Steelers @ Buccaneers · Week 6

WEEK 6 · FINAL

THE READ

Steelers win the turnover battle and the game

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Steelers	-1.7	-6.7	+5.0	+12
Buccaneers	+10.9	-3.8	+14.7	+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.

Steelers — AFC #6 · 6-2 Buccaneers — NFC #2 · division · 7-2 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

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

The whole board →

Baker Mayfield

Buccaneers

22/30, 377 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT

Jahmyr Gibbs

Steelers

24 carries, 216 yards, 2 TD

Bucky Irving

Buccaneers

12 catches, 157 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Baker Mayfield has now cleared 250 passing yards in 6 straight games.

⭐ Bucky Irving has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Jahmyr Gibbs has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 Kyler Murray is still searching for it: 143 passing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 222.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Buccaneers 377, Steelers 108 Buccaneers

On the ground Steelers 231, Buccaneers 27 Steelers

Total yards Buccaneers 404, Steelers 339 Buccaneers

Giveaways Buccaneers 4, Steelers 0 Steelers

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

Balanced Pass 53% · Rush 47% · 37.1 scored, 32.1 allowed

8.4 yds/att 58.5% completions 7.9 yds/carry 396.2 yds/game 1.6 giveaways/game 4.6% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Ricky Pearsall WR — 27% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 64 · Aggressive Balance 97 Ball security 54 Back usage 40% QB runs 3.1/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 79 WR 87 TE 80 RB 91 OL 75 DL 84 LB 78 DB 86

Best: Cam Heyward DT 99 Fastest: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 98 SPD 6 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

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

Backendwop

Steelers · his last 8 games

Runs it One back

Pass / run53% / 47% Points for / against37.1 — 32.1 Margin+5.0 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken4.6% of dropbacks Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 17.9/g Top targetRicky Pearsall · 27% QB carries2.8 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 Backendwop against nardwick — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 31.0 — 28.0 biggest: 3 pts to Backendwop

S1 · week 6 Backendwop 31 — 28 nardwick BACKENDWOP

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

Steelers receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 87 v 88 EVEN

Buccaneers receivers vs Steelers secondary 85 v 86 EVEN

Steelers line vs Buccaneers front 75 v 86 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers line vs Steelers front 81 v 84 STEELERS

Steelers backs vs Buccaneers run defence 91 v 83 STEELERS

Buccaneers backs vs Steelers run defence 84 v 82 EVEN

Steelers passer vs Buccaneers secondary 79 v 88 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers passer vs Steelers secondary 96 v 86 BUCCANEERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 377 pass yds

Jahmyr Gibbs HB Steelers 216 rush yds

Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 157 rec yds

Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 84 rec yds

Justin Jefferson WR Steelers 79 rec yds

Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 68 rec yds

Jahmyr Gibbs HB Steelers 66 rec yds

Joey Porter CB Steelers 1 INTs

Jalen Ramsey CB Steelers 1 INTs

Jaquan Brisker SS Steelers 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

STEELERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Kyler Murray QB	8/11	108	2	0	1	42	143.1

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Baker Mayfield QB	22/30	377	4	3	3	56	115.2

STEELERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	24	216	9	2	1	38	65	0
Kyler Murray QB	2	15	7.5	0	0	2	12	0

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Baker Mayfield QB	2	27	13.5	0	0	4	16	0
Ted Hurst III WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

STEELERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Justin Jefferson WR	8	79	9.9	0	18	0	18
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	3	66	22	1	80	0	42
Ricky Pearsall WR	3	40	13.3	0	17	1	19
Quentin Johnston WR	2	23	11.5	0	2	0	19
Darnell Washington TE	2	16	8	1	1	0	12

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Bucky Irving HB	12	157	13.1	1	128	56
Emeka Egbuka WR	4	84	21	1	52	42
Ted Hurst III WR	3	68	22.7	0	41	34
Eli Stowers TE	2	43	21.5	1	16	42
Adonai Mitchell WR	1	25	25	1	17	25

STEELERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF
Robert Spears-Jennings FS	6	0	0	0	0
Will Lee III CB	3	0	0	0	0
Joey Porter CB	2	0	1	0	0
Jaquan Brisker SS	2	0	1	1	0
Rayshawn Jenkins FS	2	0	0	0	1
Sebastian Castro FS	1	0	0	0	0
Malik Harrison MIKE	1	1	0	0	0
Patrick Queen MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Elandon Roberts MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Cam Heyward DT	1	1	0	0	0
Marshon Lattimore CB	1	0	0	0	0
DeShon Elliott SS	0	0	0	1	0
Jalen Ramsey CB	0	0	1	0	0

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Cor'Dale Flott SS	5	0	0
Shemar Stewart REDG	4	1	0
Zyon McCollum CB	4	0	1
Calijah Kancey DT	3	0	0
Kelee Ringo FS	2	0	0
Jacob Parrish CB	2	0	0
Alex Anzalone WILL	1	0	0
Troy Andersen MIKE	1	0	0
Vita Vea DT	1	0	0
Antoine Winfield Jr FS	0	0	1

STEELERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Chris Boswell K	1/1	4/4	30

BUCCANEERS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Steelers

W 35–7 vs Colts WK 5

L 31–34 vs Browns WK 4

L 35–56 vs Bengals WK 3

Buccaneers

W 52–19 vs Cowboys WK 5

W 31–28 vs Packers WK 4

L 31–34 vs Vikings WK 3

TEAM STATS

Steelers		Buccaneers
339	TOTAL YARDS	404
108	PASSING YARDS	377
231	RUSHING YARDS	27
1	SACKS ALLOWED	3
2	SACKS MADE	1
0	GIVEAWAYS	4
4	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 STEELERS — 0 BUCCANEERS

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