WEEK 3 · FINAL
THE READ
Rams win the turnover battle and the game
Take care of the football or lose. Cardinals did not, and did. Myles Garrett lived in the backfield for Rams — 2.5 sacks. Trey McBride was the target for Cardinals — 4 catches, 87 yards — in a losing effort. A season best for Kyren Williams. Total yards: Rams 275, Cardinals 184.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rams | +2.7 | +5.5 | -2.7 | -4 |
| Cardinals | -1.0 | +1.2 | -2.2 | -9 |
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.
Myles Garrett
Rams
2.5 sacks
Trey McBride
Cardinals
4 catches, 87 yards
Max Klare
Rams
4 catches, 85 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Rams 275, Cardinals 184
Rams
On the ground
Rams 85, Cardinals 24
Rams
Through the air
Rams 190, Cardinals 160
Rams
Giveaways
Cardinals 3, Rams 1
Rams
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 53% · Rush 47% · 28.6 scored, 31.4 allowed
9.1 yds/att
61.4% completions
5.7 yds/carry
388.8 yds/game
1.9 giveaways/game
7.9% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 66 · Aggressive
Balance 97
Ball security 46
Back usage 36%
QB runs 5.7/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Puka Nacua takes 41% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 93
WR 87
TE 82
RB 90
OL 84
DL 92
LB 82
DB 89
Best: Myles Garrett LEDG 99
Fastest: Puka Nacua WR 95 SPD
7 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 64% · Rush 36% · 26.5 scored, 28.7 allowed
9.1 yds/att
56.0% completions
4.7 yds/carry
383.2 yds/game
2.1 giveaways/game
6.5% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 60 · Aggressive
Balance 86
Ball security 40
Back usage 31%
QB runs 2.5/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90
WR 84
TE 99
RB 90
OL 84
DL 85
LB 77
DB 87
Best: Trey McBride TE 99
Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 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
impaid.w
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run65% / 35%
Points for / against28.5 — 30.0
Margin-1.5
Giveaways a game1.6
Sacks taken6.1% of dropbacks
Lead backJeremiyah Love · 12.5/g
Top targetMarvin Harrison Jr · 29%
QB carries2.5 a game
glk_taza18
Rams · his last 8 games
Runs it
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run55% / 45%
Points for / against26.1 — 32.4
Margin-6.2
Giveaways a game1.9
Sacks taken4.8% of dropbacks
Lead backIsaac Brown · 11.4/g
Top targetPuka Nacua · 36%
QB carries5.0 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
glk_taza18 against impaid.w — the men, not the teams
All square at 1-1.
impaid.w won the last one.
2 meetings
avg 27.5 — 22.5
biggest: 12 pts to glk_taza18
S2 · week 8
glk_taza18 36 — 38 impaid.w
IMPAID.W
S2 · week 3
glk_taza18 19 — 7 impaid.w
GLK_TAZA18
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
Rams receivers vs Cardinals secondary
87 v 87
EVEN
Cardinals receivers vs Rams secondary
84 v 89
RAMS
Rams line vs Cardinals front
84 v 85
EVEN
Cardinals line vs Rams front
84 v 92
RAMS
Rams backs vs Cardinals run defence
90 v 82
RAMS
Cardinals backs vs Rams run defence
90 v 89
EVEN
Rams passer vs Cardinals secondary
93 v 87
RAMS
Cardinals passer vs Rams secondary
90 v 89
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Fields QB | 10/16 | 190 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 124.4 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Darnold QB | 8/31 | 160 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 19.7 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyren Williams HB | 4 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 0 |
| Isaac Brown HB | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Justin Fields QB | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Klare TE | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 38 |
| Puka Nacua WR | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 56 |
| Kyren Williams HB | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| Luke Wysong WR | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey McBride TE | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 |
| Jeremiyah Love HB | 2 | 48 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 38 |
| Marquise Brown WR | 1 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| Michael Wilson WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasir Abdullah SAM | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Pola-Mao FS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Garrett LEDG | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Lake SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylen Watson CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobie Turner DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Young REDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Fiske DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CARDINALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Johnson CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Oliver SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Budda Baker SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Wingard FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Sweat REDG | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Nolen III DT | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Wilson Sr MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaven Collins LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxwell Hairston CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAMS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Mevis K | 2/4 | 1/1 | 39 |
CARDINALS
nothing recorded
RECENT FORM
Rams
L
14–35 vs Ravens
WK 2
W
35–21 vs Bears
WK 1
Cardinals
L
13–41 vs Seahawks
WK 2
W
27–21 vs Falcons
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Rams | Cardinals | |
|---|---|---|
| 275 | TOTAL YARDS | 184 |
| 190 | PASSING YARDS | 160 |
| 85 | RUSHING YARDS | 24 |
| 3 | SACKS ALLOWED | 4 |
| 4 | SACKS MADE | 3 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 3 |
| 3 | 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
RAMS
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1
CARDINALS