WEEK 9 · FINAL
THE READ
Seahawks run away with it, 35-14
Seahawks 35, Cardinals 14, and it was not that close. Sam Darnold did the damage for Seahawks — 13/16, 275 yards, 5 TD. Trey McBride moved the ball for Cardinals — 7 catches, 90 yards, 2 TD — in a losing effort. Through the air: Seahawks 275, Cardinals 148.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | -25.4 | +2.8 | -28.1 | -9 |
| Seahawks | +12.3 | +0.6 | +11.7 | +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.
Seahawks —
NFC #1 · division
· 8-1
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IN THE BOOTH
Jaylen Rivers
The insider
Seattle's 35 points looks clean until you remember Arizona couldn't hold the ball—4 turnovers will bury you faster than a 21-point margin suggests. Sam Darnold threw 5 touchdown passes, which is the kind of afternoon that reminds you why Seattle's already locked in at 8-1.
Daniel Keller
The numbers guy
· replying
Seattle's defense didn't have to do much—Arizona turned it over 4 times and managed just 148 passing yards, so you're watching a team that beat itself more than got beaten.
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.
Sam Darnold
Seahawks
13/16, 275 yards, 5 TD
Trey McBride
Cardinals
7 catches, 90 yards, 2 TD
Rashid Shaheed
Seahawks
3 catches, 89 yards, 2 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Seahawks 275, Cardinals 148
Seahawks
Total yards
Seahawks 319, Cardinals 239
Seahawks
On the ground
Cardinals 91, Seahawks 44
Cardinals
Giveaways
Seahawks 0, Cardinals 4
Seahawks
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
Balanced
Pass 53% · Rush 47% · 13.9 scored, 42.0 allowed
6.6 yds/att
50.2% completions
4.1 yds/carry
290.8 yds/game
2.3 giveaways/game
6.9% sack rate
last 5: 0-5
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 28 · Turnover-prone
Balance 97
Ball security 35
Back usage 44%
QB runs 1.4/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.3 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 74
WR 79
TE 99
RB 84
OL 80
DL 80
LB 74
DB 82
Best: Trey McBride TE 99
Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 SPD
8 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 66% · Rush 34% · 36.1 scored, 24.4 allowed
11.2 yds/att
71.0% completions
6.7 yds/carry
418.1 yds/game
0.7 giveaways/game
6.2% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 85 · Efficient
Balance 84
Ball security 81
Back usage 32%
QB runs 0.9/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90
WR 87
TE 75
RB 88
OL 78
DL 86
LB 82
DB 84
Best: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 99
Fastest: De'Von Achane HB 96 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
InDaGenes_8
Seahawks · his last 8 games
Throws it
Protects it
One back
Pass / run65% / 35%
Points for / against34.2 — 22.2
Margin+12.0
Giveaways a game0.8
Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks
Lead backDe'Von Achane · 12.4/g
Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 26%
QB carries1.0 a game
dogmanrk
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Runs it
Gives it away
One back
One target
Pass / run54% / 46%
Points for / against14.9 — 43.4
Margin-28.5
Giveaways a game2.4
Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks
Lead backJeremiyah Love · 20.1/g
Top targetTrey McBride · 43%
QB carries1.4 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
dogmanrk against InDaGenes_8 — the men, not the teams
InDaGenes_8 leads it 2-0.
InDaGenes_8 has won 2 straight.
2 meetings
avg 7.0 — 45.0
biggest: 55 pts to InDaGenes_8
S1 · week 9
dogmanrk 14 — 35 InDaGenes_8
INDAGENES_8
S1 · week 2
dogmanrk 0 — 55 InDaGenes_8
INDAGENES_8
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
Cardinals receivers vs Seahawks secondary
79 v 84
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Seahawks receivers vs Cardinals secondary
87 v 82
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Cardinals line vs Seahawks front
80 v 86
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks line vs Cardinals front
78 v 80
EVEN
Cardinals backs vs Seahawks run defence
84 v 85
EVEN
Seahawks backs vs Cardinals run defence
88 v 78
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Cardinals passer vs Seahawks secondary
74 v 84
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks passer vs Cardinals secondary
90 v 82
SEAHAWKS
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BOX SCORE
CARDINALS
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CARDINALS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Beck QB | 11/14 | 118 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 111.6 |
| Jacoby Brissett QB | 4/8 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 19.7 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Darnold QB | 13/16 | 275 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 158.3 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 16 | 84 | 5.2 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 1 |
| Antonio Gibson HB | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Tyler Allgeier HB | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Carson Beck QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Trey McBride TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Duvernay WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Von Achane HB | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| Tory Horton WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey McBride TE | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 22 |
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 14 |
| Devin Duvernay WR | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Antonio Gibson HB | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| Michael Wilson WR | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 49 |
| Tory Horton WR | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 45 |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| A.J. Barner TE | 3 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 18 |
| De'Von Achane HB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mack Wilson Sr MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kei'Trel Clark CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaven Collins LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Budda Baker SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Murphy-Bunting CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Simon WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Proctor DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Wingard FS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Jones IV MIKE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Clark FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Love SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyron Johnson LEDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Lawrence DT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrice Knight WILL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Thomas WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Witherspoon CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Williams DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevon Diggs CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chazz Surratt SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Cardinals
L
14–27 vs Cowboys
WK 8
L
14–48 vs Broncos
WK 7
L
20–42 vs Rams
WK 6
Seahawks
W
19–16 vs Bears
WK 8
W
30–24 vs Chiefs
WK 7
W
21–17 vs Broncos
WK 6
TEAM STATS
| Cardinals | Seahawks | |
|---|---|---|
| 239 | TOTAL YARDS | 319 |
| 148 | PASSING YARDS | 275 |
| 91 | RUSHING YARDS | 44 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 2 |
| 2 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 4 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | 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
CARDINALS
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2
SEAHAWKS