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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 5 · FINAL
TEXANS 8-6 · 25.0 PPG 52 – 42 DOLPHINS 1-13 · 21.0 PPG
THE READ
94 points between Texans and Dolphins

Scoreboard operators earned their money. Texans 52, Dolphins 42. De'Von Achane ran it for Dolphins — 19 carries, 269 yards, 3 TD — in a losing effort. C.J. Stroud was steady for Texans — 14/20, 237 yards, 3 TD. De'Von Achane has not had a better afternoon this season. On the ground: Dolphins 336, Texans 176.

Ava Collins Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Texans -1.3 -1.2 -0.1 -4
Dolphins -16.5 -2.6 -13.9 -8
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 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Daniel Keller The numbers guy
Houston's passing game—237 yards on 14 completions at 70%—was lean and lethal enough to make Miami's 336 rushing yards irrelevant, which tells you everything about efficiency versus volume.
Zoe Bell The contrarian · replying
Miami's problem isn't that De'Von Achane ran for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns—it's that it didn't matter. At 1-8, they're too far gone for a single brilliant performance to mean anything but a footnote.
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.
De'Von Achane
Dolphins
19 carries, 269 yards, 3 TD
C.J. Stroud
Texans
14/20, 237 yards, 3 TD
Mark Fletcher Jr
Texans
19 carries, 162 yards, 3 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Dolphins 336, Texans 176 Dolphins
Total yards Dolphins 514, Texans 428 Dolphins
Through the air Texans 252, Dolphins 178 Texans
Giveaways Dolphins 1, Texans 2 Dolphins
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 58% · Rush 42% · 25.1 scored, 25.2 allowed
8.1 yds/att 53.6% completions 5.0 yds/carry 343.5 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 5.5% sack rate last 5: 2-3
Primary weapon: Nico Collins WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive Balance 92 Ball security 40 Back usage 36% QB runs 3.0/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89 WR 88 TE 85 RB 82 OL 84 DL 86 LB 81 DB 91
Best: Derek Stingley Jr CB 99 Fastest: Jaylin Noel WR 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
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
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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Texans receivers vs Dolphins secondary 88 v 80 TEXANS
Dolphins receivers vs Texans secondary 81 v 91 TEXANS
Texans line vs Dolphins front 84 v 83 EVEN
Dolphins line vs Texans front 82 v 86 TEXANS
Texans backs vs Dolphins run defence 82 v 83 EVEN
Dolphins backs vs Texans run defence 88 v 84 DOLPHINS
Texans passer vs Dolphins secondary 89 v 80 TEXANS
Dolphins passer vs Texans secondary 78 v 91 TEXANS
TOP PERFORMERS
De'Von Achane HB Dolphins 269 rush yds
C.J. Stroud QB Texans 237 pass yds
Arch Manning QB Dolphins 178 pass yds
Mark Fletcher Jr HB Texans 162 rush yds
Caleb Douglas WR Dolphins 63 rec yds
Michael Trigg TE Dolphins 55 rec yds
Tank Dell WR Texans 54 rec yds
Derek Stingley Jr CB Texans 1 INTs
Taylor Rapp SS Dolphins 2 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
TEXANS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
C.J. Stroud QB 14/2023730037149.3
Julian Sayin QB 2/91502080
DOLPHINS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Arch Manning QB 7/201783116387
RECENT FORM
Texans
W 20–13 vs Patriots WK 4
L 34–41 vs Jaguars WK 3
W 34–22 vs Buccaneers WK 2
Dolphins
W 24–17 vs Bills WK 4
L 34–49 vs Giants WK 3
L 17–34 vs Colts WK 2
TEAM STATS
Texans Dolphins
428 TOTAL YARDS 514
252 PASSING YARDS 178
176 RUSHING YARDS 336
0 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 0
2 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 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 TEXANS — 0 DOLPHINS
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