Eagles @ Commanders · Week 8

WEEK 8 · FINAL

THE READ

Eagles beat Commanders, 29-21

Eagles got it done 29-21 over Commanders. Jalen Hurts threw for Eagles — 22/31, 252 yards, 3 TD. Jayden Daniels was steady for Commanders — 22/36, 237 yards, 3 TD — in a losing effort. That is 3 straight games over 250 for Jalen Hurts. Total yards: Eagles 429, Commanders 330.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Eagles	-1.9	-4.8	+2.9	+12
Commanders	-3.9	-2.1	-1.9	+0

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.

Eagles — NFC #3 · division · 6-3 Commanders — NFC #7 · 4-4 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Riley Parker The chaos merchant

Both quarterbacks threw for 3 touchdowns on nearly identical completion rates, but Philadelphia's ground game—177 yards to Washington's 93—made this a one-dimensional fight that the Commanders couldn't answer.

Daniel Keller The numbers guy · replying

Washington's defense couldn't generate pressure—0 sacks—and paid for it when Philadelphia's passing game stayed efficient enough to complement a ground attack that left the Commanders chasing ghosts.

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.

Jalen Hurts

Eagles

22/31, 252 yards, 3 TD

Jayden Daniels

Commanders

22/36, 237 yards, 3 TD

Makai Lemon

Eagles

5 catches, 96 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Jalen Hurts has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Rachaad White has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Terry McLaurin has not had a better afternoon this season.

📈 Makai Lemon is in form: 107 receiving yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 62.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Eagles 429, Commanders 330 Eagles

On the ground Eagles 177, Commanders 93 Eagles

Through the air Eagles 252, Commanders 237 Eagles

Pressure Commanders 0 sacks, Eagles 2 Eagles

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 59% · Rush 41% · 31.9 scored, 29.0 allowed

8.5 yds/att 60.3% completions 6.5 yds/carry 391.4 yds/game 0.9 giveaways/game 6.2% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: DeVonta Smith WR — 26% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 69 · Efficient Balance 91 Ball security 75 Back usage 33% QB runs 3.9/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 87 WR 85 TE 89 RB 86 OL 88 DL 86 LB 81 DB 85

Best: Lane Johnson RT 99 Fastest: Saquon Barkley HB 95 SPD 12 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

Azurxe

Commanders · his last 7 games

Throws it

Pass / run66% / 34% Points for / against25.9 — 27.7 Margin-1.9 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken6.3% of dropbacks Lead backJacory Croskey-Merritt · 9.4/g Top targetAntonio Williams · 30% QB carries3.1 a game

darryl4reid

Eagles · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against31.8 — 30.6 Margin+1.1 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken6.6% of dropbacks Lead backSaquon Barkley · 13.2/g Top targetDeVonta Smith · 27% QB carries3.8 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 darryl4reid against Azurxe — the men, not the teams

darryl4reid leads it 2-0. darryl4reid has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 31.0 — 18.5 biggest: 17 pts to darryl4reid

S1 · week 8 darryl4reid 29 — 21 Azurxe DARRYL4REID

S1 · week 1 darryl4reid 33 — 16 Azurxe DARRYL4REID

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

Eagles receivers vs Commanders secondary 85 v 80 EAGLES

Commanders receivers vs Eagles secondary 88 v 85 COMMANDERS

Eagles line vs Commanders front 88 v 81 EAGLES

Commanders line vs Eagles front 81 v 86 EAGLES

Eagles backs vs Commanders run defence 86 v 81 EAGLES

Commanders backs vs Eagles run defence 80 v 85 EAGLES

Eagles passer vs Commanders secondary 87 v 80 EAGLES

Commanders passer vs Eagles secondary 82 v 85 EAGLES

TOP PERFORMERS

Jalen Hurts QB Eagles 252 pass yds

Jayden Daniels QB Commanders 237 pass yds

Saquon Barkley HB Eagles 124 rush yds

Makai Lemon WR Eagles 96 rec yds

Terry McLaurin WR Commanders 83 rec yds

Antonio Williams WR Commanders 75 rec yds

Dallas Goedert TE Eagles 68 rec yds

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BOX SCORE

EAGLES

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jalen Hurts QB	22/31	252	3	0	0	51	127.3

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jayden Daniels QB	22/36	237	3	0	2	51	108.2

EAGLES

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Saquon Barkley HB	17	124	7.3	1	6	50	30
Tank Bigsby HB	7	45	6.4	0	1	18	21
Jalen Hurts QB	3	12	4	0	0	0	8
Dallas Goedert TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Makai Lemon WR	1	-4	-4	0	2	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Rachaad White HB	6	36	6	1	12	18
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	10	34	3.4	1	0	7
Jayden Daniels QB	6	20	3.3	0	0	7
Kaytron Allen HB	1	3	3	0	0	3
Stefon Diggs WR	2	0	0	0	0	3
Terry McLaurin WR	2	0	0	1	0	4
Chigoziem Okonkwo TE	0	0	0	2	0	0

EAGLES

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Makai Lemon WR	5	96	19.2	2	58	51
Dallas Goedert TE	7	68	9.7	1	19	13
DeVonta Smith WR	3	36	12	0	1	18
Marquise Brown WR	3	23	7.7	0	14	13
Grant Calcaterra TE	2	18	9	0	5	9
Saquon Barkley HB	1	8	8	0	0	8
Jayden Reed WR	1	3	3	0	0	3

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Terry McLaurin WR	5	83	16.6	1	44	51
Antonio Williams WR	5	75	15	1	4	24
Stefon Diggs WR	4	36	9	0	3	13
Jacory Croskey-Merritt HB	5	29	5.8	0	17	14
Chigoziem Okonkwo TE	2	13	6.5	0	8	10
John Bates TE	1	1	1	1	0	1

EAGLES

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	CMP ALW
Jihaad Campbell MIKE	11	0	0	4
Cooper DeJean CB	6	0	0	3
Riq Woolen CB	5	0	0	2
Jalen Carter DT	4	0	0	0
Andrew Mukuba FS	3	0	0	5
Michael Carter II SS	3	0	1	3
Isaiah Bolden SS	3	0	0	2
Quinyon Mitchell CB	2	0	0	3
Jonathan Greenard REDG	2	1	0	0
Jeremiah Trotter Jr SAM	1	0	0	0
Ty Robinson DT	1	0	0	0
A.J. Epenesa REDG	1	0	0	0
Zack Baun WILL	1	1	0	0
Jordan Davis DT	1	0	0	0
Moro Ojomo DT	1	0	0	0
Jonathan Jones CB	1	0	0	0

COMMANDERS

PLAYER	TKL	PD	CMP ALW
Mike Sainristil CB	7	0	3
Sonny Styles MIKE	6	0	3
Daron Payne DT	5	0	0
Darius Rush CB	5	0	3
Trey Amos CB	4	0	3
Nick Cross SS	4	0	3
Odafe Oweh LEDG	3	0	0
Percy Butler FS	3	1	1
Frankie Luvu WILL	2	0	2
Leo Chenal WILL	2	0	0
Quan Martin FS	2	0	3
Charles Omenihu DT	1	0	0
Darrell Baker Jr CB	1	0	0

EAGLES

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jake Elliott K	1/1	2/3	23

COMMANDERS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Eagles

L 31–54 vs Cowboys WK 7

W 21–14 vs Panthers WK 6

W 21–7 vs Jaguars WK 5

Commanders

L 21–40 vs 49ers WK 6

W 23–21 vs Giants WK 5

W 28–21 vs Colts WK 4

TEAM STATS

Eagles		Commanders
429	TOTAL YARDS	330
252	PASSING YARDS	237
177	RUSHING YARDS	93
0	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	0
0	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	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

2 EAGLES — 0 COMMANDERS

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