WEEK 9 · FINAL
THE READ
Saints beat Browns, 29-19
Saints got it done 29-19 over Browns. Bryce Lance did the catching for Saints — 4 catches, 138 yards, 2 TD. Quinshon Judkins carried the load for Browns — 43 carries, 167 yards, 1 TD — in a losing effort. Bhayshul Tuten is still searching for it — 8 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 23. On the ground: Browns 191, Saints 16.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns | -17.5 | -1.1 | -16.3 | -2 |
| Saints | -13.2 | -4.2 | -9.0 | -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.
IN THE BOOTH
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
Cleveland had 191 rushing yards and still lost by 10—Quinshon Judkins went 167 on 43 carries but it didn't matter because Tyler Shough threw 4 touchdown passes and the Saints couldn't be stopped through the air, which is a fine way to win when your own ground game is completely absent.
Sierra Vaughn
Analyst
· replying
New Orleans is stuck in a loop: they can't run, so they abandon it entirely, which means their defense sees pass all day and gets gassed—Cleveland outgained them 291 to 206 yet still lost by 10, and that gap between dominance and the scoreboard is exactly where a 2-6 team without a ground game lives.
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.
Bryce Lance
Saints
4 catches, 138 yards, 2 TD
Quinshon Judkins
Browns
43 carries, 167 yards, 1 TD
Harold Perkins Jr.
Browns
2 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Browns 191, Saints 16
Browns
Through the air
Saints 190, Browns 100
Saints
Total yards
Browns 291, Saints 206
Browns
Giveaways
Saints 3, Browns 2
Browns
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 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
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
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 76% · Rush 24% · 29.4 scored, 38.4 allowed
10.3 yds/att
54.5% completions
4.0 yds/carry
354.9 yds/game
2.0 giveaways/game
7.9% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 58 · Aggressive
Balance 74
Ball security 44
Back usage 20%
QB runs 1.6/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Bryce Lance takes 45% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 91
WR 85
TE 74
RB 78
OL 85
DL 85
LB 78
DB 82
Best: Kevin Zeitler C 95
Fastest: Bryce Lance WR 95 SPD
8 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
Pluto
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it
Gives it away
One back
One target
Pass / run76% / 24%
Points for / against29.4 — 38.4
Margin-9.0
Giveaways a game2.0
Sacks taken7.9% of dropbacks
Lead backBhayshul Tuten · 6.8/g
Top targetBryce Lance · 45%
QB carries1.6 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 Pluto — the men, not the teams
Pluto leads it 1-0.
Pluto won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 19.0 — 29.0
biggest: 10 pts to Pluto
S1 · week 9
RENT DUE 19 — 29 Pluto
PLUTO
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 Saints secondary
78 v 82
SAINTS
Saints receivers vs Browns secondary
85 v 88
BROWNS
Browns line vs Saints front
84 v 85
EVEN
Saints line vs Browns front
85 v 77
SAINTS
Browns backs vs Saints run defence
83 v 83
EVEN
Saints backs vs Browns run defence
78 v 79
EVEN
Browns passer vs Saints secondary
76 v 82
SAINTS
Saints passer vs Browns secondary
91 v 88
SAINTS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylen Green QB | 4/7 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 101.7 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 6/20 | 190 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 66.6 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinshon Judkins HB | 43 | 167 | 3.9 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 56 | 0 |
| Taylen Green QB | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 0 |
| Johnny Wilson WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KC Concepcion Jr WR | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Bond WR | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Sampson HB | 1 | -11 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Wilson WR | 4 | 100 | 25 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 38 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Lance WR | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 47 |
| Chris Olave WR | 1 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 47 |
| Brandon Aiyuk WR | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BROWNS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel McNeil-Warren FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Perkins Jr. LEDG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Jefferson MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Schwesinger MIKE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denzel Ward CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adoree' Jackson CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Surtain II CB | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Simmons FS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Carter REDG | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Joseph SS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Stalbird WILL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Woodaz MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davon Godchaux DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Reid FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ifeatu Melifonwu SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christen Miller DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwan'tez Stiggers CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Hood CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Browns
L
6–11 vs Steelers
WK 8
L
9–29 vs Titans
WK 7
L
6–30 vs Ravens
WK 6
Saints
L
28–42 vs Steelers
WK 7
L
14–33 vs Giants
WK 6
L
20–27 vs Vikings
WK 5
TEAM STATS
| Browns | Saints | |
|---|---|---|
| 291 | TOTAL YARDS | 206 |
| 100 | PASSING YARDS | 190 |
| 191 | RUSHING YARDS | 16 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 2 | 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
BROWNS
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1
SAINTS