WEEK 5 · FINAL
THE READ
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
Seahawks run away with it, 46-17
Seattle routed New Orleans 46-17 on the strength of Jalen Milroe's 5 touchdown passes and a ground game that out-muscled the Saints 130 yards to 52. Milroe completed 20 of 26 for 355 yards while Tory Horton caught 4 passes for 167 yards and 2 scores, and the Seahawks' defense recorded 6 sacks without allowing a turnover. New Orleans managed 364 passing yards through Tyler Shough but committed 3 giveaways and couldn't generate anything on the ground, falling to 5-3 while Seattle improved to 6-1.
Devon Walker
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saints | +5.7 | -1.8 | +7.5 | +18 |
| Seahawks | +24.0 | +2.4 | +21.6 | +33 |
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 MVP race
#2
Jalen Milroe
QB · Seahawks · 2.3% of the field
#10
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR · Seahawks · 0.5% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Ethan Price
The numbers guy
New Orleans had no answer for Seattle's line and no margin for error with the ball. Shough threw 2 interceptions to 0 sacks taken while Milroe threw 5 touchdowns untouched—that's the game in a sentence.
Elise Carter
The insider
· replying
Seattle looks like exactly what their record says—a team that can dismantle you if you can't keep their quarterback upright, and New Orleans just showed us what happens when you can't. The 29-point margin is the outlier; the 6-1 record is not.
Hollis Vaughn
The superfan
· replying
Seattle just dismantled New Orleans in a way that felt inevitable from kickoff—Milroe throwing 5 touchdowns while the Saints' line folded for 6 sacks tells you everything about where these teams actually are right now.
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.
Jalen Milroe
Seahawks
20/26, 355 yards, 5 TD
Tyler Shough
Saints
24/40, 364 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Tory Horton
Seahawks
4 catches, 167 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Seahawks 130, Saints 52
Seahawks
Total yards
Seahawks 485, Saints 416
Seahawks
Through the air
Saints 364, Seahawks 355
Saints
Pressure
Seahawks 6 sacks, Saints 0
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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
Pass-heavy
Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 27.3 scored, 19.8 allowed
7.4 yds/att
66.5% completions
4.1 yds/carry
346.6 yds/game
1.1 giveaways/game
6.8% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 63 · Conservative
Balance 88
Ball security 68
Back usage 33%
QB runs 2.9/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 84
WR 86
TE 79
RB 86
OL 83
DL 82
LB 80
DB 84
Best: Jordyn Tyson WR 92
Fastest: Bryce Lance WR 94 SPD
4 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 58% · Rush 42% · 41.3 scored, 19.6 allowed
11.1 yds/att
62.5% completions
7.7 yds/carry
437.1 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
5.2% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 77 · Efficient
Balance 92
Ball security 72
Back usage 28%
QB runs 6.3/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 98
WR 90
TE 85
RB 84
OL 81
DL 86
LB 81
DB 93
Best: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 99
Fastest: Rashid Shaheed WR 95 SPD
9 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
𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞
Seahawks · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against38.6 — 18.1
Margin+20.5
Giveaways a game0.9
Sacks taken5.0% of dropbacks
Lead backJadarian Price · 11.6/g
Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 30%
QB carries4.8 a game
Bizzle
Saints · his last 8 games
Throws it
Protects it
Pass / run63% / 37%
Points for / against32.0 — 16.5
Margin+15.5
Giveaways a game0.8
Sacks taken6.6% of dropbacks
Lead backTravis Etienne Jr · 14.2/g
Top targetChris Olave · 35%
QB carries2.2 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.
THE SERIES
Bizzle against 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ — the men, not the teams
𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ leads it 1-0.
𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞ won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 17.0 — 46.0
biggest: 29 pts to 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞
S2 · week 5
Bizzle 17 — 46 𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞
𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞
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
Saints receivers vs Seahawks secondary
86 v 93
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks receivers vs Saints secondary
90 v 84
SEAHAWKS
Saints line vs Seahawks front
83 v 86
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks line vs Saints front
81 v 82
EVEN
Saints backs vs Seahawks run defence
86 v 84
EVEN
Seahawks backs vs Saints run defence
84 v 82
EVEN
Saints passer vs Seahawks secondary
84 v 93
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks passer vs Saints secondary
98 v 84
SEAHAWKS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 24/40 | 364 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 85.8 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Milroe QB | 20/26 | 355 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 157.8 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 18 | 41 | 2.3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 1 |
| Tyler Shough QB | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chris Olave WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juwan Johnson TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jadarian Price HB | 19 | 86 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Luke Yoder HB | 4 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Quintrevion Wisner HB | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| Jalen Milroe QB | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Robbie Ouzts FB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tory Horton WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KJ Duff TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 7 | 139 | 19.9 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 30 |
| Chris Olave WR | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 25 |
| Juwan Johnson TE | 5 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| Barion Brown WR | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Devaughn Vele WR | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Noah Fant TE | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory Horton WR | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 2 | 146 | 0 | 80 |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 9 | 126 | 14 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 61 |
| KJ Duff TE | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| Trey Palmer WR | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Jadarian Price HB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Sanker SS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Quincy Riley CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sammy Brown MIKE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Carl Granderson REDG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chase Young LEDG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jayden Bellamy CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Christen Miller DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Reid FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jayden Jackson DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Bresee DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Emmanwori SS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Maverick Baranowski REDG | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Andersen MIKE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bud Clark FS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Devon Witherspoon CB | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Elliot Washington II CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leonard Moore CB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Julian Love SS | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Byron Murphy II DT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yhonzae Pierre LEDG | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keeanu Benton DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernest Jones IV MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fisher Camac DT | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Thomas WILL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamari Lassiter CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smyth K | 1/1 | 2/2 | 30 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Slye K | 1/2 | 5/5 | 48 |
RECENT FORM
Saints
W
16–14 vs Buccaneers
WK 4
L
24–34 vs Bills
WK 3
W
30–17 vs Panthers
WK 2
Seahawks
W
39–23 vs Lions
WK 4
W
62–10 vs Bengals
WK 3
W
41–13 vs Cardinals
WK 2
TEAM STATS
| Saints | Seahawks | |
|---|---|---|
| 416 | TOTAL YARDS | 485 |
| 364 | PASSING YARDS | 355 |
| 52 | RUSHING YARDS | 130 |
| 6 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 6 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | 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
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