Jets @ Cowboys · Week 13 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 13 · FINAL

THE READ

Jets win the turnover battle and the game

The Jets beat the Cowboys 23-17 in Week 13, controlling the game through a decisive turnover advantage and ground attack. New York forced 2 giveaways while committing just 1, and outrushed Dallas 121 to 64 yards on the ground. Cade Klubnik completed 23 of 36 passes for 306 yards and 2 touchdowns against 1 interception, while Joe Milton managed 18 of 37 for 253 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception for the Cowboys. The Jets out-gained Dallas 427 to 317 total yards and sacked the Cowboys 4 times.

Nicole Santos Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Jets	-10.4	-3.8	-6.6	-16
Cowboys	+0.9	-4.9	+5.8	+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.

Jets — AFC #4 · division · 9-6 Cowboys — in the hunt · 9-6 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Riley Parker The chaos merchant

The Jets won a game where the Cowboys threw the ball 69% of the time against a defense that sacked them 4 times, and that 8-point gap in sacks is what separates a 6-point win from a much closer fight. New York took what Dallas wanted to give them.

Jeff Epstein The showman · replying

New York's been building something with Milton and Hall—this win doesn't break character, it deepens it. The Jets are exactly what they've looked like all season, and now Dallas has to explain why it's not.

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.

Cade Klubnik

Jets

23/36, 306 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Joe Milton

Cowboys

18/37, 253 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

George Pickens

Cowboys

9 catches, 108 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Joe Milton has now cleared 250 passing yards in 8 straight games.

📈 Breece Hall is in form: 97 rushing yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 70.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Jets 427, Cowboys 317 Jets

On the ground Jets 121, Cowboys 64 Jets

Through the air Jets 306, Cowboys 253 Jets

Pressure Cowboys 2 sacks, Jets 4 Jets

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

Balanced Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 25.1 scored, 31.7 allowed

6.9 yds/att 54.2% completions 4.9 yds/carry 338.8 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 7.9% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Kenyon Sadiq TE — 31% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 40 · Turnover-prone Balance 93 Ball security 42 Back usage 35% QB runs 4.9/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 74 WR 87 TE 91 RB 84 OL 84 DL 84 LB 80 DB 90

Best: David Bailey REDG 92 Fastest: Adonai Mitchell WR 94 SPD 4 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

T™

Cowboys · his last 1 game

T™ has 1 game on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.

M3DINA

Jets · his last 8 games

Balanced Runs the quarterback

Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against28.8 — 23.8 Margin+5.0 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken5.0% of dropbacks Lead backBreece Hall · 15.4/g Top targetGarrett Wilson · 28% QB carries5.5 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

Jets receivers vs Cowboys secondary 87 v 87 EVEN

Cowboys receivers vs Jets secondary 88 v 90 EVEN

Jets line vs Cowboys front 84 v 86 EVEN

Cowboys line vs Jets front 83 v 84 EVEN

Jets backs vs Cowboys run defence 84 v 85 EVEN

Cowboys backs vs Jets run defence 82 v 82 EVEN

Jets passer vs Cowboys secondary 74 v 87 COWBOYS

Cowboys passer vs Jets secondary 88 v 90 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Cade Klubnik QB Jets 306 pass yds

Joe Milton QB Cowboys 253 pass yds

George Pickens WR Cowboys 108 rec yds

Breece Hall HB Jets 88 rush yds

Kenyon Sadiq TE Jets 85 rec yds

Garrett Wilson WR Jets 83 rec yds

Trey'Dez Green TE Cowboys 70 rec yds

Arian Smith WR Jets 68 rec yds

Jaydon Blue HB Cowboys 53 rush yds

David Bailey REDG Jets 1.5 sacks

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BOX SCORE

JETS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Cade Klubnik QB	23/36	306	2	1	2	67	97.6

COWBOYS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Joe Milton QB	18/37	253	1	1	4	29	68.8

JETS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Breece Hall HB	15	88	5.9	5	39	26
Cade Klubnik QB	7	21	3	0	0	7
Jadan Baugh HB	7	10	1.4	0	0	5
Braelon Allen HB	2	2	1	0	0	5
Arian Smith WR	0	0	0	1	0	0
Garrett Wilson WR	0	0	0	1	0	0
Omar Cooper Jr. WR	0	0	0	1	0	0

COWBOYS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Jaydon Blue HB	11	53	4.8	0	1	12	18	0
Joe Milton QB	2	10	5	1	1	4	8	0
Javonte Williams HB	4	1	0.2	0	0	0	5	0
George Pickens WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
CeeDee Lamb WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

JETS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Kenyon Sadiq TE	5	85	17	0	27	0	26
Garrett Wilson WR	6	83	13.8	1	48	0	33
Arian Smith WR	2	68	34	1	65	0	67
Adonai Mitchell WR	3	23	7.7	0	13	0	10
Breece Hall HB	4	20	5	0	19	0	9
Jadan Baugh HB	1	14	14	0	2	0	14
Omar Cooper Jr. WR	1	10	10	0	7	0	10
Mason Taylor TE	1	3	3	0	0	0	3
Elijah Higgins TE	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

COWBOYS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
George Pickens WR	9	108	12	1	26	0	22
Trey'Dez Green TE	3	70	23.3	0	13	0	29
CeeDee Lamb WR	3	45	15	0	22	0	17
Nick Marsh WR	2	21	10.5	0	8	0	15
Jaydon Blue HB	1	9	9	0	7	1	9
Javonte Williams HB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

JETS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Dane Belton SS	9	1	0	0	0	2
Darius Rush CB	5	0	0	0	0	3
Ronnie Hickman FS	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brauntae Johnson FS	3	0	0	1	0	4
Will McDonald IV LEDG	2	1	0	0	0	0
Darrell Jackson Jr. DT	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jarvis Brownlee Jr CB	2	0	0	0	0	2
T'Vondre Sweat DT	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
Minkah Fitzpatrick SS	2	0	1	0	0	2
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa MIKE	1	0	0	0	1	0
Christian Elliss WILL	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Bailey REDG	1	1.5	0	0	0	0
Marcelino McCrary-Ball SAM	1	0	0	0	1	0
D'Angelo Ponds CB	1	0	0	0	1	1

COWBOYS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Dee Winters WILL	10	0	0	0	5
Upton Stout CB	8	0	0	1	5
DaRon Bland CB	5	0	0	0	2
Shavon Revel Jr CB	5	0	0	0	4
Jalen Thompson FS	3	0	0	0	1
Kenny Clark DT	3	0	0	0	0
Malachi Lawrence LEDG	3	0	0	0	0
Caleb Downs SS	3	0	1	1	2
Quinnen Williams DT	2	1	0	0	0
Ja'Whaun Bentley MIKE	1	0.5	0	0	0
Markquese Bell SS	1	0	0	0	0
Rashan Gary LEDG	1	0.5	0	0	0
Jaishawn Barham WILL	1	0	0	0	1
Evan Williams FS	1	0	0	0	0
Shemar James MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Adepoju Adebawore REDG	1	0	0	0	0
Donovan Ezeiruaku REDG	1	0	0	0	0

JETS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Tate Sandell K	3/5	2/2	57

COWBOYS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Brandon Aubrey K	1/1	2/2	42

RECENT FORM

Jets

W 34–12 vs Jaguars WK 12

L 19–42 vs Bills WK 11

W 24–17 vs Commanders WK 10

Cowboys

W 34–31 vs Eagles WK 12

L 27–34 vs Giants WK 11

L 34–45 vs Saints WK 10

TEAM STATS

Jets		Cowboys
427	TOTAL YARDS	317
306	PASSING YARDS	253
121	RUSHING YARDS	64
2	SACKS ALLOWED	4
4	SACKS MADE	2
1	GIVEAWAYS	2
4	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

1 JETS — 0 COWBOYS

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