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THE WIRE
WK 9 FINAL Bengals 63, Falcons 42 WK 9 FINAL Lions 14, Dolphins 35 WK 9 FINAL Giants 27, Eagles 49 MOVE Tyler Shough dev trait up Superstar to X-Factor MOVE RJ Harvey dev trait up Star to Superstar MOVE Jadon Canady dev trait up Star to X-Factor WK 1 Lions (4-4) at Bengals (4-4) WK 1 Packers (5-4) at Steelers (6-2)
WEEK 8 · FINAL
BROWNS 1-8 · 16.0 PPG 6 – 11 STEELERS 6-2 · 37.0 PPG
THE READ
Steelers win a 11-6 rockfight

Not one for the highlight reel. Steelers 11, Browns 6. Kyler Murray was steady for Steelers — 28/52, 273 yards, 1 INT. Mason Graham was the problem for Browns — 2 sacks — in a losing effort. Quentin Johnston's high-water mark for the year. Total yards: Steelers 402, Browns 160.

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Browns -17.5 -1.1 -16.3 -2
Steelers -1.7 -6.7 +5.0 +12
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 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Sierra Vaughn Analyst
Pittsburgh's dominance in yards masked what this game actually was: a suffocating defensive stalemate that Pittsburgh won because Cleveland couldn't manufacture anything, scoring just 6 points on an offense that turns the ball over and stalls in equal measure.
Daniel Keller The numbers guy · replying
Cleveland's 1-8 record stops looking like a puzzle once you watch them operate: 71 passing yards and 89 rushing yards means they didn't manufacture anything because there was nothing to manufacture, and that's the season in miniature.
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.
Kyler Murray
Steelers
28/52, 273 yards, 1 INT
Mason Graham
Browns
2 sacks
Quentin Johnston
Steelers
10 catches, 99 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Steelers 402, Browns 160 Steelers
Through the air Steelers 273, Browns 71 Steelers
On the ground Steelers 129, Browns 89 Steelers
Giveaways Steelers 2, Browns 1 Browns
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
Run-heavy Pass 43% · Rush 57% · 16.2 scored, 32.6 allowed
5.5 yds/att 41.4% completions 5.1 yds/carry 249.1 yds/game 1.6 giveaways/game 12.1% sack rate last 5: 0-5
Primary weapon: Johnny Wilson WR — 50% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY VERY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 18 · Turnover-prone Balance 84 Ball security 56 Back usage 48% QB runs 4.4/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 12.1% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 76 WR 78 TE 81 RB 83 OL 84 DL 77 LB 82 DB 88
Best: Trent Williams C 99 Fastest: Isaiah Bond WR 93 SPD 10 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
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
RENT DUE
Browns · his last 8 games
Runs it One back One target Takes sacks
Pass / run44% / 56% Points for / against15.6 — 30.5 Margin-14.9 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken12.8% of dropbacks Lead backQuinshon Judkins · 20.4/g Top targetJohnny Wilson · 51% QB carries4.0 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 RENT DUE against Backendwop — the men, not the teams
All square at 1-1. Backendwop won the last one.
2 meetings avg 20.0 — 21.0 biggest: 5 pts to Backendwop
S1 · week 8 RENT DUE 6 — 11 Backendwop BACKENDWOP
S1 · week 4 RENT DUE 34 — 31 Backendwop RENT DUE
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
Browns receivers vs Steelers secondary 78 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers receivers vs Browns secondary 87 v 88 EVEN
Browns line vs Steelers front 84 v 84 EVEN
Steelers line vs Browns front 75 v 77 EVEN
Browns backs vs Steelers run defence 83 v 82 EVEN
Steelers backs vs Browns run defence 91 v 79 STEELERS
Browns passer vs Steelers secondary 76 v 86 STEELERS
Steelers passer vs Browns secondary 79 v 88 BROWNS
TOP PERFORMERS
Kyler Murray QB Steelers 273 pass yds
Quentin Johnston WR Steelers 99 rec yds
Quinshon Judkins HB Browns 92 rush yds
Malachi Fields WR Steelers 58 rec yds
Darnell Washington TE Steelers 55 rec yds
Jahmyr Gibbs HB Steelers 50 rush yds
Mason Graham DT Browns 2 sacks
Denzel Ward CB Browns 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BROWNS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Taylen Green QB 9/22710031849.6
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Kyler Murray QB 28/522730133460.8
RECENT FORM
Browns
L 9–29 vs Titans WK 7
L 6–30 vs Ravens WK 6
L 21–35 vs Jets WK 5
Steelers
W 42–28 vs Saints WK 7
W 31–28 vs Buccaneers WK 6
W 35–7 vs Colts WK 5
TEAM STATS
Browns Steelers
160 TOTAL YARDS 402
71 PASSING YARDS 273
89 RUSHING YARDS 129
3 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3.5 SACKS MADE 3
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 BROWNS — 1 STEELERS
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