Texans @ Jaguars · Week 3

WEEK 3 · FINAL

THE READ

75 points between Texans and Jaguars

Nobody wanted to play defence. Jaguars won the shootout 41-34. Dante Moore was steady for Jaguars — 10/24, 349 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT. C.J. Stroud did the damage for Texans — 13/26, 305 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT — in a losing effort. That is 3 straight games over 250 for Dante Moore. Through the air: Jaguars 349, Texans 305.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Texans	-1.3	-1.2	-0.1	-4
Jaguars	+2.7	-4.0	+6.7	+7

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.

Jaguars — AFC #2 · division · 12-2 Texans — AFC #6 · 8-6 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#11 Brian Thomas Jr WR · Jaguars · 0.4% of the field

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IN THE BOOTH

Talia Morgan Beat reporter

Houston's 4 interceptions sank them in a shootout they had no business losing. Stroud cannot play like that and keep this job — the Jaguars won because the Texans beat themselves.

Elise Carter The insider · replying

Jacksonville just climbed to 9-2 and fifth seed territory while Houston sits at 7-4 watching their margin for error shrink — and that's the real story here, because both these teams are still in the field but only one of them plays like it has time to waste.

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.

Dante Moore

Jaguars

10/24, 349 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT

C.J. Stroud

Texans

13/26, 305 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT

Tank Dell

Texans

7 catches, 150 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Dante Moore has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

🔥 Tank Dell has now cleared 100 receiving yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Bhayshul Tuten has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Brenton Strange has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ C.J. Stroud has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Jaguars 349, Texans 305 Jaguars

Total yards Jaguars 438, Texans 412 Jaguars

On the ground Texans 107, Jaguars 89 Texans

Giveaways Jaguars 3, Texans 4 Jaguars

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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 58% · Rush 42% · 25.1 scored, 25.2 allowed

8.1 yds/att 53.6% completions 5.0 yds/carry 343.5 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 5.5% sack rate last 5: 2-3

Primary weapon: Nico Collins WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive Balance 92 Ball security 40 Back usage 36% QB runs 3.0/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 89 WR 88 TE 85 RB 82 OL 84 DL 86 LB 81 DB 91

Best: Derek Stingley Jr CB 99 Fastest: Jaylin Noel WR 93 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

Tone

Jaguars · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against23.0 — 22.5 Margin+0.5 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken8.7% of dropbacks Lead backBhayshul Tuten · 11.6/g Top targetBrian Thomas Jr · 31% QB carries4.6 a game

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

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 Lor_mn against Tone — the men, not the teams

Tone leads it 2-0. Tone has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 25.0 — 29.0 biggest: 7 pts to Tone

S2 · week 8 Lor_mn 16 — 17 Tone TONE

S2 · week 3 Lor_mn 34 — 41 Tone TONE

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

Texans receivers vs Jaguars secondary 88 v 89 EVEN

Jaguars receivers vs Texans secondary 84 v 91 TEXANS

Texans line vs Jaguars front 84 v 88 JAGUARS

Jaguars line vs Texans front 80 v 86 TEXANS

Texans backs vs Jaguars run defence 82 v 86 JAGUARS

Jaguars backs vs Texans run defence 87 v 84 JAGUARS

Texans passer vs Jaguars secondary 89 v 89 EVEN

Jaguars passer vs Texans secondary 88 v 91 TEXANS

TOP PERFORMERS

Dante Moore QB Jaguars 349 pass yds

C.J. Stroud QB Texans 305 pass yds

Tank Dell WR Texans 150 rec yds

Nico Collins WR Texans 141 rec yds

Brenton Strange TE Jaguars 110 rec yds

Mark Fletcher Jr HB Texans 101 rush yds

Bhayshul Tuten HB Jaguars 89 rush yds

Travon Walker LEDG Jaguars 1.5 sacks

Antonio Johnson SS Jaguars 1 INTs

Foyesade Oluokun MIKE Jaguars 2 INTs

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BOX SCORE

TEXANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
C.J. Stroud QB	13/26	305	3	4	2	67	91.5

JAGUARS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Dante Moore QB	10/24	349	3	3	2	83	88.8

TEXANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Mark Fletcher Jr HB	19	101	5.3	3	32	16
Woody Marks HB	3	6	2	0	1	5
Jaylin Noel WR	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nico Collins WR	0	0	0	1	0	0

JAGUARS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Bhayshul Tuten HB	18	89	4.9	1	2	30	20	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Tank Dell WR	7	150	21.4	2	13	53
Nico Collins WR	5	141	28.2	1	46	67
Dalton Schultz TE	1	14	14	0	2	14

JAGUARS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Brenton Strange TE	3	110	36.7	0	42	63
Brian Thomas Jr WR	1	49	49	1	19	49
Eric Singleton Jr WR	1	32	32	0	11	32
Bhayshul Tuten HB	3	20	6.7	0	9	13

TEXANS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Tommy Togiai DT	3	1	0	0	0
Germaine Pratt WILL	3	0	0	0	0
Brice Pollock CB	2	0	0	1	0
Nehemiah Pritchett CB	2	0	0	0	0
Kayden McDonald DT	2	1	0	0	0
Azeez Al-Shaair SAM	2	0	1	2	1
Kamari Ramsey FS	2	0	0	0	0
Jermaine Johnson II REDG	1	0	0	0	0
Will Anderson Jr LEDG	1	0	0	0	0
Derek Stingley Jr CB	1	0	0	1	0
Trey Taylor SS	1	0	0	0	0
Jalen Pitre SS	0	0	1	2	0
Calen Bullock FS	0	0	0	1	0
Wade Woodaz MIKE	0	0	1	0	0

JAGUARS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Antonio Johnson SS	3	0	1	0
Jourdan Lewis CB	3	0	0	0
Caleb Ransaw FS	3	0	1	1
Jalen Huskey FS	3	0	0	0
Travis Hunter CB	3	0	0	1
Foyesade Oluokun MIKE	2	0	2	0
Travon Walker LEDG	2	1.5	0	0
Ruke Orhorhoro DT	1	0	0	0
Albert Regis DT	1	0	0	0
Josh Hines-Allen REDG	1	0.5	0	0
Jarrian Jones CB	0	0	0	2

TEXANS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Ka'imi Fairbairn K	2/2	4/4	34

JAGUARS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Cam Little K	2/2	5/5	47

RECENT FORM

Texans

W 34–22 vs Buccaneers WK 2

L 17–24 vs Chiefs WK 1

Jaguars

W 38–28 vs 49ers WK 2

W 50–37 vs Dolphins WK 1

TEAM STATS

Texans		Jaguars
412	TOTAL YARDS	438
305	PASSING YARDS	349
107	RUSHING YARDS	89
2	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	2
4	GIVEAWAYS	3
3	TAKEAWAYS	4

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 TEXANS — 2 JAGUARS

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