WEEK 9 · FINAL
THE READ
Dolphins run away with it, 35-14
A long afternoon for Lions. Dolphins by 21. Malik Willis was steady for Dolphins — 16/31, 410 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT. Brock Bowers did the catching for Dolphins — 7 catches, 175 yards, 4 TD. A season best for Brock Bowers. Through the air: Dolphins 410, Lions 198.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions | -0.8 | -2.3 | +1.5 | -3 |
| Dolphins | +17.2 | +4.0 | +13.2 | +10 |
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.
In the MVP race
#2
Malik Willis
QB · Dolphins · 14.4% of the field
#9
Jeff Caldwell
WR · Dolphins · 1.0% of the field
#12
Jameson Williams
WR · Lions · 0.4% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Nicole Santos
Beat reporter
Malik Willis threw for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns while Brock Bowers caught 4 of them for 175 yards — Miami's passing game was simply too much for Detroit to answer, and the Dolphins' defense added 5 sacks to put this out of reach early.
Jordan Hayes
The armchair coach
· replying
Miami got away with running almost nothing — 3 carries all game — and Detroit still couldn't take advantage; when a defense is that one-dimensional, that's a missed opportunity the Lions can't afford to forget.
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.
Malik Willis
Dolphins
16/31, 410 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT
Brock Bowers
Dolphins
7 catches, 175 yards, 4 TD
Kain Medrano
Dolphins
3 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Dolphins 410, Lions 198
Dolphins
Total yards
Dolphins 433, Lions 320
Dolphins
On the ground
Lions 122, Dolphins 23
Lions
Pressure
Dolphins 5 sacks, Lions 3
Dolphins
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
Pass-heavy
Pass 65% · Rush 35% · 33.4 scored, 31.9 allowed
10.5 yds/att
60.2% completions
6.9 yds/carry
418.9 yds/game
1.6 giveaways/game
6.3% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 66 · Aggressive
Balance 85
Ball security 54
Back usage 26%
QB runs 4.1/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Jameson Williams takes 50% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89
WR 86
TE 88
RB 81
OL 80
DL 91
LB 80
DB 89
Best: Penei Sewell LT 98
Fastest: Jameson Williams WR 98 SPD
14 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 84% · Rush 16% · 38.4 scored, 25.1 allowed
12.5 yds/att
59.8% completions
5.4 yds/carry
438.9 yds/game
1.2 giveaways/game
5.4% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 70 · Efficient
Balance 61
Ball security 65
Back usage 8%
QB runs 2.9/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 91
WR 79
TE 95
RB 72
OL 78
DL 85
LB 74
DB 82
Best: Brock Bowers TE 95
Fastest: Jeff Caldwell WR 95 SPD
6 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
Stuuu
Dolphins · his last 8 games
Throws it
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run84% / 16%
Points for / against38.4 — 25.1
Margin+13.2
Giveaways a game1.2
Sacks taken5.4% of dropbacks
Lead backEli Heidenreich · 1.8/g
Top targetJeff Caldwell · 36%
QB carries2.1 a game
ccdjd
Lions · his last 8 games
Throws it
One back
One target
Pass / run65% / 35%
Points for / against33.4 — 31.9
Margin+1.5
Giveaways a game1.6
Sacks taken6.3% of dropbacks
Lead backIsiah Pacheco · 11.2/g
Top targetJameson Williams · 50%
QB carries3.9 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
ccdjd against Stuuu — the men, not the teams
Stuuu leads it 1-0.
Stuuu won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 14.0 — 35.0
biggest: 21 pts to Stuuu
S1 · week 9
ccdjd 14 — 35 Stuuu
STUUU
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
Lions receivers vs Dolphins secondary
86 v 82
LIONS
Dolphins receivers vs Lions secondary
79 v 89
LIONS
Lions line vs Dolphins front
80 v 85
DOLPHINS
Dolphins line vs Lions front
78 v 91
LIONS
Lions backs vs Dolphins run defence
81 v 81
EVEN
Dolphins backs vs Lions run defence
72 v 87
LIONS
Lions passer vs Dolphins secondary
89 v 82
LIONS
Dolphins passer vs Lions secondary
91 v 89
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
LIONS
DOLPHINS
LIONS
DOLPHINS
LIONS
DOLPHINS
LIONS
DOLPHINS
LIONS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Fields QB | 19/35 | 198 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 78 |
DOLPHINS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Willis QB | 16/31 | 410 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 123.3 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isiah Pacheco HB | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 39 | 0 |
| Justin Fields QB | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DOLPHINS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Willis QB | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Kyle Pitts Sr TE | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Brock Bowers TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Williams WR | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 45 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown WR | 4 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| Isiah Pacheco HB | 9 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 23 |
| Sam LaPorta TE | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
DOLPHINS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Bowers TE | 7 | 175 | 25 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 52 |
| Jeff Caldwell WR | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 57 |
| KJ Hamler WR | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 65 |
| Kyle Pitts Sr TE | 2 | 38 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| Chris Bell WR | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerby Joseph FS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Izien SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Branch SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alim McNeill DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Clark FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyleik Williams DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Nowaske SAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DOLPHINS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kain Medrano LEDG | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Green CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Battle CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Emmanwori SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mory Bamba CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Trice Jr FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonnie Johnson Jr FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalyn Armour-Davis CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Bosa REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uar Bernard DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Wisniewski FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Riley MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Bonner CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Lions
L
38–42 vs Vikings
WK 8
L
34–35 vs Packers
WK 7
W
50–29 vs Cardinals
WK 5
Dolphins
W
16–10 vs Patriots
WK 8
W
50–36 vs Jets
WK 7
W
46–18 vs Bengals
WK 5
TEAM STATS
| Lions | Dolphins | |
|---|---|---|
| 320 | TOTAL YARDS | 433 |
| 198 | PASSING YARDS | 410 |
| 122 | RUSHING YARDS | 23 |
| 5 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 5 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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
LIONS
—
1
DOLPHINS