Colts @ Patriots · Week 3

WEEK 3 · FINAL

THE READ

Colts run away with it, 35-6

The Colts beat the Patriots 35-6 in Week 3, a 29-point rout decided by Indianapolis's air attack versus New England's inability to move the ball. LaNorris Sellers went 14 of 20 for 297 yards and 4 touchdowns while the Patriots managed just 55 passing yards, well below their season average of 158. Indianapolis's passing game dominated to the point of necessity—the Colts ran just 4 times for 13 yards—but it didn't matter when Sellers and Tyler Warren, who had 4 catches for 108 yards, controlled the game through the air.

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Colts	+11.0	-1.9	+12.9	+15
Patriots	-7.5	-2.3	-5.2	+3

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.

Colts — AFC #5 · 11-3 Patriots — in the hunt · 7-7 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#6 LaNorris Sellers QB · Colts · 0.6% of the field

#12 Duce Robinson WR · Colts · 0.4% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Devon Walker Beat reporter

Indianapolis dismantled New England 35-6 behind Sellers' 4 touchdown passes, but the real gap was the air attack: 297 yards to 55. Pats couldn't generate anything downfield and paid for it.

Jaylen Rivers The insider · replying

Drake Maye at 55 passing yards is a symptom, not the disease — New England's defense couldn't keep Indianapolis honest enough to let the kid breathe downfield, and that's a gap that doesn't close overnight.

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.

LaNorris Sellers

Colts

14/20, 297 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT

TreVeyon Henderson

Patriots

11 carries, 70 yards, 1 TD

Tyler Warren

Colts

4 catches, 108 yards

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ LaNorris Sellers has not had a better afternoon this season.

🧊 Drake Maye — 99 overall — was held to 55 passing yards, against an average of 158.

🧊 Nate Frazier — 88 overall — was held to 11 rushing yards, against an average of 31.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Colts 297, Patriots 55 Colts

Total yards Colts 310, Patriots 125 Colts

On the ground Patriots 70, Colts 13 Patriots

Pressure Patriots 0 sacks, Colts 2 Colts

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 67% · Rush 33% · 29.4 scored, 16.6 allowed

9.3 yds/att 54.3% completions 4.5 yds/carry 307.6 yds/game 1.4 giveaways/game 5.3% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Duce Robinson WR — 31% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 61 · Aggressive Balance 83 Ball security 62 Back usage 21% QB runs 4.6/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 93 WR 92 TE 91 RB 84 OL 89 DL 90 LB 85 DB 94

Best: Deion Burks WR 99 Fastest: Deion Burks WR 96 SPD 12 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

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

REECE PEICES

Colts · his last 8 games

Throws it Runs the quarterback

Pass / run66% / 34% Points for / against21.8 — 12.5 Margin+9.2 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken7.3% of dropbacks Lead backNate Frazier · 7.4/g Top targetTyler Warren · 29% QB carries4.5 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 REECE PEICES against wizzkid76 — the men, not the teams

REECE PEICES leads it 1-0. REECE PEICES won the last one.

1 meeting avg 35.0 — 6.0 biggest: 29 pts to REECE PEICES

S2 · week 3 REECE PEICES 35 — 6 wizzkid76 REECE PEICES

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

Colts receivers vs Patriots secondary 92 v 90 EVEN

Patriots receivers vs Colts secondary 85 v 94 COLTS

Colts line vs Patriots front 89 v 85 COLTS

Patriots line vs Colts front 84 v 90 COLTS

Colts backs vs Patriots run defence 84 v 83 EVEN

Patriots backs vs Colts run defence 88 v 89 EVEN

Colts passer vs Patriots secondary 93 v 90 COLTS

Patriots passer vs Colts secondary 99 v 94 PATRIOTS

TOP PERFORMERS

LaNorris Sellers QB Colts 297 pass yds

Tyler Warren TE Colts 108 rec yds

Deion Burks WR Colts 88 rec yds

TreVeyon Henderson HB Patriots 70 rush yds

Duce Robinson WR Colts 60 rec yds

Jaylon Carlies WILL Colts 1 INTs

Lewis Cine FS Colts 1 INTs

Robert Spillane MIKE Patriots 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

COLTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
LaNorris Sellers QB	14/20	297	4	1	0	54	131.2

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Drake Maye QB	5/14	55	0	2	2	25	8.6

COLTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Nate Frazier HB	3	11	3.7	0	0	2	9	1
LaNorris Sellers QB	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	0
Deion Burks WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
TreVeyon Henderson HB	11	70	6.4	1	0	17	18	0

COLTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Tyler Warren TE	4	108	27	0	49	48
Deion Burks WR	3	88	29.3	2	24	54
Duce Robinson WR	3	60	20	0	6	44
Nate Frazier HB	3	31	10.3	1	14	14
Jayden Reed WR	1	10	10	1	0	10

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	DRP	LNG
Kyle Williams WR	1	25	25	5	1	25
Hunter Henry TE	2	17	8.5	12	0	10
TreVeyon Henderson HB	2	13	6.5	18	0	11

COLTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Uar Bernard DT	3	1	0	0
JT Tuimoloau DT	2	1	0	0
CJ Allen MIKE	2	0	0	1
Jaylon Johnson CB	2	0	0	0
Laiatu Latu LEDG	2	0	0	0
A.J. Haulcy SS	2	0	0	0
Adetomiwa Adebawore REDG	1	0	0	0
Sauce Gardner CB	1	0	0	1
Jaylon Carlies WILL	0	0	1	1
Lewis Cine FS	0	0	1	0

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	TKL	INT	PD	FF
Robert Spillane MIKE	2	1	0	0
Jaylen Reed FS	2	0	0	0
Namdi Obiazor WILL	1	0	0	0
Christian Gonzalez CB	1	0	1	0
Marcus Jones CB	1	0	0	0
Gabe Jacas LEDG	1	0	0	0
Craig Woodson SS	1	0	0	0
Karon Prunty CB	1	0	0	0
Carlton Davis III CB	1	0	0	1

RECENT FORM

Colts

W 34–17 vs Dolphins WK 2

L 24–42 vs Seahawks WK 1

Patriots

W 18–16 vs Bengals WK 2

L 8–37 vs Bills WK 1

TEAM STATS

Colts		Patriots
310	TOTAL YARDS	125
297	PASSING YARDS	55
13	RUSHING YARDS	70
0	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	0
2	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	TAKEAWAYS	2

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 COLTS — 0 PATRIOTS

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