Rams @ Lions · Week 6 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 6 · FINAL

THE READ

69 points between Rams and Lions

Scoreboard operators earned their money. Rams 37, Lions 32. Justin Fields threw for Rams — 27/37, 314 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT. Jared Goff threw for Lions — 21/39, 237 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Jared Goff's high-water mark for the year. Total yards: Rams 392, Lions 297.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Rams	+2.7	+5.5	-2.7	-4
Lions	+12.0	+2.8	+9.1	+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.

Lions — NFC #6 · 9-5 Rams — NFC #7 · 8-6 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#1 Jahmyr Gibbs HB · Lions · 4.7% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Talia Morgan Beat reporter

Justin Fields threw 4 touchdown passes and Detroit couldn't match him—Goff managed 237 yards on 39 attempts, and when you're that far behind in efficiency in a shootout, 5 points is what you get.

Luca Santana Analyst · replying

Los Angeles won a game it had no business winning—3 turnovers, a minus-2 turnover margin, and a -10.5 point edge that should have been Detroit's to keep, all erased by Fields having the kind of afternoon that makes you forget about the rest.

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.

Justin Fields

Rams

27/37, 314 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT

Jared Goff

Lions

21/39, 237 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT

Luke Wysong

Rams

9 catches, 119 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

⭐ Jared Goff has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Isaac TeSlaa has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Luke Wysong has not had a better afternoon this season.

🧊 Jahmyr Gibbs — 99 overall — was held to 30 rushing yards, against an average of 201.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Rams 392, Lions 297 Rams

Through the air Rams 314, Lions 237 Rams

On the ground Rams 78, Lions 60 Rams

Giveaways Lions 2, Rams 3 Lions

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

Suaveee💫

Lions · his last 8 games

Runs it One back

Pass / run41% / 59% Points for / against39.8 — 30.0 Margin+9.8 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken4.9% of dropbacks Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 18.9/g Top targetAmon-Ra St. Brown · 34% QB carries1.5 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 Suaveee💫 — the men, not the teams

glk_taza18 leads it 1-0. glk_taza18 won the last one.

1 meeting avg 37.0 — 32.0 biggest: 5 pts to glk_taza18

S2 · week 6 glk_taza18 37 — 32 Suaveee💫 GLK_TAZA18

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 Lions secondary 87 v 91 LIONS

Lions receivers vs Rams secondary 90 v 89 EVEN

Rams line vs Lions front 84 v 90 LIONS

Lions line vs Rams front 86 v 92 RAMS

Rams backs vs Lions run defence 90 v 86 RAMS

Lions backs vs Rams run defence 88 v 89 EVEN

Rams passer vs Lions secondary 93 v 91 EVEN

Lions passer vs Rams secondary 87 v 89 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Justin Fields QB Rams 314 pass yds

Jared Goff QB Lions 237 pass yds

Luke Wysong WR Rams 119 rec yds

Puka Nacua WR Rams 107 rec yds

Isaac TeSlaa WR Lions 85 rec yds

Amon-Ra St. Brown WR Lions 72 rec yds

Max Klare TE Rams 62 rec yds

Jameson Williams WR Lions 59 rec yds

Kobie Turner DT Rams 1.5 sacks

Derrick Moore LEDG Lions 2 sacks

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BOX SCORE

RAMS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Justin Fields QB	27/37	314	4	2	3	30	111.7

LIONS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Jared Goff QB	21/39	237	2	2	3	58	68

RAMS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	LNG	FUM
Isaac Brown HB	19	48	2.5	1	0	9	1
Justin Fields QB	6	17	2.8	0	0	8	0
Kyren Williams HB	5	13	2.6	0	0	6	0
Puka Nacua WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Terrance Ferguson TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

LIONS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	11	30	2.7	1	3	2	9
Isiah Pacheco HB	6	30	5	0	1	2	9
Sam LaPorta TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jameson Williams WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Isaac TeSlaa WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

RAMS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Luke Wysong WR	9	119	13.2	2	24	30
Puka Nacua WR	8	107	13.4	1	25	22
Max Klare TE	5	62	12.4	1	22	18
Kyren Williams HB	2	16	8	0	12	8
Isaac Brown HB	1	4	4	0	6	4
Jordan Whittington WR	1	4	4	0	0	4
Terrance Ferguson TE	1	2	2	0	1	2

LIONS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Isaac TeSlaa WR	5	85	17	0	20	0	30
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	3	72	24	1	57	0	58
Jameson Williams WR	6	59	9.8	1	12	1	16
Sam LaPorta TE	2	11	5.5	0	9	0	6
Jahmyr Gibbs HB	5	10	2	0	10	0	6

RAMS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Quentin Lake SS	8	0.5	0	0	5
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS	7	0	0	1	4
Jaylen Watson CB	4	0	1	0	3
Kobie Turner DT	3	1.5	0	0	0
Trent McDuffie CB	3	0	0	1	3
Zah Frazier CB	2	0	1	1	1
Braden Fiske DT	2	0	0	0	0
Myles Garrett LEDG	2	0.5	0	0	0
Jailin Walker SAM	1	0	0	0	1
Byron Young REDG	1	0	0	0	0
Nate Landman MIKE	1	0.5	0	0	2
Omar Speights WILL	1	0	0	1	1
Boog Smith MIKE	1	0	0	0	0
Gabe Rubio DT	1	0	0	0	0

LIONS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	CMP ALW	TD
Derrick Moore LEDG	7	2	0	0	0	2	0
Brian Branch SS	6	0	1	0	0	3	0
Kerby Joseph FS	5	0	1	0	0	4	0
Kelley Jones CB	5	0	0	0	0	5	0
D.J. Reed CB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0
Roger McCreary CB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jack Campbell MIKE	3	0	0	1	0	2	0
Aidan Hutchinson LEDG	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
Tyleik Williams DT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alim McNeill DT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Rolder MIKE	2	0	0	0	0	4	0
Derrick Barnes WILL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
D.J. Wonnum REDG	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Jones MIKE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Clark FS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ennis Rakestraw Jr CB	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

RAMS

nothing recorded

LIONS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jake Bates K	1/1	3/3	23

RECENT FORM

Rams

L 17–21 vs Giants WK 5

W 70–64 vs Steelers WK 4

W 19–7 vs Cardinals WK 3

Lions

W 46–7 vs Eagles WK 5

L 23–39 vs Seahawks WK 4

W 56–35 vs Chargers WK 3

TEAM STATS

Rams		Lions
392	TOTAL YARDS	297
314	PASSING YARDS	237
78	RUSHING YARDS	60
3	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	3
3	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	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

1 RAMS — 0 LIONS

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