WEEK 6 · FINAL
THE READ
Colts win the turnover battle and the game
Colts won the turnover battle, and the turnover battle won the game. LaNorris Sellers did the damage for Colts — 21/35, 293 yards, 3 TD. Bo Nix did the damage for Broncos — 14/24, 283 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Make it 6 consecutive games past 250 for Bo Nix. Total yards: Colts 409, Broncos 305.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colts | +11.0 | -1.9 | +12.9 | +15 |
| Broncos | -5.7 | +3.0 | -8.6 | -11 |
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.
Colts —
AFC #5
· 11-3
Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#6
LaNorris Sellers
QB · Colts · 0.6% of the field
#12
Duce Robinson
WR · Colts · 0.4% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Sierra Vaughn
Analyst
Denver gave this away before kickoff: 3 turnovers to none, and a ground game that produced 22 yards tells you the Broncos were one-dimensional and the Colts knew exactly what was coming.
Jeff Epstein
The showman
· replying
Indianapolis walked into Denver with a blueprint and never had to adjust it—22 rushing yards means the Broncos weren't even pretending to establish what defenses actually have to respect.
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.
LaNorris Sellers
Colts
21/35, 293 yards, 3 TD
Bo Nix
Broncos
14/24, 283 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
Jaylen Waddle
Broncos
7 catches, 145 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Colts 409, Broncos 305
Colts
On the ground
Colts 116, Broncos 22
Colts
Through the air
Colts 293, Broncos 283
Colts
Giveaways
Broncos 3, Colts 0
Colts
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 67% · Rush 33% · 29.4 scored, 16.6 allowed
9.3 yds/att
54.3% completions
4.5 yds/carry
307.6 yds/game
1.4 giveaways/game
5.3% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 61 · Aggressive
Balance 83
Ball security 62
Back usage 21%
QB runs 4.6/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 93
WR 92
TE 91
RB 84
OL 89
DL 90
LB 85
DB 94
Best: Deion Burks WR 99
Fastest: Deion Burks WR 96 SPD
12 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 66% · Rush 34% · 26.0 scored, 34.6 allowed
8.0 yds/att
59.6% completions
4.2 yds/carry
346.1 yds/game
2.0 giveaways/game
5.4% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 56 · Aggressive
Balance 84
Ball security 44
Back usage 30%
QB runs 2.1/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.0 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89
WR 87
TE 78
RB 84
OL 87
DL 89
LB 81
DB 89
Best: Patrick Surtain II CB 99
Fastest: Jaylen Waddle WR 96 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
Lions 🦁
Broncos · his last 8 games
Throws it
Gives it away
One back
One target
Pass / run65% / 35%
Points for / against20.4 — 31.6
Margin-11.2
Giveaways a game2.0
Sacks taken5.7% of dropbacks
Lead backRJ Harvey · 13.8/g
Top targetJaylen Waddle · 39%
QB carries1.9 a game
REECE PEICES
Colts · his last 8 games
Throws it
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run66% / 34%
Points for / against21.8 — 12.5
Margin+9.2
Giveaways a game1.2
Sacks taken7.3% of dropbacks
Lead backNate Frazier · 7.4/g
Top targetTyler Warren · 29%
QB carries4.5 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
REECE PEICES against Lions 🦁 — the men, not the teams
REECE PEICES leads it 1-0.
REECE PEICES won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 37.0 — 25.0
biggest: 12 pts to REECE PEICES
S2 · week 6
REECE PEICES 37 — 25 Lions 🦁
REECE PEICES
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
Colts receivers vs Broncos secondary
92 v 89
COLTS
Broncos receivers vs Colts secondary
87 v 94
COLTS
Colts line vs Broncos front
89 v 89
EVEN
Broncos line vs Colts front
87 v 90
COLTS
Colts backs vs Broncos run defence
84 v 86
EVEN
Broncos backs vs Colts run defence
84 v 89
COLTS
Colts passer vs Broncos secondary
93 v 89
COLTS
Broncos passer vs Colts secondary
89 v 94
COLTS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
COLTS
BRONCOS
COLTS
BRONCOS
COLTS
BRONCOS
COLTS
BRONCOS
COLTS
BRONCOS
COLTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaNorris Sellers QB | 21/35 | 293 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 115.5 |
BRONCOS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Nix QB | 14/24 | 283 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 99.8 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Frazier HB | 14 | 72 | 5.1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 0 |
| LaNorris Sellers QB | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| Deion Burks WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BRONCOS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Harvey HB | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 0 |
| Jaylen Waddle WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Engram TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Frazier HB | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 39 |
| Deion Burks WR | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Duce Robinson WR | 4 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 22 |
| Tyler Warren TE | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| Jayden Reed WR | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
BRONCOS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Waddle WR | 7 | 145 | 20.7 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 54 |
| Troy Franklin WR | 1 | 66 | 66 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 66 |
| Evan Engram TE | 2 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| Courtland Sutton WR | 3 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| RJ Harvey HB | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Haulcy SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uar Bernard DT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adetomiwa Adebawore REDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Cine FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylon Johnson CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamari Sharpe CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Wohler SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Allen MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylon Carlies WILL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sauce Gardner CB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BRONCOS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nik Bonitto REDG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talanoa Hufanga SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Surtain II CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ja'Quan McMillian CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Colbert SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Abrams-Draine CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshon Lattimore CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin White WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sai'vion Jones DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Allen DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Scott FS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COLTS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Shrader K | 1/1 | 4/4 | 31 |
BRONCOS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wil Lutz K | 1/1 | 2/2 | 37 |
RECENT FORM
Colts
W
31–7 vs Panthers
WK 5
W
77–35 vs Jets
WK 4
W
35–6 vs Patriots
WK 3
Broncos
L
42–48 vs Vikings
WK 5
L
45–46 vs Packers
WK 4
W
37–31 vs Eagles
WK 3
TEAM STATS
| Colts | Broncos | |
|---|---|---|
| 409 | TOTAL YARDS | 305 |
| 293 | PASSING YARDS | 283 |
| 116 | RUSHING YARDS | 22 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 2 |
| 2 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 3 |
| 3 | TAKEAWAYS | 0 |
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
COLTS
—
0
BRONCOS