WEEK 15 · FINAL
THE READ
Ravens run away with it, 34-0
Baltimore dismantled Denver 34-0, a shutout built on Lamar Jackson's 16-of-25, 280-yard night with 3 touchdowns and Adam Randall's season-best 103 yards receiving. Bo Nix managed 128 passing yards and 3 interceptions against a defense that sacked him 3 times, while Denver's ground game produced minus-1 yards and 3 giveaways. The Ravens outgained the Broncos 321 to 127, a differential that told the entire story of a 12-2 team disposing of a 2-12 team with clinical efficiency.
Jeff Epstein
The showman
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravens | +17.7 | +2.6 | +15.1 | +8 |
| Broncos | -5.7 | +3.0 | -8.6 | -11 |
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.
Ravens —
AFC #1 · division
· 12-2
Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Daniel Keller
The numbers guy
Denver couldn't move the ball or protect it—128 passing yards and 3 interceptions against a Ravens team that didn't need to do anything fancy—and when a team gets shut out in this league, the margin stops mattering because everything already failed.
Elise Carter
The insider
· replying
This wasn't Denver having an off night—this is what happens when a 2-12 team meets one built to win now, and Baltimore's 1 seed didn't need to break a sweat to prove it.
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.
Lamar Jackson
Ravens
16/25, 280 yards, 3 TD
Raylen Wilson
Ravens
2 sacks
Adam Randall
Ravens
3 catches, 103 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Ravens 321, Broncos 127
Ravens
Through the air
Ravens 280, Broncos 128
Ravens
On the ground
Ravens 41, Broncos -1
Ravens
Giveaways
Broncos 3, Ravens 0
Ravens
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 56% · Rush 44% · 35.1 scored, 20.0 allowed
10.5 yds/att
65.7% completions
5.3 yds/carry
380.5 yds/game
0.9 giveaways/game
9.7% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 75 · Efficient
Balance 94
Ball security 74
Back usage 32%
QB runs 5.8/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.7% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 86
TE 90
RB 84
OL 81
DL 87
LB 83
DB 90
Best: Lamar Jackson QB 99
Fastest: Lamar Jackson QB 95 SPD
8 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 66% · Rush 34% · 26.0 scored, 34.6 allowed
8.0 yds/att
59.6% completions
4.2 yds/carry
346.1 yds/game
2.0 giveaways/game
5.4% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 56 · Aggressive
Balance 84
Ball security 44
Back usage 30%
QB runs 2.1/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.0 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89
WR 87
TE 78
RB 84
OL 87
DL 89
LB 81
DB 89
Best: Patrick Surtain II CB 99
Fastest: Jaylen Waddle WR 96 SPD
4 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
Lions 🦁
Broncos · his last 8 games
Throws it
Gives it away
One back
One target
Pass / run65% / 35%
Points for / against20.4 — 31.6
Margin-11.2
Giveaways a game2.0
Sacks taken5.7% of dropbacks
Lead backRJ Harvey · 13.8/g
Top targetJaylen Waddle · 39%
QB carries1.9 a game
Lamar Jackson
Ravens · his last 8 games
Balanced
Runs the quarterback
Takes sacks
Pass / run59% / 41%
Points for / against32.8 — 27.5
Margin+5.2
Giveaways a game1.2
Sacks taken9.3% of dropbacks
Lead backAdam Randall · 10.8/g
Top targetDevontez Walker · 24%
QB carries7.8 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
Lamar Jackson against Lions 🦁 — the men, not the teams
Lamar Jackson leads it 1-0.
Lamar Jackson won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 34.0 — 0.0
biggest: 34 pts to Lamar Jackson
S2 · week 15
Lamar Jackson 34 — 0 Lions 🦁
LAMAR JACKSON
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
Ravens receivers vs Broncos secondary
86 v 89
BRONCOS
Broncos receivers vs Ravens secondary
87 v 90
RAVENS
Ravens line vs Broncos front
81 v 89
BRONCOS
Broncos line vs Ravens front
87 v 87
EVEN
Ravens backs vs Broncos run defence
84 v 86
EVEN
Broncos backs vs Ravens run defence
84 v 86
EVEN
Ravens passer vs Broncos secondary
99 v 89
RAVENS
Broncos passer vs Ravens secondary
89 v 90
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Jackson QB | 16/25 | 280 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 93 | 141.6 |
BRONCOS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Nix QB | 8/19 | 128 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 25.6 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Jackson QB | 4 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Andrews TE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Randall HB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
BRONCOS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Harvey HB | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Randall HB | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 93 |
| Ja'Kobi Lane WR | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 29 |
| Zay Flowers WR | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 30 |
| Mark Andrews TE | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 16 |
| Elijah Sarratt WR | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| Devontez Walker WR | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
BRONCOS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Waddle WR | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 50 |
| Troy Franklin WR | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| Courtland Sutton WR | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| Evan Engram TE | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| RJ Harvey HB | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raylen Wilson LEDG | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alijah Clark FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KJ Bolden FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roquan Smith MIKE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaki Starks CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Hamilton SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nnamdi Madubuike DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devonte Wyatt DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Wiggins CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Simmons MIKE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BRONCOS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talanoa Hufanga SS | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathon Cooper LEDG | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Murdock WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Surtain II CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cade Uluave MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Allen DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Singleton MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ja'Quan McMillian CB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Abrams-Draine CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Ravens
W
31–21 vs Bengals
WK 14
W
20–19 vs Colts
WK 12
L
63–87 vs Lions
WK 11
Broncos
W
20–17 vs Chargers
WK 14
L
30–38 vs Chiefs
WK 13
L
24–28 vs Bills
WK 12
TEAM STATS
| Ravens | Broncos | |
|---|---|---|
| 321 | TOTAL YARDS | 127 |
| 280 | PASSING YARDS | 128 |
| 41 | RUSHING YARDS | -1 |
| 3 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 3 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 3 |
| 3 | TAKEAWAYS | 0 |
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
RAVENS
—
0
BRONCOS