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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 2 · FINAL
PATRIOTS 7-7 · 17.0 PPG 18 – 16 BENGALS 7-7 · 24.0 PPG
THE READ
Patriots edge Bengals by 2

Patriots 18, Bengals 16. Nobody watching sat down. Joe Burrow was steady for Bengals — 28/43, 313 yards, 1 TD — in a losing effort. Drake Maye was steady for Patriots — 21/36, 231 yards. Through the air: Bengals 313, Patriots 231.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Patriots -7.5 -2.3 -5.2 +3
Bengals -2.2 +1.7 -3.9 +2
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.
Patriots — in the hunt · 7-7 Playoff picture →
Joe Burrow
Bengals
28/43, 313 yards, 1 TD
Drake Maye
Patriots
21/36, 231 yards
Drake Maye
Patriots
11 carries, 90 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Bengals 313, Patriots 231 Bengals
On the ground Patriots 131, Bengals 66 Patriots
Total yards Bengals 379, Patriots 362 Bengals
Pressure Bengals 1 sacks, Patriots 1 Patriots
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% · 17.1 scored, 22.4 allowed
6.4 yds/att 60.1% completions 4.2 yds/carry 288.8 yds/game 1.1 giveaways/game 7.4% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: A.J. Brown WR — 28% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 42 · Conservative Balance 93 Ball security 70 Back usage 34% QB runs 4.4/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99 WR 85 TE 87 RB 88 OL 84 DL 85 LB 75 DB 90
Best: Drake Maye QB 99 Fastest: TreVeyon Henderson HB 95 SPD 2 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
KNOFLOCKINN$$
Bengals · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run61% / 39% Points for / against21.5 — 26.5 Margin-5.0 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken3.1% of dropbacks Lead backChase Brown · 14.8/g Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 33% QB carries2.6 a game
wizzkid76
Patriots · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against18.5 — 21.0 Margin-2.5 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken7.6% of dropbacks Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 13.2/g Top targetA.J. Brown · 30% QB carries4.0 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
THE SERIES wizzkid76 against KNOFLOCKINN$$ — the men, not the teams
wizzkid76 leads it 1-0. wizzkid76 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 18.0 — 16.0 biggest: 2 pts to wizzkid76
S2 · week 2 wizzkid76 18 — 16 KNOFLOCKINN$$ WIZZKID76
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
Patriots receivers vs Bengals secondary 85 v 82 PATRIOTS
Bengals receivers vs Patriots secondary 88 v 90 EVEN
Patriots line vs Bengals front 84 v 84 EVEN
Bengals line vs Patriots front 78 v 85 PATRIOTS
Patriots backs vs Bengals run defence 88 v 82 PATRIOTS
Bengals backs vs Patriots run defence 80 v 83 PATRIOTS
Patriots passer vs Bengals secondary 99 v 82 PATRIOTS
Bengals passer vs Patriots secondary 97 v 90 BENGALS
TOP PERFORMERS
Joe Burrow QB Bengals 313 pass yds
Drake Maye QB Patriots 231 pass yds
Tee Higgins WR Bengals 124 rec yds
Drake Maye QB Patriots 90 rush yds
Mike Gesicki TE Bengals 75 rec yds
Kyle Williams WR Patriots 64 rec yds
Romeo Doubs WR Patriots 63 rec yds
Hunter Henry TE Patriots 54 rec yds
Chase Brown HB Bengals 50 rush yds
TreVeyon Henderson HB Patriots 50 rush yds
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
PATRIOTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drake Maye QB 21/362310013877.4
BENGALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Joe Burrow QB 28/433131012494.4
RECENT FORM
Patriots
L 8–37 vs Bills WK 1
Bengals
W 31–25 vs Browns WK 1
TEAM STATS
Patriots Bengals
362 TOTAL YARDS 379
231 PASSING YARDS 313
131 RUSHING YARDS 66
1 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 1
0 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 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 PATRIOTS — 0 BENGALS
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