WEEK 11 · FINAL
THE READ
Rams win the turnover battle and the game
Rams took the ball away and took the game with it, 30-27. Brock Purdy threw for 49ers — 25/40, 330 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Justin Fields was steady for Rams — 22/33, 222 yards, 2 TD. Make it 3 consecutive games past 100 for Puka Nacua. Through the air: 49ers 330, Rams 222.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49ers | -3.8 | +3.3 | -7.1 | +5 |
| Rams | +2.7 | +5.5 | -2.7 | -4 |
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.
Rams —
NFC #7
· 8-6
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IN THE BOOTH
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
San Francisco had more yards and still lost—that's what 2 interceptions to 1 turnover does, and Purdy's 2 picks turned a winnable game into a 3-point hole the Niners couldn't climb out of.
Talia Morgan
Beat reporter
· replying
San Francisco's problem isn't efficiency—it's self-inflicted damage. The Niners had 412 yards and still lost by 3, which tracks with a team that's given away 3 balls in a season full of them.
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
25/40, 330 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Justin Fields
Rams
22/33, 222 yards, 2 TD
Isaac Brown
Rams
17 carries, 109 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
49ers 330, Rams 222
49ers
On the ground
Rams 137, 49ers 82
Rams
Total yards
49ers 412, Rams 359
49ers
Pressure
Rams 5 sacks, 49ers 2
Rams
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 57% · Rush 43% · 20.9 scored, 28.0 allowed
7.1 yds/att
57.3% completions
4.6 yds/carry
336.9 yds/game
1.4 giveaways/game
9.7% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 43 · Conservative
Balance 93
Ball security 62
Back usage 37%
QB runs 3.1/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.7% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 92
WR 87
TE 76
RB 88
OL 79
DL 87
LB 89
DB 86
Best: Fred Warner MIKE 99
Fastest: De'Zhaun Stribling WR 95 SPD
5 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 53% · Rush 47% · 28.6 scored, 31.4 allowed
9.1 yds/att
61.4% completions
5.7 yds/carry
388.8 yds/game
1.9 giveaways/game
7.9% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 66 · Aggressive
Balance 97
Ball security 46
Back usage 36%
QB runs 5.7/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Puka Nacua takes 41% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 93
WR 87
TE 82
RB 90
OL 84
DL 92
LB 82
DB 89
Best: Myles Garrett LEDG 99
Fastest: Puka Nacua WR 95 SPD
7 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
glk_taza18
Rams · his last 8 games
Runs it
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run55% / 45%
Points for / against26.1 — 32.4
Margin-6.2
Giveaways a game1.9
Sacks taken4.8% of dropbacks
Lead backIsaac Brown · 11.4/g
Top targetPuka Nacua · 36%
QB carries5.0 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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
49ers receivers vs Rams secondary
87 v 89
EVEN
Rams receivers vs 49ers secondary
87 v 86
EVEN
49ers line vs Rams front
79 v 92
RAMS
Rams line vs 49ers front
84 v 87
49ERS
49ers backs vs Rams run defence
88 v 89
EVEN
Rams backs vs 49ers run defence
90 v 89
EVEN
49ers passer vs Rams secondary
92 v 89
49ERS
Rams passer vs 49ers secondary
93 v 86
RAMS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Purdy QB | 25/40 | 330 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 76 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Fields QB | 22/33 | 222 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 105.8 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 14 | 63 | 4.5 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 0 |
| Brock Purdy QB | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kaelon Black HB | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan Wingo WR | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jake Tonges TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De'Zhaun Stribling WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Brown HB | 17 | 109 | 6.4 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 31 | 0 |
| Justin Fields QB | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Kyren Williams HB | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terrance Ferguson TE | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Puka Nacua WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tutu Atwell WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Klare TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Zhaun Stribling WR | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 28 |
| Ryan Wingo WR | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 23 |
| Jake Tonges TE | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 25 |
| Ricky Pearsall WR | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 1 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| Kaelon Black HB | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15 |
| Jeremiah Hasley TE | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puka Nacua WR | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 27 |
| Max Klare TE | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 17 |
| Luke Wysong WR | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| Kyren Williams HB | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 17 |
| Tutu Atwell WR | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Jordan Whittington WR | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Isaac Brown HB | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians Prysock CB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Romello Height LEDG | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bray Hubbard SS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Warner MIKE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Mustapha FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gracen Halton DT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Bosa LEDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deommodore Lenoir CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Renardo Green CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Collin Wright CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Fuller CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dre Greenlaw WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Martin WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfred Collins DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Watson CB | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Kobie Turner DT | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent McDuffie CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Nate Landman MIKE | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Zah Frazier CB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Omar Speights WILL | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Isaiah Pola-Mao FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Myles Garrett LEDG | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Lake SS | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dexter Lawrence II DT | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josaiah Stewart LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamren Kinchens FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Fiske DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasir Abdullah SAM | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shaun Dolac MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Young REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy Pineiro K | 2/2 | 3/3 | 41 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Mevis K | 3/3 | 3/3 | 44 |
RECENT FORM
49ers
W
33–14 vs Panthers
WK 10
L
21–33 vs Bears
WK 9
L
7–49 vs Seahawks
WK 8
Rams
W
37–14 vs Browns
WK 9
L
36–38 vs Cardinals
WK 8
L
23–33 vs Packers
WK 7
TEAM STATS
| 49ers | Rams | |
|---|---|---|
| 412 | TOTAL YARDS | 359 |
| 330 | PASSING YARDS | 222 |
| 82 | RUSHING YARDS | 137 |
| 5 | SACKS ALLOWED | 2 |
| 2 | SACKS MADE | 5 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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.