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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 3 · FINAL
BILLS 8-6 · 23.0 PPG 34 – 24 SAINTS 10-4 · 27.0 PPG
THE READ
Bills beat Saints, 34-24

Bills took care of Saints, 34-24. Josh Allen did the damage for Bills — 26/32, 291 yards, 3 TD. Tyler Shough was steady for Saints — 20/31, 252 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Tyler Shough's high-water mark for the year. Total yards: Bills 422, Saints 323.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Bills +1.5 -2.1 +3.6 +11
Saints +5.7 -1.8 +7.5 +18
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.
Bills — AFC #4 · division · 8-6 Saints — NFC #4 · division · 10-4 Playoff picture →
Josh Allen
Bills
26/32, 291 yards, 3 TD
Tyler Shough
Saints
20/31, 252 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
James Cook III
Bills
13 carries, 74 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Bills 422, Saints 323 Bills
On the ground Bills 131, Saints 71 Bills
Through the air Bills 291, Saints 252 Bills
Pressure Saints 4 sacks, Bills 2 Saints
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 3 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
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 54% · Rush 46% · 23.7 scored, 20.1 allowed
6.7 yds/att 60.5% completions 4.8 yds/carry 326.1 yds/game 1.1 giveaways/game 8.0% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: DJ Moore WR — 25% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 48 · Conservative Balance 96 Ball security 68 Back usage 36% QB runs 5.9/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.0% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99 WR 86 TE 86 RB 91 OL 80 DL 86 LB 80 DB 88
Best: Josh Allen QB 99 Fastest: James Cook III HB 93 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
Bizzle
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it Protects it
Pass / run63% / 37% Points for / against32.0 — 16.5 Margin+15.5 Giveaways a game0.8 Sacks taken6.6% of dropbacks Lead backTravis Etienne Jr · 14.2/g Top targetChris Olave · 35% QB carries2.2 a game
Ant
Bills · his last 8 games
Runs it Runs the quarterback
Pass / run55% / 45% Points for / against20.1 — 20.9 Margin-0.8 Giveaways a game1.5 Sacks taken7.8% of dropbacks Lead backJames Cook III · 13.2/g Top targetDJ Moore · 26% QB carries5.1 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 Ant against Bizzle — the men, not the teams
Ant leads it 1-0. Ant won the last one.
1 meeting avg 34.0 — 24.0 biggest: 10 pts to Ant
S2 · week 3 Ant 34 — 24 Bizzle ANT
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
Bills receivers vs Saints secondary 86 v 84 EVEN
Saints receivers vs Bills secondary 86 v 88 EVEN
Bills line vs Saints front 80 v 82 EVEN
Saints line vs Bills front 83 v 86 BILLS
Bills backs vs Saints run defence 91 v 82 BILLS
Saints backs vs Bills run defence 86 v 84 EVEN
Bills passer vs Saints secondary 99 v 84 BILLS
Saints passer vs Bills secondary 84 v 88 BILLS
TOP PERFORMERS
Josh Allen QB Bills 291 pass yds
Tyler Shough QB Saints 252 pass yds
DJ Moore WR Bills 124 rec yds
Chris Olave WR Saints 109 rec yds
Khalil Shakir WR Bills 91 rec yds
James Cook III HB Bills 74 rush yds
Juwan Johnson TE Saints 51 rec yds
Terrel Bernard MIKE Bills 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
BILLS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Josh Allen QB 26/3229130463135.8
SAINTS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Tyler Shough QB 20/312521122187
RECENT FORM
Bills
W 23–21 vs Cowboys WK 2
W 37–8 vs Patriots WK 1
Saints
W 30–17 vs Panthers WK 2
W 25–13 vs Eagles WK 1
TEAM STATS
Bills Saints
422 TOTAL YARDS 323
291 PASSING YARDS 252
131 RUSHING YARDS 71
4 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 4
1 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 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 BILLS — 0 SAINTS
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