Texans @ Titans · Week 5 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 5 · FINAL

THE READ

Texans run away with it, 34-10

Texans were never troubled, putting Titans away 34-10. Dak Prescott threw for Texans — 20/36, 277 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. Haynes King was steady for Titans — 13/29, 233 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Devin Culp's high-water mark for the year. Total yards: Texans 359, Titans 267.

Jaylen Rivers The insider

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Texans	+9.1	-4.2	+13.3	+11
Titans	-1.2	-3.2	+2.0	-1

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.

Texans — AFC #1 · division · 7-1 Titans — in the hunt · 5-3 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Daniel Keller The numbers guy

Houston's ground game, which averaged 82 yards to Tennessee's 34, did the real work here—the Titans threw 83% of the time on 6 rushing attempts, which is what happens when you're already beaten and the math stops mattering.

Ava Collins Beat reporter · replying

Houston's 5-0 start is real—they're outscoring teams by 11 a game with a legitimate defense—while Tennessee's 3-2 record masks a team that can't move the ball on the ground and is hemorrhaging possessions; the Titans' 34 rushing yards tonight showed what happens when you have nothing to lean on.

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.

Dak Prescott

Texans

20/36, 277 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Haynes King

Titans

13/29, 233 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT

Marlin Klein

Texans

8 catches, 103 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Devin Culp has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Marlin Klein has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 Nick Singleton is still searching for it: 40 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 58.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Texans 359, Titans 267 Texans

On the ground Texans 82, Titans 34 Texans

Through the air Texans 277, Titans 233 Texans

Giveaways Titans 2, Texans 1 Texans

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 61% · Rush 39% · 35.9 scored, 22.6 allowed

9.3 yds/att 60.2% completions 5.1 yds/carry 396.6 yds/game 1.0 giveaways/game 2.2% sack rate last 5: 5-0

Primary weapon: Nico Collins WR — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 75 · Efficient Balance 89 Ball security 72 Back usage 31% QB runs 4.3/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 94 WR 85 TE 85 RB 82 OL 82 DL 89 LB 78 DB 88

Best: Danielle Hunter REDG 96 Fastest: Trey Palmer WR 95 SPD 8 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

Horn of Salvation

Titans · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away

Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against30.9 — 28.9 Margin+2.0 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken5.4% of dropbacks Lead backNick Singleton · 10.0/g Top targetCarnell Tate · 25% QB carries2.6 a game

Toldher

Texans · his last 7 games

Balanced

Pass / run61% / 39% Points for / against35.9 — 22.6 Margin+13.3 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken2.2% of dropbacks Lead backBlake Corum · 13.0/g Top targetNico Collins · 29% QB carries2.6 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 Toldher against Horn of Salvation — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 34.0 — 10.0 biggest: 24 pts to Toldher

S1 · week 5 Toldher 34 — 10 Horn of Salvation TOLDHER

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

Texans receivers vs Titans secondary 85 v 79 TEXANS

Titans receivers vs Texans secondary 88 v 88 EVEN

Texans line vs Titans front 82 v 84 EVEN

Titans line vs Texans front 76 v 89 TEXANS

Texans backs vs Titans run defence 82 v 82 EVEN

Titans backs vs Texans run defence 78 v 85 TEXANS

Texans passer vs Titans secondary 94 v 79 TEXANS

Titans passer vs Texans secondary 77 v 88 TEXANS

TOP PERFORMERS

Dak Prescott QB Texans 277 pass yds

Haynes King QB Titans 233 pass yds

Marlin Klein TE Texans 103 rec yds

Nico Collins WR Texans 81 rec yds

Devin Culp TE Titans 81 rec yds

Blake Corum HB Texans 70 rush yds

Carnell Tate WR Titans 55 rec yds

Chimere Dike WR Titans 52 rec yds

Trey Palmer WR Texans 50 rec yds

Kamari Lassiter CB Texans 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

TEXANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Dak Prescott QB	20/36	277	2	1	0	29	87.3

TITANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Haynes King QB	13/29	233	1	2	1	52	55.6

TEXANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Blake Corum HB	18	70	3.9	0	4	33	31
Dak Prescott QB	4	9	2.2	2	0	3	6
Trey Benson HB	1	3	3	0	0	2	3

TITANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Nick Singleton HB	4	23	5.8	0	9	14
Haynes King QB	2	11	5.5	0	1	10
Chimere Dike WR	0	0	0	2	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Marlin Klein TE	8	103	12.9	1	23	0	20
Nico Collins WR	6	81	13.5	1	14	2	24
Trey Palmer WR	2	50	25	0	17	0	29
Jayden Higgins WR	3	25	8.3	0	6	0	16
Blake Corum HB	1	18	18	0	23	0	18

TITANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Devin Culp TE	4	81	20.2	1	41	47
Carnell Tate WR	3	55	18.3	0	14	29
Chimere Dike WR	1	52	52	0	7	52
Nick Singleton HB	3	27	9	0	20	13
Tyreek Hill WR	2	18	9	0	0	13

TEXANS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Calen Bullock FS	2	0	0	1
Will Anderson Jr LEDG	2	1	0	0
Ronnie Hickman SS	2	0	0	0
Shavon Revel Jr CB	2	0	1	0
Collin Oliver REDG	1	0	0	0
Kamari Lassiter CB	1	0	1	0
Reed Blankenship SS	1	0	0	0
Jamal Hill WILL	1	0	0	0
Danielle Hunter REDG	1	0	0	0
Justin Eboigbe DT	0	0	0	2
Derek Stingley Jr CB	0	0	0	1

TITANS

PLAYER	TKL	INT	PD
Nazeeh Johnson CB	5	0	0
Joshua Williams CB	4	0	0
Kevin Winston Jr FS	3	0	0
Yaya Diaby REDG	3	0	0
Alontae Taylor CB	2	0	0
Micah Robinson CB	1	0	1
Dorian Mausi Jr WILL	1	0	0
Jeffery Simmons DT	1	0	0
Jermaine Johnson II REDG	1	0	1
Kendell Brooks FS	1	0	1
Marcus Harris CB	1	1	0
Cody Barton MIKE	1	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Ka'imi Fairbairn K	2/2	4/4	27

TITANS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Joey Slye K	1/2	1/1	41

RECENT FORM

Texans

W 28–24 vs Cowboys WK 4

W 31–30 vs Colts WK 3

W 38–24 vs Bengals WK 2

Titans

W 33–21 vs Ravens WK 4

W 49–24 vs Giants WK 3

L 21–47 vs Eagles WK 2

TEAM STATS

Texans		Titans
359	TOTAL YARDS	267
277	PASSING YARDS	233
82	RUSHING YARDS	34
0	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	0
1	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	TAKEAWAYS	1

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 TEXANS — 0 TITANS

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