Giants @ Eagles · Week 9 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 9 · FINAL

THE READ

Eagles run away with it, 49-27

Philadelphia dismantled New York 49-27, a 22-point margin that looked closer than the numbers suggest. Jordan Love threw 5 interceptions against 2 touchdowns on 381 yards, while Jalen Hurts ran a cleaner operation with 3 touchdowns and 1 pick on 283 yards, and the Eagles converted their discipline into 98 rushing yards to the Giants' 52. Malik Nabers caught 10 for 146 and a score, the bright spot in a game decided by turnover differential: Philadelphia gave it away once, New York five times. The Eagles are 6-3, the Giants 2-6, and the gap between them is wider than 22 points.

Marcus Reyes The numbers guy

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Giants	-11.4	-7.1	-4.2	-4
Eagles	-1.9	-4.8	+2.9	+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.

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

IN THE BOOTH

Jaylen Rivers The insider

Love threw 5 interceptions and the Giants coughed it up 5 times total—that's not a game, that's a surrender. Philadelphia's offense humming at 49 points tells you everything you need to know about who's ready and who isn't.

Sierra Vaughn Analyst · replying

Philadelphia's turnover margin of 12 is the real story here—New York gave away the ball 5 times and couldn't recover, which doesn't get fixed by next Sunday. The Eagles are built to win close games; the Giants are built to lose them, and this was what that looks like at scale.

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.

Jordan Love

Giants

23/36, 381 yards, 2 TD, 5 INT

Jalen Hurts

Eagles

16/23, 283 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT

Malik Nabers

Giants

10 catches, 146 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Jalen Hurts has now cleared 250 passing yards in 4 straight games.

⭐ Malik Nabers has not had a better afternoon this season.

📈 Makai Lemon is in form: 88 receiving yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 64.

📉 Christian McCaffrey is still searching for it: 26 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 37.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Giants 381, Eagles 283 Giants

Total yards Giants 433, Eagles 381 Giants

On the ground Eagles 98, Giants 52 Eagles

Giveaways Eagles 1, Giants 5 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

Pass-heavy Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 27.9 scored, 32.1 allowed

8.4 yds/att 54.4% completions 5.2 yds/carry 343.5 yds/game 1.8 giveaways/game 6.0% sack rate last 5: 2-3

Primary weapon: Malik Nabers WR — 30% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 55 · Aggressive Balance 88 Ball security 51 Back usage 38% QB runs 0.1/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 1.8 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 89 WR 84 TE 80 RB 92 OL 81 DL 88 LB 82 DB 84

Best: Christian McCaffrey HB 96 Fastest: Malik Nabers WR 96 SPD 9 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

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

mchristian24

Giants · his last 8 games

Throws it

Pass / run62% / 38% Points for / against27.9 — 32.1 Margin-4.2 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken6.0% of dropbacks Lead backTravis Etienne Jr · 11.6/g Top targetMalik Nabers · 30% QB carries0.1 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 mchristian24 against darryl4reid — the men, not the teams

darryl4reid leads it 1-0. darryl4reid won the last one.

1 meeting avg 27.0 — 49.0 biggest: 22 pts to darryl4reid

S1 · week 9 mchristian24 27 — 49 darryl4reid 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

Giants receivers vs Eagles secondary 84 v 85 EVEN

Eagles receivers vs Giants secondary 85 v 84 EVEN

Giants line vs Eagles front 81 v 86 EAGLES

Eagles line vs Giants front 88 v 88 EVEN

Giants backs vs Eagles run defence 92 v 85 GIANTS

Eagles backs vs Giants run defence 86 v 85 EVEN

Giants passer vs Eagles secondary 89 v 85 GIANTS

Eagles passer vs Giants secondary 87 v 84 EAGLES

TOP PERFORMERS

Jordan Love QB Giants 381 pass yds

Jalen Hurts QB Eagles 283 pass yds

Malik Nabers WR Giants 146 rec yds

Theo Johnson TE Giants 135 rec yds

Jalin Hyatt WR Giants 91 rec yds

Makai Lemon WR Eagles 86 rec yds

Dallas Goedert TE Eagles 81 rec yds

Jalen Hurts QB Eagles 75 rush yds

DeVonta Smith WR Eagles 60 rec yds

Christian McCaffrey HB Giants 52 rush yds

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BOX SCORE

GIANTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jordan Love QB	23/36	381	2	5	3	65	78.3

EAGLES

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jalen Hurts QB	16/23	283	3	1	3	74	132.7

GIANTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Christian McCaffrey HB	14	52	3.7	1	0	27	13	0

EAGLES

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jalen Hurts QB	4	75	18.8	0	1	11	25
Saquon Barkley HB	6	23	3.8	1	0	5	8
Derius Davis WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

GIANTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Malik Nabers WR	10	146	14.6	1	77	65
Theo Johnson TE	7	135	19.3	1	99	53
Jalin Hyatt WR	5	91	18.2	0	3	32
Christian McCaffrey HB	1	9	9	0	8	9

EAGLES

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Makai Lemon WR	2	86	43	1	67	74
Dallas Goedert TE	5	81	16.2	1	44	29
DeVonta Smith WR	4	60	15	1	16	31
Saquon Barkley HB	3	40	13.3	0	21	27
Jayden Reed WR	2	16	8	0	8	9

GIANTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Paulson Adebo CB	3	0	0	0	0
Edgerrin Cooper WILL	3	0	1	0	1
JT Woods SS	2	0	0	1	0
Korie Black CB	2	0	0	0	0
Tarheeb Still FS	2	0	0	0	0
Germaine Pratt WILL	2	0	0	0	0
Trent McDuffie CB	2	0	0	0	0
Tyler Nubin SS	1	0	0	0	0
Arvell Reese LEDG	1	2	0	0	0
Deonte Banks CB	1	0	0	2	0
Poona Ford DT	0	0.5	0	0	0
Brian Burns REDG	0	0.5	0	0	0

EAGLES

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Andrew Mukuba FS	5	0	1	0	1
Isaiah Bolden SS	5	0	1	0	1
Quinyon Mitchell CB	4	0	0	1	0
Jihaad Campbell MIKE	4	0	1	0	0
Jalen Carter DT	3	1	0	0	0
Zack Baun WILL	2	1	0	0	0
Jonathan Greenard REDG	1	1	0	0	0
Arnold Ebiketie LEDG	1	0	0	0	0
Mac McWilliams CB	1	0	0	0	0
Cooper DeJean CB	1	0	1	0	0
Jordan Davis DT	0	0	0	1	0
Riq Woolen CB	0	0	1	1	1

RECENT FORM

Giants

L 30–54 vs Texans WK 7

W 33–14 vs Saints WK 6

L 21–23 vs Commanders WK 5

Eagles

W 29–21 vs Commanders WK 8

L 31–54 vs Cowboys WK 7

W 21–14 vs Panthers WK 6

TEAM STATS

Giants		Eagles
433	TOTAL YARDS	381
381	PASSING YARDS	283
52	RUSHING YARDS	98
3	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	3
5	GIVEAWAYS	1
1	TAKEAWAYS	5

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 GIANTS — 1 EAGLES

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