Broncos @ Eagles · Week 3

WEEK 3 · FINAL

THE READ

68 points between Broncos and Eagles

Scoreboard operators earned their money. Broncos 37, Eagles 31. Bo Nix was steady for Broncos — 30/44, 325 yards, 4 TD. Nik Bonitto got after the quarterback for Broncos — 2 sacks. That is 3 straight games over 250 for Bo Nix. Through the air: Broncos 325, Eagles 187.

Jordan Hayes The armchair coach

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Broncos	-5.7	+3.0	-8.6	-11
Eagles	-6.8	-0.8	-6.0	+0

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.

IN THE BOOTH

Talia Morgan Beat reporter

Philadelphia had chances — Saquon Barkley was excellent, the Eagles moved the ball on the ground, and they didn't beat themselves. But 187 passing yards and 1 sack won't beat anyone: Denver's Bo Nix threw 4 touchdowns and Denver's pass rush made life miserable all afternoon.

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter · replying

Denver won a shootout where Philadelphia had the ball moving on the ground and gave nothing away — but Nix's 4 touchdown passes were the difference, and the Eagles' pass rush couldn't generate enough heat to make him uncomfortable.

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.

Bo Nix

Broncos

30/44, 325 yards, 4 TD

Nik Bonitto

Broncos

2 sacks

Saquon Barkley

Eagles

13 carries, 73 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Bo Nix has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Saquon Barkley has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Evan Engram has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Broncos 325, Eagles 187 Broncos

Total yards Broncos 418, Eagles 315 Broncos

On the ground Eagles 128, Broncos 93 Eagles

Pressure Eagles 1 sacks, Broncos 4 Broncos

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

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

Primary weapon: Jaylen Waddle WR — 35% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

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

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

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.

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Broncos receivers vs Eagles secondary 87 v 89 EVEN

Eagles receivers vs Broncos secondary 90 v 89 EVEN

Broncos line vs Eagles front 87 v 88 EVEN

Eagles line vs Broncos front 87 v 89 EVEN

Broncos backs vs Eagles run defence 84 v 88 EAGLES

Eagles backs vs Broncos run defence 89 v 86 EAGLES

Broncos passer vs Eagles secondary 89 v 89 EVEN

Eagles passer vs Broncos secondary 88 v 89 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Bo Nix QB Broncos 325 pass yds

Jalen Hurts QB Eagles 187 pass yds

Evan Engram TE Broncos 105 rec yds

Courtland Sutton WR Broncos 105 rec yds

RJ Harvey HB Broncos 77 rush yds

Saquon Barkley HB Eagles 73 rush yds

Alec Pierce WR Eagles 59 rec yds

Nik Bonitto REDG Broncos 2 sacks

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BOX SCORE

BRONCOS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Bo Nix QB	30/44	325	4	0	1	41	119.9

EAGLES

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jalen Hurts QB	20/39	187	0	0	4	25	64.7

BRONCOS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
RJ Harvey HB	15	77	5.1	3	45	25	1
Ty Chandler HB	3	14	4.7	1	2	6	0
Bo Nix QB	1	5	5	0	0	5	0
Evan Engram TE	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Troy Franklin WR	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jaylen Waddle WR	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Courtland Sutton WR	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Adam Trautman TE	1	-3	-3	0	0	0	0

EAGLES

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Saquon Barkley HB	13	73	5.6	2	3	20	22
Tank Bigsby HB	9	26	2.9	2	1	4	5
Jalen Hurts QB	3	18	6	0	0	0	7
Lincoln Pare HB	2	11	5.5	0	0	0	7
Eli Stowers TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Evan Engram TE	9	105	11.7	0	36	35
Courtland Sutton WR	7	105	15	1	43	41
Jaylen Waddle WR	5	41	8.2	1	19	13
Troy Franklin WR	3	37	12.3	1	19	20
Justin Joly TE	2	14	7	1	5	7
Marvin Mims Jr WR	1	9	9	0	0	9
Adam Trautman TE	1	7	7	0	6	7
Ty Chandler HB	2	7	3.5	0	5	9

EAGLES

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	DRP	LNG
Alec Pierce WR	6	59	9.8	20	1	21
Eli Stowers TE	5	49	9.8	11	0	16
Saquon Barkley HB	2	30	15	15	0	25
Johnny Wilson TE	3	28	9.3	11	1	19
Rashod Bateman WR	1	10	10	2	0	10
Makai Lemon WR	1	10	10	2	1	10
DeVonta Smith WR	1	3	3	0	0	3
Tank Bigsby HB	1	-2	-2	0	0	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	CMP ALW
Alex Singleton MIKE	10	0.5	1	6
Jahdae Barron CB	8	0	0	6
Miles Scott FS	5	0	0	3
Ja'Quan McMillian CB	4	0	1	0
Talanoa Hufanga SS	4	0	0	2
Jonathon Cooper LEDG	3	1	0	0
Patrick Surtain II CB	2	0	1	0
Nik Bonitto REDG	2	2	0	0
Kris Abrams-Draine CB	2	0	0	1
Christian Wilkins DT	2	0	0	0
Red Murdock WILL	1	0	0	2
Zach Allen DT	0	0.5	0	0
Devin White WILL	0	0	1	0

EAGLES

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Quinyon Mitchell CB	7	0	1	0	6
Andrew Mukuba FS	6	0	0	0	5
Andre Cisco SS	5	0.5	0	0	5
Cooper DeJean CB	5	0	0	0	3
Jihaad Campbell MIKE	4	0	0	0	6
Nolan Smith Jr LEDG	4	0.5	0	0	1
Jordan Davis DT	3	0	0	0	0
Riq Woolen CB	3	0	0	0	4
Jalen Carter DT	2	0	0	0	0
Ty Robinson DT	2	0	0	0	0
Zack Baun WILL	2	0	0	1	0
Jonathan Greenard REDG	1	0	0	0	0
Daniel Wingate MIKE	1	0	0	0	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Wil Lutz K	3/3	4/4	52

EAGLES

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jake Elliott K	1/2	4/4	41

RECENT FORM

Broncos

L 38–42 vs Lions WK 2

L 14–28 vs Chargers WK 1

Eagles

L 19–23 vs Jets WK 2

L 13–25 vs Saints WK 1

TEAM STATS

Broncos		Eagles
418	TOTAL YARDS	315
325	PASSING YARDS	187
93	RUSHING YARDS	128
1	SACKS ALLOWED	4
4	SACKS MADE	1
1	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	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 BRONCOS — 0 EAGLES

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