evans WR · 49ers · 11.5% of the field

#8 Sam Darnold QB · Seahawks · 1.3% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Luca Santana Analyst

San Francisco had every chance to stay in this — they outgained Seattle 469 to 409 and Purdy threw 4 touchdown passes — but 3 turnovers to none flipped a close game into a 22-point loss, and when you're asking your quarterback to beat a team that's not giving the ball away, you're asking too much.

Daniel Keller The numbers guy · replying

Seattle's defense didn't have to earn this one—San Francisco beat itself into a 22-point hole by coughing it up 3 times while the Seahawks held serve at 0, and a team that had outgained its opponent decided to live and die by the pass anyway, 41 times.

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.

Sam Darnold

Seahawks

18/25, 363 yards, 6 TD

Brock Purdy

49ers

20/41, 418 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT

De'Von Achane

Seahawks

7 catches, 137 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Brock Purdy has now cleared 250 passing yards in 5 straight games.

🔥 Sam Darnold has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ De'Von Achane has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 De'Zhaun Stribling is still searching for it: 54 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 92.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air 49ers 418, Seahawks 363 49ers

Total yards 49ers 453, Seahawks 409 49ers

On the ground Seahawks 46, 49ers 35 Seahawks

Giveaways Seahawks 0, 49ers 3 Seahawks

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 96% · Rush 4% · 49.8 scored, 36.8 allowed

11.6 yds/att 55.9% completions 8.6 yds/carry 482.2 yds/game 2.2 giveaways/game 3.3% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Mike Evans WR — 46% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY VERY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 63 · Aggressive Balance 40 Ball security 37 Back usage 0% QB runs 1.8/game

Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Mike Evans takes 46% of the receiving yards

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 90 WR 89 TE 78 RB 84 OL 77 DL 87 LB 78 DB 81

Best: Mike Evans WR 96 Fastest: Tyler Harrell WR 95 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

InDaGenes_8

Seahawks · his last 8 games

Throws it Protects it One back

Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against34.2 — 22.2 Margin+12.0 Giveaways a game0.8 Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks Lead backDe'Von Achane · 12.4/g Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 26% QB carries1.0 a game

49ers · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away Runs the quarterback One target

Pass / run96% / 4% Points for / against49.8 — 36.8 Margin+13.0 Giveaways a game2.2 Sacks taken3.3% of dropbacks Lead backDK Metcalf · 0.1/g Top targetMike Evans · 46% QB carries1.6 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 ¥ against InDaGenes_8 — the men, not the teams

InDaGenes_8 leads it 1-0. InDaGenes_8 won the last one.

1 meeting avg 30.0 — 52.0 biggest: 22 pts to InDaGenes_8

S1 · week 5 ¥ 30 — 52 InDaGenes_8 INDAGENES_8

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

49ers receivers vs Seahawks secondary 89 v 84 49ERS

Seahawks receivers vs 49ers secondary 87 v 81 SEAHAWKS

49ers line vs Seahawks front 77 v 86 SEAHAWKS

Seahawks line vs 49ers front 78 v 87 49ERS

49ers backs vs Seahawks run defence 84 v 85 EVEN

Seahawks backs vs 49ers run defence 88 v 84 SEAHAWKS

49ers passer vs Seahawks secondary 90 v 84 49ERS

Seahawks passer vs 49ers secondary 90 v 81 SEAHAWKS

TOP PERFORMERS

Brock Purdy QB 49ers 418 pass yds

Sam Darnold QB Seahawks 363 pass yds

De'Von Achane HB Seahawks 137 rec yds

Tory Horton WR Seahawks 133 rec yds

De'Zhaun Stribling WR 49ers 95 rec yds

Mike Evans WR 49ers 72 rec yds

DK Metcalf WR 49ers 64 rec yds

Rashid Shaheed WR Seahawks 61 rec yds

Jordyn Brooks MIKE Seahawks 1 INTs

Ernest Jones IV MIKE Seahawks 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

49ERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Brock Purdy QB	20/41	418	4	3	2	80	87.2

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Sam Darnold QB	18/25	363	6	0	0	54	153.7

49ERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Brock Purdy QB	3	35	11.7	1	1	12
Oronde Gadsden TE	0	0	0	2	0	0
DK Metcalf WR	0	0	0	1	0	0

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
De'Von Achane HB	15	46	3.1	1	3	15	13	0

49ERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
De'Zhaun Stribling WR	4	95	23.8	1	85	0	66
Mike Evans WR	5	72	14.4	2	16	1	22
DK Metcalf WR	2	64	32	1	34	0	48
Oronde Gadsden TE	3	34	11.3	0	25	0	15

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
De'Von Achane HB	7	137	19.6	2	102	35
Tory Horton WR	6	133	22.2	3	13	42
Rashid Shaheed WR	2	61	30.5	0	8	54
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR	2	21	10.5	0	1	17
Evan Svoboda TE	1	11	11	1	8	11

49ERS

PLAYER	TKL	PD
Renardo Green CB	3	0
Romello Height LEDG	2	0
Ephesians Prysock CB	2	0
Jack Jones CB	2	0
Tyler Owens SS	2	0
Treydan Stukes FS	1	0
Mykel Williams DT	1	0
Deommodore Lenoir CB	1	0
Jailin Walker MIKE	0	1

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Ernest Jones IV MIKE	4	0	1	1
Devon Witherspoon CB	3	0	0	1
Nehemiah Pritchett CB	2	0	0	0
Bud Clark FS	2	0	0	0
Kyron Johnson LEDG	2	1	0	0
DeMarcus Lawrence DT	2	1	0	0
Tyrice Knight WILL	2	0	0	0
AJ Finley SS	1	0	0	0
Jordyn Brooks MIKE	1	0	1	1
Trevon Diggs CB	1	0	1	1
Julian Love SS	0	0	0	2

49ERS

nothing recorded

SEAHAWKS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jason Myers K	1/2	7/7	54

RECENT FORM

49ers

L 31–45 vs Broncos WK 4

W 49–14 vs Cardinals WK 3

W 56–35 vs Dolphins WK 2

Seahawks

L 31–49 vs Chargers WK 4

W 31–28 vs Commanders WK 3

W 55–0 vs Cardinals WK 2

TEAM STATS

49ers		Seahawks
453	TOTAL YARDS	409
418	PASSING YARDS	363
35	RUSHING YARDS	46
2	SACKS ALLOWED	0
0	SACKS MADE	2
3	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	TAKEAWAYS	3

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 49ERS — 1 SEAHAWKS

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