Colts @ Vikings · Week 7 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 7 · FINAL

THE READ

Vikings run away with it, 73-21

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Colts	-9.8	+4.4	-14.2	-5
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.

Vikings — in the hunt · 4-4 Playoff picture →

J.J. McCarthy

Vikings

24/33, 558 yards, 9 TD, 2 INT

Germie Bernard

Vikings

7 catches, 260 yards, 2 TD

Jonathan Taylor

Colts

25 carries, 219 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ J.J. McCarthy has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Germie Bernard has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Jonathan Taylor has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Garrett Wilson has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Vikings 558, Colts 234 Vikings

On the ground Colts 282, Vikings 0 Colts

Total yards Vikings 558, Colts 516 Vikings

Giveaways Vikings 2, Colts 3 Vikings

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 54% · Rush 46% · 23.0 scored, 37.2 allowed

6.8 yds/att 52.6% completions 5.8 yds/carry 343.8 yds/game 1.8 giveaways/game 3.7% sack rate last 5: 0-5

Primary weapon: Keenan Allen WR — 24% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 35 · Turnover-prone Balance 96 Ball security 51 Back usage 38% QB runs 4.4/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 1.8 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 78 WR 85 TE 85 RB 86 OL 85 DL 85 LB 77 DB 84

Best: Quenton Nelson LG 98 Fastest: Deion Burks 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

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

Ant

Colts · his last 3 games

Ant has 3 games on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.

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 Ant against thecozyfiles — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 21.0 — 73.0 biggest: 52 pts to thecozyfiles

S1 · week 7 Ant 21 — 73 thecozyfiles THECOZYFILES

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

Colts receivers vs Vikings secondary 85 v 85 EVEN

Vikings receivers vs Colts secondary 82 v 84 EVEN

Colts line vs Vikings front 85 v 80 COLTS

Vikings line vs Colts front 83 v 85 EVEN

Colts backs vs Vikings run defence 86 v 80 COLTS

Vikings backs vs Colts run defence 80 v 82 EVEN

Colts passer vs Vikings secondary 78 v 85 VIKINGS

Vikings passer vs Colts secondary 77 v 84 COLTS

TOP PERFORMERS

J.J. McCarthy QB Vikings 558 pass yds

Germie Bernard WR Vikings 260 rec yds

Anthony Richardson Sr QB Colts 234 pass yds

Jonathan Taylor HB Colts 219 rush yds

Jordan Addison WR Vikings 126 rec yds

Zachariah Branch WR Vikings 122 rec yds

Garrett Wilson WR Colts 101 rec yds

Alec Pierce WR Colts 96 rec yds

Tyler Warren TE Colts 92 rec yds

Anthony Richardson Sr QB Colts 63 rush yds

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BOX SCORE

COLTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Anthony Richardson Sr QB	8/34	234	0	3	3	49	18.9

VIKINGS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
J.J. McCarthy QB	24/33	558	9	2	2	95	129.1

COLTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jonathan Taylor HB	25	219	8.8	2	1	78	64
Anthony Richardson Sr QB	5	63	12.6	1	0	10	42
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

VIKINGS

nothing recorded

COLTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	DRP	LNG
Garrett Wilson WR	6	101	16.8	19	0	34
Alec Pierce WR	3	96	32	3	1	49
Tyler Warren TE	3	92	30.7	30	1	44
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR	1	35	35	5	0	35
Josh Downs WR	1	11	11	4	0	11
Jonathan Taylor HB	0	0	0	0	1	0

VIKINGS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Germie Bernard WR	7	260	37.1	2	129	95
Jordan Addison WR	6	126	21	4	42	60
Zachariah Branch WR	5	122	24.4	1	48	36
T.J. Hockenson TE	4	45	11.2	1	16	18
Demond Claiborne HB	2	5	2.5	1	1	3

COLTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
A.J. Haulcy SS	3	0	0	0
Cam Taylor-Britt CB	3	0	0	0
CJ Allen MIKE	2	1	1	1
Camryn Bynum FS	2	0	0	0
Charvarius Ward Sr CB	2	0	1	0
Kyle Van Noy LEDG	1	0	0	0
Grover Stewart DT	1	1	0	0
Sione Takitaki SAM	1	0	0	0
Laiatu Latu LEDG	0	0	0	1

VIKINGS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
A.J. Terrell Jr CB	6	0	1	3
Josh Metellus FS	3	0	0	0
Byron Murphy Jr CB	3	0	0	1
Anthony Hill Jr. MIKE	3	0	0	0
Dallas Turner LEDG	3	2	0	0
Tre Hawkins III CB	3	0	0	0
Jonathon Cooper DT	3	1	0	0
Blake Cashman SAM	3	0	0	0
Jakobe Thomas SS	1	0	1	2
Eric Wilson WILL	1	0	1	1
Jay Ward FS	1	0	0	0
Isaiah Rodgers Sr CB	1	0	0	3

COLTS

nothing recorded

VIKINGS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Will Reichard K	1/1	10/10	53

RECENT FORM

Colts

L 30–33 vs Titans WK 6

L 7–35 vs Steelers WK 5

L 21–28 vs Commanders WK 4

Vikings

W 27–20 vs Saints WK 5

L 24–52 vs Dolphins WK 4

W 34–31 vs Buccaneers WK 3

TEAM STATS

Colts		Vikings
516	TOTAL YARDS	558
234	PASSING YARDS	558
282	RUSHING YARDS	0
3	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	3
3	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	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 COLTS — 1 VIKINGS

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