WEEK 13 · FINAL
THE READ
Daniel Keller
The numbers guy
Jaguars edge Saints by 1
Jacksonville won a one-point game that looked like it belonged in a lower division, with the Jaguars improving to 10-2 despite Dante Moore managing only 206 yards on 21 of 38 passing. Tyler Shough kept New Orleans competitive, completing 25 of 37 for 271 yards and a touchdown, but the Saints' offensive line was a genuine problem—they surrendered 7 sacks while generating just 340 total yards. Josh Hines-Allen accounted for 2 of those sacks, the difference in a 17-16 finish that rewarded Jacksonville's superior pressure and a rushing attack that netted 91 yards to New Orleans' 69.
Daniel Keller
The numbers guy
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saints | +5.7 | -1.8 | +7.5 | +18 |
| Jaguars | +2.7 | -4.0 | +6.7 | +7 |
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
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
Jacksonville won a game it had no business winning. The Saints dominated the line of scrimmage—340 yards to 297, 271 through the air to 206—but New Orleans allowed 7 sacks and couldn't finish, while the Jaguars' defense kept them close enough to steal it by a point.
Hollis Vaughn
The superfan
· replying
That Saints offensive line gave up 7 sacks and still nearly won it—imagine what happens when they actually protect the quarterback, because at 8-4 they're too good a team to be this undisciplined up front.
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.
Tyler Shough
Saints
25/37, 271 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Dante Moore
Jaguars
21/38, 206 yards, 1 INT
Josh Hines-Allen
Jaguars
2 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Saints 271, Jaguars 206
Saints
Total yards
Saints 340, Jaguars 297
Saints
On the ground
Jaguars 91, Saints 69
Jaguars
Pressure
Jaguars 7 sacks, Saints 3
Jaguars
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
Pass-heavy
Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 27.3 scored, 19.8 allowed
7.4 yds/att
66.5% completions
4.1 yds/carry
346.6 yds/game
1.1 giveaways/game
6.8% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 63 · Conservative
Balance 88
Ball security 68
Back usage 33%
QB runs 2.9/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 84
WR 86
TE 79
RB 86
OL 83
DL 82
LB 80
DB 84
Best: Jordyn Tyson WR 92
Fastest: Bryce Lance WR 94 SPD
4 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 59% · Rush 41% · 30.0 scored, 23.3 allowed
8.8 yds/att
54.3% completions
5.1 yds/carry
349.7 yds/game
1.4 giveaways/game
9.0% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 58 · Aggressive
Balance 91
Ball security 62
Back usage 33%
QB runs 4.0/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.0% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 88
WR 84
TE 83
RB 87
OL 80
DL 88
LB 83
DB 89
Best: Travis Hunter CB 94
Fastest: Brian Thomas Jr WR 97 SPD
5 at star dev or better
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
Tone
Jaguars · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run56% / 44%
Points for / against23.0 — 22.5
Margin+0.5
Giveaways a game1.1
Sacks taken8.7% of dropbacks
Lead backBhayshul Tuten · 11.6/g
Top targetBrian Thomas Jr · 31%
QB carries4.6 a game
Bizzle
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it
Protects it
Pass / run63% / 37%
Points for / against32.0 — 16.5
Margin+15.5
Giveaways a game0.8
Sacks taken6.6% of dropbacks
Lead backTravis Etienne Jr · 14.2/g
Top targetChris Olave · 35%
QB carries2.2 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
Bizzle against Tone — the men, not the teams
Tone leads it 1-0.
Tone won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 16.0 — 17.0
biggest: 1 pts to Tone
S2 · week 13
Bizzle 16 — 17 Tone
TONE
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
Saints receivers vs Jaguars secondary
86 v 89
JAGUARS
Jaguars receivers vs Saints secondary
84 v 84
EVEN
Saints line vs Jaguars front
83 v 88
JAGUARS
Jaguars line vs Saints front
80 v 82
EVEN
Saints backs vs Jaguars run defence
86 v 86
EVEN
Jaguars backs vs Saints run defence
87 v 82
JAGUARS
Saints passer vs Jaguars secondary
84 v 89
JAGUARS
Jaguars passer vs Saints secondary
88 v 84
JAGUARS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 25/37 | 271 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 86.6 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Moore QB | 21/38 | 206 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 59.7 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 17 | 58 | 3.4 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| Kendre Miller HB | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tyler Shough QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Olave WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juwan Johnson TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Fant TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 17 | 83 | 4.9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 25 | 0 |
| Dante Moore QB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| LeQuint Allen Jr HB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kewan Lacy HB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Boerkircher TE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juwan Johnson TE | 7 | 98 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 31 |
| Chris Olave WR | 9 | 94 | 10.4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 16 |
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| Noah Fant TE | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Barion Brown WR | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Singleton Jr WR | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| Brian Thomas Jr WR | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Jakobi Meyers WR | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Brenton Strange TE | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Kewan Lacy HB | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sammy Brown MIKE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jayden Bellamy CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Justin Reid FS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Christen Miller DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Sanker SS | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jayden Jackson DT | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Werner MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Granderson REDG | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Young LEDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quincy Riley CB | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foyesade Oluokun MIKE | 14 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jourdan Lewis CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Josh Hines-Allen REDG | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Hunter CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Albert Regis DT | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Huskey FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry To'oTo'o WILL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Johnson SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Caleb Ransaw FS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jarrian Jones CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Travon Walker LEDG | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruke Orhorhoro DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montaric Brown CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Akingbesote DT | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jahlani Tavai WILL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smyth K | 3/4 | 1/1 | 53 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Little K | 1/1 | 2/2 | 34 |
RECENT FORM
Saints
W
27–17 vs Giants
WK 12
W
42–21 vs Commanders
WK 11
W
45–34 vs Cowboys
WK 10
Jaguars
L
12–34 vs Jets
WK 12
W
26–14 vs Panthers
WK 11
W
20–10 vs Browns
WK 10
TEAM STATS
| Saints | Jaguars | |
|---|---|---|
| 340 | TOTAL YARDS | 297 |
| 271 | PASSING YARDS | 206 |
| 69 | RUSHING YARDS | 91 |
| 7 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 7 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 2 | 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
SAINTS
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1
JAGUARS