Steelers @ Rams · Week 4 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

134 points between Steelers and Rams

Los Angeles beat Pittsburgh 70 to 64 in a shootout where the Rams' ground game proved decisive. The Steelers threw for 743 yards and 9 touchdowns with Drew Allar connecting with Omari Evans 10 times for 415 yards and 5 scores, but Pittsburgh ran the ball just twice for 0 yards and turned it over 3 times. Los Angeles countered with 307 rushing yards and 5 touchdowns through the air from Justin Fields, who completed 8 of 18 for 412 yards, while both defenses applied pressure with 4 sacks apiece. The Rams improved to 5-4, the Steelers fell to 2-7.

Ava Collins Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Steelers	-3.0	+2.0	-5.0	+4
Rams	+2.7	+5.5	-2.7	-4

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.

Rams — NFC #7 · 8-6 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Elise Carter The insider

Pittsburgh put up 64 points and 743 yards and still lost—Drew Allar threw 9 touchdown passes to Omari Evans's 5 catches for 415 yards, but 0 rushing yards means the Steelers were always operating on a knife's edge, and Los Angeles had answers everywhere Justin Fields needed them, with Puka Nacua and Isaac Brown doing damage the Steelers' defense simply could not match.

Ethan Price The numbers guy · replying

Los Angeles won a shootout by running the ball 26 times for 307 yards while Pittsburgh threw it 44 times for 743—the Rams got to dictate pace and still had answers. That is the kind of efficiency advantage that survives any box score.

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.

Drew Allar

Steelers

26/44, 743 yards, 9 TD, 3 INT

Omari Evans

Steelers

10 catches, 415 yards, 5 TD

Justin Fields

Rams

8/18, 412 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Justin Fields has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Isaac Brown has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Puka Nacua has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Drew Allar has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Omari Evans has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Steelers 743, Rams 412 Steelers

On the ground Rams 307, Steelers 0 Rams

Total yards Steelers 743, Rams 719 Steelers

Giveaways Rams 2, Steelers 3 Rams

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 62% · Rush 38% · 23.1 scored, 28.1 allowed

7.9 yds/att 56.2% completions 4.4 yds/carry 352.4 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 7.6% sack rate last 5: 2-3

Primary weapon: Germie Bernard WR — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 54 · Efficient Balance 88 Ball security 64 Back usage 31% QB runs 3.4/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 89 WR 87 TE 88 RB 86 OL 81 DL 88 LB 81 DB 86

Best: T.J. Watt LEDG 93 Fastest: KaVontae Turpin WR 97 SPD 6 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

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

talabandrell

Steelers · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against21.1 — 25.9 Margin-4.8 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken8.0% of dropbacks Lead backTrey Benson · 13.1/g Top targetGermie Bernard · 31% QB carries3.1 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 talabandrell against glk_taza18 — the men, not the teams

glk_taza18 leads it 1-0. glk_taza18 won the last one.

1 meeting avg 64.0 — 70.0 biggest: 6 pts to glk_taza18

S2 · week 4 talabandrell 64 — 70 glk_taza18 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

Steelers receivers vs Rams secondary 87 v 89 EVEN

Rams receivers vs Steelers secondary 87 v 86 EVEN

Steelers line vs Rams front 81 v 92 RAMS

Rams line vs Steelers front 84 v 88 STEELERS

Steelers backs vs Rams run defence 86 v 89 RAMS

Rams backs vs Steelers run defence 90 v 85 RAMS

Steelers passer vs Rams secondary 89 v 89 EVEN

Rams passer vs Steelers secondary 93 v 86 RAMS

TOP PERFORMERS

Drew Allar QB Steelers 743 pass yds

Omari Evans WR Steelers 415 rec yds

Justin Fields QB Rams 412 pass yds

Puka Nacua WR Rams 272 rec yds

Isaac Brown HB Rams 216 rush yds

Germie Bernard WR Steelers 178 rec yds

Luke Wysong WR Rams 86 rec yds

Kyren Williams HB Rams 76 rush yds

Justin Fields QB Rams 55 rush yds

Tutu Atwell WR Rams 54 rec yds

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BOX SCORE

STEELERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Drew Allar QB	26/44	743	9	3	3	80	114.5

RAMS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Justin Fields QB	8/18	412	5	2	4	89	91.2

STEELERS

PLAYER	CAR	BTK	YAC	LNG
Raleek Brown HB	0	4	0	0
KaVontae Turpin WR	0	1	0	0
Cam Coleman WR	0	1	0	0
Trey Benson HB	2	0	2	3
Michael Pittman TE	0	2	0	0

RAMS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Isaac Brown HB	12	216	18	4	3	109	65
Kyren Williams HB	10	76	7.6	0	4	18	39
Justin Fields QB	3	55	18.3	0	1	2	38
Puka Nacua WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Luke Wysong WR	1	-40	-40	0	0	0	0

STEELERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Omari Evans WR	10	415	41.5	5	132	80
Germie Bernard WR	5	178	35.6	2	84	74
Cam Coleman WR	4	51	12.8	2	18	22
DK Metcalf WR	2	50	25	0	10	39
Michael Pittman TE	2	28	14	0	17	22
Raleek Brown HB	2	20	10	0	17	11
Trey Benson HB	1	1	1	0	1	1

RAMS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Puka Nacua WR	5	272	54.4	3	148	66
Luke Wysong WR	2	86	43	1	58	89
Tutu Atwell WR	1	54	54	1	17	54

STEELERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Nick Herbig DT	3	2.5	0	0
Alex Highsmith REDG	3	0	0	0
Christian Harris SAM	2	0	1	1
Mekhi Blackmon CB	1	0	0	0
Robert Spears-Jennings FS	1	0	1	0
Jermaine Mathews Jr CB	1	0	0	0
Cam Taylor-Britt CB	1	0	0	0
Riley Moss SS	1	0	0	0
T.J. Watt LEDG	1	1.5	0	1
Joey Bosa REDG	1	0	0	0
Joey Porter CB	0	0	0	1
Jamel Dean FS	0	0	0	1

RAMS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Zah Frazier CB	4	0	1	0
Dexter Lawrence II DT	4	1	0	0
Nate Landman MIKE	4	0	1	2
Braden Fiske DT	3	3	0	0
Trent McDuffie CB	2	0	0	1
Kamren Kinchens FS	2	0	0	0
Byron Young REDG	1	0	0	0
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS	1	0	0	0
Omar Speights WILL	1	0	1	0
Grant Stuard WILL	1	0	0	0
Yasir Abdullah SAM	0	0	0	2
Myles Garrett LEDG	0	0	0	1
Quentin Lake SS	0	0	0	3
Kobie Turner DT	0	0	0	1

STEELERS

nothing recorded

RAMS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Harrison Mevis K	2/2	6/6	41

RECENT FORM

Steelers

L 3–26 vs Ravens WK 3

W 47–10 vs Browns WK 2

L 20–22 vs Packers WK 1

Rams

W 19–7 vs Cardinals WK 3

L 14–35 vs Ravens WK 2

W 35–21 vs Bears WK 1

TEAM STATS

Steelers		Rams
743	TOTAL YARDS	719
743	PASSING YARDS	412
0	RUSHING YARDS	307
3	SACKS ALLOWED	4
4	SACKS MADE	4
3	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	TAKEAWAYS	3

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 STEELERS — 1 RAMS

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