Patriots @ Texans · Week 4

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

Texans beat Patriots, 20-13

Texans got it done 20-13 over Patriots. Julian Sayin was steady for Texans — 24/48, 263 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Woody Marks did the work on the ground for Texans — 18 carries, 96 yards. A season best for Woody Marks. Total yards: Texans 384, Patriots 247.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Patriots	-7.5	-2.3	-5.2	+3
Texans	-1.3	-1.2	-0.1	-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.

Texans — AFC #6 · 8-6 Patriots — in the hunt · 7-7 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Marcus Reyes The numbers guy

Houston's ground game—96 yards on 18 carries, nothing spectacular in isolation—decided this because New England couldn't generate enough of anything else to match it; the Pats managed 64 yards on the ground and 183 in the air, which is a recipe for 13 points against a team that lives on field position.

Hollis Vaughn The superfan · replying

New England just fell to 5-6 and Houston climbed to 6-4 in the AFC playoff race—but here's what matters: the Texans are now playing like a team that belongs in the postseason, while the Pats are running out of oxygen in a conference where seven wins might not save you.

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.

Julian Sayin

Texans

24/48, 263 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Woody Marks

Texans

18 carries, 96 yards

Tank Dell

Texans

7 catches, 89 yards

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Woody Marks has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ A.J. Brown has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Texans 384, Patriots 247 Texans

Through the air Texans 263, Patriots 183 Texans

On the ground Texans 121, Patriots 64 Texans

Pressure Texans 4 sacks, Patriots 2 Texans

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

Balanced Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 17.1 scored, 22.4 allowed

6.4 yds/att 60.1% completions 4.2 yds/carry 288.8 yds/game 1.1 giveaways/game 7.4% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: A.J. Brown WR — 28% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 42 · Conservative Balance 93 Ball security 70 Back usage 34% QB runs 4.4/game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 99 WR 85 TE 87 RB 88 OL 84 DL 85 LB 75 DB 90

Best: Drake Maye QB 99 Fastest: TreVeyon Henderson HB 95 SPD 2 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

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

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

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 wizzkid76 against Lor_mn — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 13.0 — 20.0 biggest: 7 pts to Lor_mn

S2 · week 4 wizzkid76 13 — 20 Lor_mn LOR_MN

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

Patriots receivers vs Texans secondary 85 v 91 TEXANS

Texans receivers vs Patriots secondary 88 v 90 EVEN

Patriots line vs Texans front 84 v 86 EVEN

Texans line vs Patriots front 84 v 85 EVEN

Patriots backs vs Texans run defence 88 v 84 PATRIOTS

Texans backs vs Patriots run defence 82 v 83 EVEN

Patriots passer vs Texans secondary 99 v 91 PATRIOTS

Texans passer vs Patriots secondary 89 v 90 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Julian Sayin QB Texans 263 pass yds

Drake Maye QB Patriots 183 pass yds

Woody Marks HB Texans 96 rush yds

Tank Dell WR Texans 89 rec yds

Nico Collins WR Texans 81 rec yds

A.J. Brown WR Patriots 75 rec yds

Derek Stingley Jr CB Texans 1 INTs

Christian Gonzalez CB Patriots 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Drake Maye QB	19/29	183	0	1	4	20	68.6

TEXANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Julian Sayin QB	24/48	263	1	1	2	20	64.8

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
TreVeyon Henderson HB	10	32	3.2	0	4	14	17
Rhamondre Stevenson HB	4	18	4.5	0	1	11	12
Drake Maye QB	3	14	4.7	1	0	0	6
A.J. Brown WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Woody Marks HB	18	96	5.3	0	2	34	25	0
Mark Fletcher Jr HB	5	20	4	1	0	0	7	1
Jayden Higgins WR	1	3	3	0	0	0	3	0
Julian Sayin QB	5	2	0.4	0	0	0	3	0
Dalton Schultz TE	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	DRP	LNG
A.J. Brown WR	6	75	12.5	25	1	19
Hunter Henry TE	4	38	9.5	2	0	20
TreVeyon Henderson HB	2	34	17	24	0	20
Kyle Williams WR	2	17	8.5	2	0	15
Romeo Doubs WR	3	9	3	2	0	5
Eli Raridon TE	1	7	7	5	0	7
Efton Chism III WR	1	3	3	0	0	3

TEXANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Tank Dell WR	7	89	12.7	0	18	0	18
Nico Collins WR	5	81	16.2	0	9	1	20
Dalton Schultz TE	5	40	8	0	6	1	15
Jayden Higgins WR	3	31	10.3	0	6	0	15
Kayshon Boutte WR	2	17	8.5	1	0	0	18
Mark Fletcher Jr HB	1	4	4	0	0	0	4
Foster Moreau TE	1	1	1	0	0	0	1

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Jaylen Reed FS	8	0	0	0	0	6
Christian Gonzalez CB	8	0	1	1	0	5
Robert Spillane MIKE	6	0	0	0	0	6
Carlton Davis III CB	6	0	0	1	0	5
Namdi Obiazor WILL	4	0.5	0	0	0	2
Craig Woodson SS	3	0	0	1	0	0
Marcus Jones CB	3	0	0	1	0	0
Milton Williams DT	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
Joshua Farmer DT	2	0	0	0	0	0
Harold Landry III REDG	2	0	0	0	1	0
Gabe Jacas LEDG	2	1	0	0	0	0
Karon Prunty CB	1	0	0	0	0	0

TEXANS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Derek Stingley Jr CB	4	0	1	0	4
Jalen Pitre SS	4	0	0	0	2
Azeez Al-Shaair SAM	4	0	0	0	2
Jermaine Johnson II REDG	4	0.5	0	0	0
Brice Pollock CB	4	0	0	1	4
Tommy Togiai DT	3	1	0	0	0
Reed Blankenship SS	3	0.5	0	0	2
Nehemiah Pritchett CB	3	0	0	0	1
Calen Bullock FS	3	0	0	0	3
Kamari Ramsey FS	3	0	0	0	1
Jaylin Smith CB	2	0	0	0	0
Wade Woodaz MIKE	1	0.5	0	0	0
Germaine Pratt WILL	1	0	0	0	0
Will Anderson Jr LEDG	1	1	0	0	0
Kayden McDonald DT	0	0.5	0	0	0

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Andres Borregales K	2/2	1/1	55

TEXANS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Ka'imi Fairbairn K	2/2	2/2	56

RECENT FORM

Patriots

L 6–35 vs Colts WK 3

W 18–16 vs Bengals WK 2

L 8–37 vs Bills WK 1

Texans

L 34–41 vs Jaguars WK 3

W 34–22 vs Buccaneers WK 2

L 17–24 vs Chiefs WK 1

TEAM STATS

Patriots		Texans
247	TOTAL YARDS	384
183	PASSING YARDS	263
64	RUSHING YARDS	121
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

0 PATRIOTS — 1 TEXANS

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