Cardinals @ Cowboys · Week 8

WEEK 8 · FINAL

THE READ

Cowboys beat Cardinals, 27-14

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Cardinals	-25.4	+2.8	-28.1	-9
Cowboys	-13.4	-1.1	-12.2	-11

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.

Carson Beck

Cardinals

20/40, 266 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Jaydon Blue

Cowboys

12 carries, 115 yards, 2 TD

CeeDee Lamb

Cowboys

6 catches, 67 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Jaydon Blue has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Carson Beck has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Marvin Harrison Jr has not had a better afternoon this season.

🧊 Jeremiyah Love — 88 overall — was held to 34 rushing yards, against an average of 76.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Cardinals 266, Cowboys 110 Cardinals

On the ground Cowboys 203, Cardinals 74 Cowboys

Total yards Cardinals 340, Cowboys 313 Cardinals

Giveaways Cowboys 3, Cardinals 1 Cardinals

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% · 13.9 scored, 42.0 allowed

6.6 yds/att 50.2% completions 4.1 yds/carry 290.8 yds/game 2.3 giveaways/game 6.9% sack rate last 5: 0-5

Primary weapon: Trey McBride TE — 43% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY VERY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 28 · Turnover-prone Balance 97 Ball security 35 Back usage 44% QB runs 1.4/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 2.3 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 74 WR 79 TE 99 RB 84 OL 80 DL 80 LB 74 DB 82

Best: Trey McBride TE 99 Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 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

Bilodeau29

Cowboys · his last 8 games

Balanced Gives it away One target

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against23.5 — 35.8 Margin-12.2 Giveaways a game2.2 Sacks taken8.2% of dropbacks Lead backJaydon Blue · 12.0/g Top targetCeeDee Lamb · 38% QB carries4.4 a game

dogmanrk

Cardinals · his last 8 games

Runs it Gives it away One back One target

Pass / run54% / 46% Points for / against14.9 — 43.4 Margin-28.5 Giveaways a game2.4 Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 20.1/g Top targetTrey McBride · 43% QB carries1.4 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 dogmanrk against Bilodeau29 — the men, not the teams

Bilodeau29 leads it 1-0. Bilodeau29 won the last one.

1 meeting avg 14.0 — 27.0 biggest: 13 pts to Bilodeau29

S1 · week 8 dogmanrk 14 — 27 Bilodeau29 BILODEAU29

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

Cardinals receivers vs Cowboys secondary 79 v 86 COWBOYS

Cowboys receivers vs Cardinals secondary 88 v 82 COWBOYS

Cardinals line vs Cowboys front 80 v 85 COWBOYS

Cowboys line vs Cardinals front 82 v 80 EVEN

Cardinals backs vs Cowboys run defence 84 v 84 EVEN

Cowboys backs vs Cardinals run defence 82 v 78 COWBOYS

Cardinals passer vs Cowboys secondary 74 v 86 COWBOYS

Cowboys passer vs Cardinals secondary 81 v 82 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Carson Beck QB Cardinals 266 pass yds

Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 115 rush yds

CeeDee Lamb WR Cowboys 67 rec yds

Marvin Harrison Jr WR Cardinals 67 rec yds

Michael Wilson WR Cardinals 65 rec yds

Trey McBride TE Cardinals 58 rec yds

Quinnen Williams DT Cowboys 1.5 sacks

Cobie Durant CB Cowboys 1 INTs

Sean Murphy-Bunting CB Cardinals 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

CARDINALS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Carson Beck QB	20/40	266	1	1	5	26	69.3

COWBOYS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Joe Milton QB	13/29	110	1	1	3	22	52.3

CARDINALS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jeremiyah Love HB	17	34	2	1	1	3	8
Tyler Allgeier HB	5	29	5.8	0	2	21	21
Carson Beck QB	3	9	3	0	0	0	5
Michael Wilson WR	1	2	2	0	0	0	2
Trey McBride TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

COWBOYS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jaydon Blue HB	12	115	9.6	2	4	60	31	1
Javonte Williams HB	10	40	4	0	2	15	18	0
Joe Milton QB	5	26	5.2	0	0	0	8	1
CeeDee Lamb WR	5	22	4.4	0	0	0	10	0

CARDINALS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Marvin Harrison Jr WR	4	67	16.8	0	15	0	23
Michael Wilson WR	4	65	16.2	0	8	0	26
Trey McBride TE	3	58	19.3	1	26	1	23
Devin Duvernay WR	2	31	15.5	0	11	0	18
Elijah Higgins TE	3	20	6.7	0	7	0	11
Jeremiyah Love HB	2	14	7	0	11	0	7
Reggie Virgil WR	1	7	7	0	0	0	7
Tyler Allgeier HB	1	4	4	0	3	0	4

COWBOYS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
CeeDee Lamb WR	6	67	11.2	1	14	22
George Pickens WR	2	18	9	0	0	10
KaVontae Turpin WR	2	10	5	0	5	7
Taysom Hill TE	1	9	9	0	7	9
Jaydon Blue HB	2	6	3	0	4	3

CARDINALS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Sean Murphy-Bunting CB	7	0	1	0	0	3
Max Melton CB	4	0	0	4	0	2
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS	4	0	0	0	0	3
Mack Wilson Sr MIKE	4	0	0	1	0	3
Zaven Collins LEDG	4	1	0	0	1	0
Kei'Trel Clark CB	4	0	0	0	1	1
Walter Nolen III DT	3	1	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Proctor DT	2	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Sweat REDG	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cody Simon WILL	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Gibbens MIKE	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dante Stills DT	2	1	0	0	0	0
Budda Baker SS	1	0	0	1	0	1
Isaiah Oliver SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darius Robinson DT	1	0	0	0	0	0
Karson Sharar WILL	1	0	0	0	0	0

COWBOYS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Rashan Gary LEDG	6	1	0	0	0
Caleb Downs SS	5	0	0	0	3
Quinnen Williams DT	5	1.5	0	0	0
Jalen Pitre CB	5	0	0	0	5
Malachi Lawrence LEDG	4	1	0	0	0
Markquese Bell SS	3	0	0	0	3
Cobie Durant CB	3	0	1	1	1
DaRon Bland CB	3	0	0	1	3
Kenny Clark DT	2	0.5	0	0	0
Jalen Thompson FS	2	0	0	1	3
DeMarvion Overshown WILL	2	0	0	0	1
Bobby Okereke MIKE	2	0.5	0	0	0
Sam Williams REDG	1	0	0	0	0
Dee Winters WILL	1	0	0	0	0
Otito Ogbonnia DT	0	0.5	0	0	0

CARDINALS

nothing recorded

COWBOYS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Brandon Aubrey K	1/1	2/2	31

RECENT FORM

Cardinals

L 14–48 vs Broncos WK 7

L 20–42 vs Rams WK 6

L 29–50 vs Lions WK 5

Cowboys

W 54–31 vs Eagles WK 7

L 6–43 vs Packers WK 6

L 19–52 vs Buccaneers WK 5

TEAM STATS

Cardinals		Cowboys
340	TOTAL YARDS	313
266	PASSING YARDS	110
74	RUSHING YARDS	203
5	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	5
1	GIVEAWAYS	3
3	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

0 CARDINALS — 1 COWBOYS

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