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THE WIRE
WK 15 FINAL Ravens 34, Broncos 0 WK 15 FINAL Steelers 24, Chargers 17 WK 15 FINAL Dolphins 24, Jets 30 MOVE LaNorris Sellers dev trait up Star to Superstar MOVE Christian Benford dev trait up Star to Superstar MOVE T.J. Moore dev trait up Star to Superstar WK 16 Bills (8-6) at Jaguars (12-2) WK 16 Lions (9-5) at Packers (11-3)
WEEK 14 · FINAL
JAGUARS 12-2 · 30.0 PPG 47 – 41 BUCCANEERS 0-14 · 19.0 PPG
THE READ
88 points between Jaguars and Buccaneers

Jacksonville won 47-41 in a shootout where both quarterbacks had their best days of the season. Baker Mayfield threw for 409 yards and 4 touchdowns for Tampa Bay, but Brian Thomas Jr caught 9 passes for 163 yards and 3 scores to power the Jaguars offense. Jacksonville's ground game made the difference—179 rushing yards to Tampa Bay's 100—and an extra turnover by the Buccaneers sealed it.

Talia Morgan Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Jaguars +2.7 -4.0 +6.7 +7
Buccaneers -13.4 -2.5 -10.9 -8
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.
Jaguars — AFC #2 · division · 12-2 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#11 Brian Thomas Jr WR · Jaguars · 0.4% of the field
The whole board →
Baker Mayfield
Buccaneers
29/43, 409 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Dante Moore
Jaguars
27/39, 334 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Brian Thomas Jr
Jaguars
9 catches, 163 yards, 3 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Jaguars 179, Buccaneers 100 Jaguars
Through the air Buccaneers 409, Jaguars 334 Buccaneers
Total yards Jaguars 513, Buccaneers 509 Jaguars
Giveaways Buccaneers 2, Jaguars 1 Jaguars
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 14 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
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 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
Primary weapon: Brian Thomas Jr WR — 38% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
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
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
Ace.P
Buccaneers · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run63% / 37% Points for / against19.6 — 29.6 Margin-10.0 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken5.5% of dropbacks Lead backBucky Irving · 14.0/g Top targetTed Hurst III · 35% QB carries2.0 a game
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
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 Tone against Ace.P — the men, not the teams
Tone leads it 1-0. Tone won the last one.
1 meeting avg 47.0 — 41.0 biggest: 6 pts to Tone
S2 · week 14 Tone 47 — 41 Ace.P 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
Jaguars receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 84 v 88 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers receivers vs Jaguars secondary 88 v 89 EVEN
Jaguars line vs Buccaneers front 80 v 89 BUCCANEERS
Buccaneers line vs Jaguars front 86 v 88 EVEN
Jaguars backs vs Buccaneers run defence 87 v 88 EVEN
Buccaneers backs vs Jaguars run defence 90 v 86 BUCCANEERS
Jaguars passer vs Buccaneers secondary 88 v 88 EVEN
Buccaneers passer vs Jaguars secondary 84 v 89 JAGUARS
TOP PERFORMERS
Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 409 pass yds
Dante Moore QB Jaguars 334 pass yds
Brian Thomas Jr WR Jaguars 163 rec yds
Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 141 rec yds
Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 110 rec yds
Kewan Lacy HB Jaguars 82 rush yds
Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 82 rush yds
Chris Godwin Jr WR Buccaneers 79 rec yds
Bhayshul Tuten HB Jaguars 63 rush yds
Tykee Smith SS Buccaneers 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
JAGUARS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Dante Moore QB 27/3933441229118.9
BUCCANEERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Baker Mayfield QB 29/4340941376119.2
RECENT FORM
Jaguars
W 17–16 vs Saints WK 13
L 12–34 vs Jets WK 12
W 26–14 vs Panthers WK 11
Buccaneers
L 20–26 vs Eagles WK 13
L 24–28 vs Falcons WK 12
L 9–17 vs Colts WK 11
TEAM STATS
Jaguars Buccaneers
513 TOTAL YARDS 509
334 PASSING YARDS 409
179 RUSHING YARDS 100
2 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 2
1 GIVEAWAYS 2
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
1 JAGUARS — 0 BUCCANEERS
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