WEEK 9 · FINAL
THE READ
Talia Morgan
Beat reporter
94 points between Raiders and 49ers
The 49ers beat Las Vegas 52-42 in a shootout where San Francisco's passing game overwhelmed the Raiders' defense. Brock Purdy threw for 565 yards and 6 touchdowns on 27 of 54 passing while Mike Evans caught 10 passes for 262 yards and 2 scores, and the 49ers racked up 577 total yards despite running the ball just once for 12 yards. Ashton Jeanty kept the Raiders in it with 250 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns on 39 carries, but Las Vegas managed only 186 passing yards and 3 giveaways to San Francisco's 2, and the margin came down to air yards and execution. San Francisco improves to 6-2 while Las Vegas falls to 3-6.
Talia Morgan
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raiders | -4.2 | +4.5 | -8.7 | +0 |
| 49ers | +11.6 | -1.4 | +13.0 | +9 |
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.
49ers —
NFC #5
· 6-2
Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#1
Brock Purdy
QB · 49ers · 36.9% of the field
#4
Mike Evans
WR · 49ers · 11.5% of the field
#6
Ashton Jeanty
HB · Raiders · 3.0% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
San Francisco threw 54 times and ran once—and it didn't matter, because Purdy threw for 565 yards and 6 touchdowns while the Raiders' entire passing game mustered 186. The real game was that Las Vegas kept Jeanty fed with 250 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns and still lost by 10, which tells you exactly how badly the 49ers dominated the air.
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
· replying
Mike Evans caught 10 balls for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns—that's a wideout operating in a different stratosphere from a Raiders secondary that couldn't match his athleticism all afternoon.
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.
Brock Purdy
49ers
27/54, 565 yards, 6 TD, 2 INT
Ashton Jeanty
Raiders
39 carries, 250 yards, 4 TD
Mike Evans
49ers
10 catches, 262 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
49ers 565, Raiders 186
49ers
On the ground
Raiders 250, 49ers 12
Raiders
Total yards
49ers 577, Raiders 436
49ers
Giveaways
49ers 2, Raiders 3
49ers
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
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 37% · Rush 63% · 31.7 scored, 40.3 allowed
8.4 yds/att
47.0% completions
7.8 yds/carry
392.8 yds/game
1.6 giveaways/game
3.0% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 50 · Aggressive
Balance 71
Ball security 56
Back usage 61%
QB runs 0.8/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Dont'e Thornton Jr takes 45% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81
WR 77
TE 74
RB 88
OL 89
DL 82
LB 86
DB 82
Best: Fred Warner SAM 99
Fastest: Dont'e Thornton Jr WR 96 SPD
9 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 96% · Rush 4% · 49.8 scored, 36.8 allowed
11.6 yds/att
55.9% completions
8.6 yds/carry
482.2 yds/game
2.2 giveaways/game
3.3% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 63 · Aggressive
Balance 40
Ball security 37
Back usage 0%
QB runs 1.8/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Mike Evans takes 46% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90
WR 89
TE 78
RB 84
OL 77
DL 87
LB 78
DB 81
Best: Mike Evans WR 96
Fastest: Tyler Harrell WR 95 SPD
9 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
¥
49ers · his last 8 games
Throws it
Gives it away
Runs the quarterback
One target
Pass / run96% / 4%
Points for / against49.8 — 36.8
Margin+13.0
Giveaways a game2.2
Sacks taken3.3% of dropbacks
Lead backDK Metcalf · 0.1/g
Top targetMike Evans · 46%
QB carries1.6 a game
El Lano
Raiders · his last 8 games
Runs it
One back
One target
Pass / run37% / 63%
Points for / against35.6 — 41.1
Margin-5.5
Giveaways a game1.4
Sacks taken2.7% of dropbacks
Lead backAshton Jeanty · 29.2/g
Top targetDont'e Thornton Jr · 47%
QB carries0.6 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
El Lano against ¥ — the men, not the teams
¥ leads it 1-0.
¥ won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 42.0 — 52.0
biggest: 10 pts to ¥
S1 · week 9
El Lano 42 — 52 ¥
¥
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
Raiders receivers vs 49ers secondary
77 v 81
49ERS
49ers receivers vs Raiders secondary
89 v 82
49ERS
Raiders line vs 49ers front
89 v 87
EVEN
49ers line vs Raiders front
77 v 82
RAIDERS
Raiders backs vs 49ers run defence
88 v 84
RAIDERS
49ers backs vs Raiders run defence
84 v 83
EVEN
Raiders passer vs 49ers secondary
81 v 81
EVEN
49ers passer vs Raiders secondary
90 v 82
49ERS
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BOX SCORE
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RAIDERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Mendoza QB | 6/17 | 186 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 57.1 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Purdy QB | 27/54 | 565 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 108.9 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 39 | 250 | 6.4 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 44 | 0 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Metcalf WR | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 5 | 123 | 24.6 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 40 |
| Tre Tucker WR | 1 | 63 | 63 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 63 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Evans WR | 10 | 262 | 26.2 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 73 |
| De'Zhaun Stribling WR | 8 | 147 | 18.4 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 59 |
| DK Metcalf WR | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| Oronde Gadsden TE | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 27 |
| Kyle Juszczyk FB | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| Kaelon Black HB | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jermod McCoy CB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darien Porter CB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Chinn SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Koonce LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Stokes CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Warner SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Johnson SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decamerion Richardson CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quay Walker WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyron Crawford REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Pola-Mao FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hezekiah Masses CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jailin Walker MIKE | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Jones CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renardo Green CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Treydan Stukes FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mykel Williams DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haason Reddick LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marques Sigle SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Bosa LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romello Height LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ephesians Prysock CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Owens SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAIDERS
nothing recorded
49ERS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy Pineiro K | 1/3 | 5/6 | 26 |
RECENT FORM
Raiders
L
17–28 vs Jets
WK 8
W
58–54 vs Rams
WK 7
W
23–18 vs Bills
WK 6
49ers
W
62–35 vs Falcons
WK 7
W
40–21 vs Commanders
WK 6
L
30–52 vs Seahawks
WK 5
TEAM STATS
| Raiders | 49ers | |
|---|---|---|
| 436 | TOTAL YARDS | 577 |
| 186 | PASSING YARDS | 565 |
| 250 | RUSHING YARDS | 12 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 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
RAIDERS
—
1
49ERS