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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
STEELERS 4-10 · 23.0 PPG 9 – 27 TEXANS 8-6 · 25.0 PPG
THE READ
Texans beat Steelers, 27-9

Steelers kept it respectable. Texans still won by 18. C.J. Stroud was steady for Texans — 17/25, 263 yards, 1 TD. Jowon Briggs got after the quarterback for Texans — 2 sacks. Three weeks of this now from Trey Benson: 63 rushing yards a game, well clear of his 46 average. Through the air: Texans 263, Steelers 163.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Steelers -3.0 +2.0 -5.0 +4
Texans -1.3 -1.2 -0.1 -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.
Texans — AFC #6 · 8-6 Playoff picture →
C.J. Stroud
Texans
17/25, 263 yards, 1 TD
Jowon Briggs
Texans
2 sacks
Nico Collins
Texans
4 catches, 99 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Texans 263, Steelers 163 Texans
Total yards Texans 386, Steelers 293 Texans
On the ground Steelers 130, Texans 123 Steelers
Giveaways Texans 1, Steelers 1 Steelers
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
Pass-heavy Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 23.1 scored, 28.1 allowed
7.9 yds/att 56.2% completions 4.4 yds/carry 352.4 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 7.6% sack rate last 5: 2-3
Primary weapon: Germie Bernard WR — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 54 · Efficient Balance 88 Ball security 64 Back usage 31% QB runs 3.4/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89 WR 87 TE 88 RB 86 OL 81 DL 88 LB 81 DB 86
Best: T.J. Watt LEDG 93 Fastest: KaVontae Turpin WR 97 SPD 6 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
Lor_mn
Texans · his last 8 games
Balanced Gives it away One target
Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against20.6 — 23.4 Margin-2.8 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken5.5% of dropbacks Lead backMark Fletcher Jr · 10.2/g Top targetNico Collins · 38% QB carries1.2 a game
talabandrell
Steelers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against21.1 — 25.9 Margin-4.8 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken8.0% of dropbacks Lead backTrey Benson · 13.1/g Top targetGermie Bernard · 31% QB carries3.1 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 talabandrell against Lor_mn — the men, not the teams
Lor_mn leads it 1-0. Lor_mn won the last one.
1 meeting avg 9.0 — 27.0 biggest: 18 pts to Lor_mn
S2 · week 14 talabandrell 9 — 27 Lor_mn LOR_MN
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
Steelers receivers vs Texans secondary 87 v 91 TEXANS
Texans receivers vs Steelers secondary 88 v 86 EVEN
Steelers line vs Texans front 81 v 86 TEXANS
Texans line vs Steelers front 84 v 88 STEELERS
Steelers backs vs Texans run defence 86 v 84 EVEN
Texans backs vs Steelers run defence 82 v 85 STEELERS
Steelers passer vs Texans secondary 89 v 91 EVEN
Texans passer vs Steelers secondary 89 v 86 TEXANS
TOP PERFORMERS
C.J. Stroud QB Texans 263 pass yds
Drew Allar QB Steelers 163 pass yds
Nico Collins WR Texans 99 rec yds
Tank Dell WR Texans 96 rec yds
Trey Benson HB Steelers 67 rush yds
Woody Marks HB Texans 62 rush yds
Michael Pittman TE Steelers 60 rec yds
Mark Fletcher Jr HB Texans 52 rush yds
T.J. Watt LEDG Steelers 1.5 sacks
Jowon Briggs DT Texans 2 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 16/361630121746.4
TEXANS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
C.J. Stroud QB 17/2526310263115.9
RECENT FORM
Steelers
L 14–36 vs Seahawks WK 13
L 23–28 vs 49ers WK 12
W 25–20 vs Browns WK 11
Texans
L 7–28 vs Colts WK 13
W 34–31 vs Titans WK 12
L 16–24 vs Colts WK 10
TEAM STATS
Steelers Texans
293 TOTAL YARDS 386
163 PASSING YARDS 263
130 RUSHING YARDS 123
2 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 2
1 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 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 STEELERS — 1 TEXANS
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