Rams @ Giants · Week 5 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 5 · FINAL

THE READ

Giants beat Rams, 21-17

Giants got it done 21-17 over Rams. Jaxson Dart threw for Giants — 13/30, 264 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT. Abdul Carter was the problem for Giants — 3 sacks. That is 5 straight games over 250 for Jaxson Dart. Through the air: Giants 264, Rams 204.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Rams	+2.7	+5.5	-2.7	-4
Giants	+10.8	-3.9	+14.7	+16

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.

Giants — NFC #3 · division · 11-3 Rams — NFC #7 · 8-6 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#3 Jaxson Dart QB · Giants · 0.8% of the field

#5 Malik Nabers WR · Giants · 0.8% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Jeff Epstein The showman

This was a defensive mugging dressed up as a football game—38 combined points tells you everything about the rhythm. Abdul Carter made a home in the Rams backfield with 3 sacks, and that relentless pressure is why New York's defense decided this one.

Elise Carter The insider · replying

Jaxson Dart just hit 250 passing yards for the 5th straight week—that's the kind of consistency that keeps a 6-4 team alive even when it can't find the end zone often enough to win.

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.

Jaxson Dart

Giants

13/30, 264 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT

Abdul Carter

Giants

3 sacks

Justin Fields

Rams

14/27, 204 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Jaxson Dart has now cleared 250 passing yards in 5 straight games.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Giants 264, Rams 204 Giants

Total yards Giants 330, Rams 278 Giants

On the ground Rams 74, Giants 66 Rams

Giveaways Giants 2, Rams 1 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

Balanced Pass 53% · Rush 47% · 28.6 scored, 31.4 allowed

9.1 yds/att 61.4% completions 5.7 yds/carry 388.8 yds/game 1.9 giveaways/game 7.9% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Puka Nacua WR — 41% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY VERY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 66 · Aggressive Balance 97 Ball security 46 Back usage 36% QB runs 5.7/game

Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Puka Nacua takes 41% of the receiving yards

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 93 WR 87 TE 82 RB 90 OL 84 DL 92 LB 82 DB 89

Best: Myles Garrett LEDG 99 Fastest: Puka Nacua WR 95 SPD 7 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

ReverseSzn_

Giants · his last 8 games

Balanced One target

Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against32.2 — 24.8 Margin+7.5 Giveaways a game1.5 Sacks taken7.7% of dropbacks Lead backCam Skattebo · 15.2/g Top targetMalik Nabers · 38% QB carries3.0 a game

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

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 glk_taza18 against ReverseSzn_ — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 17.0 — 21.0 biggest: 4 pts to ReverseSzn_

S2 · week 5 glk_taza18 17 — 21 ReverseSzn_ REVERSESZN_

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

Rams receivers vs Giants secondary 87 v 84 RAMS

Giants receivers vs Rams secondary 84 v 89 RAMS

Rams line vs Giants front 84 v 85 EVEN

Giants line vs Rams front 83 v 92 RAMS

Rams backs vs Giants run defence 90 v 85 RAMS

Giants backs vs Rams run defence 86 v 89 RAMS

Rams passer vs Giants secondary 93 v 84 RAMS

Giants passer vs Rams secondary 91 v 89 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Jaxson Dart QB Giants 264 pass yds

Justin Fields QB Rams 204 pass yds

Puka Nacua WR Rams 92 rec yds

Malik Nabers WR Giants 85 rec yds

Malachi Fields WR Giants 81 rec yds

Cam Skattebo HB Giants 66 rush yds

Bryce Ford-Wheaton WR Giants 61 rec yds

A.T. Perry WR Rams 58 rec yds

Myles Garrett LEDG Rams 2 sacks

Abdul Carter REDG Giants 3 sacks

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BOX SCORE

RAMS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Justin Fields QB	14/27	204	1	1	5	35	73.6

GIANTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jaxson Dart QB	13/30	264	3	2	4	70	80.4

RAMS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Justin Fields QB	8	38	4.8	1	0	6	15	0
Isaac Brown HB	7	36	5.1	0	0	5	13	0

GIANTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Cam Skattebo HB	11	66	6	0	2	39	22	0
Malachi Fields WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

RAMS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Puka Nacua WR	4	92	23	0	12	0	35
A.T. Perry WR	3	58	19.3	1	20	0	27
Isaac Brown HB	1	22	22	0	11	0	22
Max Klare TE	2	15	7.5	0	1	0	9
Kyren Williams HB	2	13	6.5	0	8	0	9
Luke Wysong WR	2	4	2	0	8	1	6

GIANTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Malik Nabers WR	3	85	28.3	1	44	70
Malachi Fields WR	4	81	20.2	1	30	35
Bryce Ford-Wheaton WR	3	61	20.3	0	49	51
Theo Johnson TE	2	36	18	1	11	24
Cam Skattebo HB	1	1	1	0	3	1

RAMS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Yasir Abdullah SAM	3	0	0	0
Zah Frazier CB	2	0	1	1
Myles Garrett LEDG	2	2	0	1
Jailin Walker SAM	2	0	0	0
Dexter Lawrence II DT	1	1	0	1
Byron Young REDG	1	1	1	0
Jaylen Watson CB	1	0	0	2
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS	1	0	0	0
Kobie Turner DT	1	0	0	0
Ty Hamilton DT	0	0.5	0	0
Braden Fiske DT	0	0.5	0	0
Nate Landman MIKE	0	0	0	1

GIANTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Abdul Carter REDG	4	3	0	1
JT Woods FS	3	0	1	0
Jevon Holland FS	2	0	0	1
Deonte Banks CB	2	0	0	0
D.J. Reader DT	2	0	0	0
Colton Hood CB	2	0	0	1
Darius Alexander DT	1	1	0	0
Brian Burns REDG	1	1	0	0
Greg Newsome II CB	1	0	0	0
Arvell Reese WILL	1	0	0	0
Paulson Adebo CB	1	0	0	1
Jack Kelly MIKE	1	0	0	0
Dru Phillips CB	1	0	0	0

RAMS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Harrison Mevis K	1/1	0/0	28

GIANTS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Rams

W 70–64 vs Steelers WK 4

W 19–7 vs Cardinals WK 3

L 14–35 vs Ravens WK 2

Giants

W 49–7 vs Panthers WK 4

W 49–34 vs Dolphins WK 3

W 42–17 vs Commanders WK 2

TEAM STATS

Rams		Giants
278	TOTAL YARDS	330
204	PASSING YARDS	264
74	RUSHING YARDS	66
5	SACKS ALLOWED	4
5	SACKS MADE	5
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 RAMS — 1 GIANTS

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