WEEK 4 · FINAL
THE READ
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
Jaguars win the turnover battle and the game
Jacksonville beat Tennessee 31-23 behind a dominant ground game and turnover advantage that proved decisive. The Jaguars rushed for 131 yards while holding the Titans to 44, and Cam Ward's 3 interceptions against Dante Moore's 1 turnover decided the game. Moore went 11 for 27 for 251 yards and 3 touchdowns, while Ward completed 22 of 39 for 264 yards and a touchdown but couldn't overcome the mistakes. Jacksonville improves to 8-1; Tennessee falls to 7-2.
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaguars | +2.7 | -4.0 | +6.7 | +7 |
| Titans | +2.6 | -1.3 | +3.9 | +12 |
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.
IN THE BOOTH
Charlie Kirkster
Analyst
Tennessee had to throw 39 times and still turned it over 3 times against a Jacksonville team that ran for 131 yards—when you're that lopsided on the ground and that careless with the ball, 8 points feels generous to the losing side.
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
· replying
Jacksonville's 8-1 record looks earned; Tennessee's 7-2 doesn't hold up the same way. The Titans forced turnovers all season and it's kept them afloat, but you can't run 44 yards and win on takeaways alone—that margin catches up.
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
11/27, 251 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Cam Ward
Titans
22/39, 264 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT
Jeffery Simmons
Titans
2.5 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Jaguars 131, Titans 44
Jaguars
Total yards
Jaguars 382, Titans 308
Jaguars
Through the air
Titans 264, Jaguars 251
Titans
Giveaways
Titans 3, Jaguars 1
Jaguars
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
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 59% · Rush 41% · 30.0 scored, 23.3 allowed
8.8 yds/att
54.3% completions
5.1 yds/carry
349.7 yds/game
1.4 giveaways/game
9.0% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 58 · Aggressive
Balance 91
Ball security 62
Back usage 33%
QB runs 4.0/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.0% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 88
WR 84
TE 83
RB 87
OL 80
DL 88
LB 83
DB 89
Best: Travis Hunter CB 94
Fastest: Brian Thomas Jr WR 97 SPD
5 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 61% · Rush 39% · 25.3 scored, 21.4 allowed
7.8 yds/att
61.6% completions
4.8 yds/carry
333.4 yds/game
1.1 giveaways/game
8.3% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 58 · Efficient
Balance 89
Ball security 68
Back usage 35%
QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.3% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87
WR 87
TE 77
RB 90
OL 79
DL 90
LB 85
DB 86
Best: Jonathan Taylor HB 99
Fastest: Chimere Dike WR 94 SPD
5 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
BlackManJenkins
Titans · his last 8 games
Balanced
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run59% / 41%
Points for / against22.4 — 19.9
Margin+2.5
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken9.1% of dropbacks
Lead backJonathan Taylor · 15.4/g
Top targetCarnell Tate · 27%
QB carries1.8 a game
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
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
Tone against BlackManJenkins — the men, not the teams
Tone leads it 2-0.
Tone has won 2 straight.
2 meetings
avg 34.5 — 18.5
biggest: 24 pts to Tone
S2 · week 15
Tone 38 — 14 BlackManJenkins
TONE
S2 · week 4
Tone 31 — 23 BlackManJenkins
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
Jaguars receivers vs Titans secondary
84 v 86
EVEN
Titans receivers vs Jaguars secondary
87 v 89
EVEN
Jaguars line vs Titans front
80 v 90
TITANS
Titans line vs Jaguars front
79 v 88
JAGUARS
Jaguars backs vs Titans run defence
87 v 89
EVEN
Titans backs vs Jaguars run defence
90 v 86
TITANS
Jaguars passer vs Titans secondary
88 v 86
EVEN
Titans passer vs Jaguars secondary
87 v 89
EVEN
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Moore QB | 11/27 | 251 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 65 | 96.3 |
TITANS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Ward QB | 22/39 | 264 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 53.7 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 8 | 94 | 11.8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 44 | 0 |
| Dante Moore QB | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 |
TITANS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Taylor HB | 9 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| Cam Ward QB | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Elic Ayomanor WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Thomas Jr WR | 3 | 114 | 38 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 65 |
| Eric Singleton Jr WR | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 49 |
| Brenton Strange TE | 1 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| Bhayshul Tuten HB | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| LeQuint Allen Jr HB | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Nate Boerkircher TE | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
TITANS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Taylor HB | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 41 |
| Elic Ayomanor WR | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 22 |
| Eli Finley TE | 2 | 38 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 20 |
| Chimere Dike WR | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 13 |
| Carnell Tate WR | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Daniel Bellinger TE | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| Wan'Dale Robinson WR | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrian Jones CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Ransaw FS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foyesade Oluokun MIKE | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jourdan Lewis CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whit Weeks MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travon Walker LEDG | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Hunter CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Regis DT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Huskey FS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TITANS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ McKinney CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffery Simmons DT | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Winston Jr FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayvon Thibodeaux LEDG | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Martin LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joshua Williams CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alontae Taylor CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keldric Faulk LEDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Gray WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cor'Dale Flott CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amani Hooker SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Okada FS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JAGUARS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Little K | 3/3 | 2/2 | 52 |
TITANS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maddux Trujillo K | 1/1 | 2/2 | 32 |
RECENT FORM
Jaguars
W
41–34 vs Texans
WK 3
W
38–28 vs 49ers
WK 2
W
50–37 vs Dolphins
WK 1
Titans
W
45–13 vs Jets
WK 3
L
38–42 vs Falcons
WK 2
W
24–20 vs Buccaneers
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Jaguars | Titans | |
|---|---|---|
| 382 | TOTAL YARDS | 308 |
| 251 | PASSING YARDS | 264 |
| 131 | RUSHING YARDS | 44 |
| 5 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 5 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 3 |
| 3 | 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
2
JAGUARS
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0
TITANS