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THE WIRE
WK 17 FINAL Titans 6, Colts 28 MOVE Antonio Johnson dev trait up Star to X-Factor MOVE LaNorris Sellers dev trait up Star to Superstar MOVE Namdi Obiazor dev trait up Normal to Superstar THE WIRE someone: The booth on Jaguars win the turnover battle and the game THE WIRE someone: Jaguars win the turnover battle and the game THE WIRE someone: The booth on Lions beat Packers, 31-17 IN THE BOOTH Marcus Reyes: Jacksonville didn't beat Buffalo—Buffalo beat itself. The Bills turned it over twice and gained 402 yards anyway, which is the kind of efficiency…
WEEK 7 · FINAL
BRONCOS 2-13 · 26.0 PPG 22 – 25 STEELERS 4-11 · 23.0 PPG
THE READ
Steelers edge Broncos by 3

Steelers 25, Broncos 22. Nobody watching sat down. Drew Allar was steady for Steelers — 22/39, 236 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. Bo Nix was steady for Broncos — 16/33, 219 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Bo Nix has now cleared 250 passing yards in 5 in a row. Total yards: Steelers 401, Broncos 290.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Broncos -5.6 +2.7 -8.3 -9
Steelers -2.1 +2.9 -5.0 +3
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 BOOTH
Sierra Vaughn Analyst
Pittsburgh won a game it had no business winning. The Steelers managed 401 yards and controlled the line of scrimmage while Drew Allar continued a three-week slide to 236 yards—half a season below his average—yet still found enough to edge Denver 25-22, the difference being that Pittsburgh simply ran the ball 165 yards and Denver couldn't sustain anything on the ground at 71.
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.
Drew Allar
Steelers
22/39, 236 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Bo Nix
Broncos
16/33, 219 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
RJ Harvey
Broncos
18 carries, 60 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Steelers 401, Broncos 290 Steelers
On the ground Steelers 165, Broncos 71 Steelers
Through the air Steelers 236, Broncos 219 Steelers
Pressure Steelers 2 sacks, Broncos 4 Broncos
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
Pass-heavy Pass 66% · Rush 34% · 26.1 scored, 34.4 allowed
8.0 yds/att 59.8% completions 4.2 yds/carry 349.1 yds/game 2.0 giveaways/game 5.3% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Jaylen Waddle WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
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
talabandrell
Steelers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run58% / 42% Points for / against20.6 — 26.4 Margin-5.8 Giveaways a game1.4 Sacks taken6.6% of dropbacks Lead backTrey Benson · 12.9/g Top targetGermie Bernard · 31% QB carries2.8 a game
Lions 🦁
Broncos · his last 8 games
Throws it Gives it away One back
Pass / run67% / 33% Points for / against21.1 — 32.4 Margin-11.2 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken5.5% of dropbacks Lead backRJ Harvey · 13.1/g Top targetJaylen Waddle · 37% QB carries1.5 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 Lions 🦁 against talabandrell — the men, not the teams
talabandrell leads it 1-0. talabandrell won the last one.
1 meeting avg 22.0 — 25.0 biggest: 3 pts to talabandrell
S2 · week 7 Lions 🦁 22 — 25 talabandrell TALABANDRELL
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
Broncos receivers vs Steelers secondary 87 v 86 EVEN
Steelers receivers vs Broncos secondary 87 v 89 EVEN
Broncos line vs Steelers front 87 v 88 EVEN
Steelers line vs Broncos front 81 v 89 BRONCOS
Broncos backs vs Steelers run defence 84 v 85 EVEN
Steelers backs vs Broncos run defence 86 v 86 EVEN
Broncos passer vs Steelers secondary 89 v 86 BRONCOS
Steelers passer vs Broncos secondary 89 v 89 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
Drew Allar QB Steelers 236 pass yds
Bo Nix QB Broncos 219 pass yds
Omari Evans WR Steelers 85 rec yds
Trey Benson HB Steelers 81 rush yds
Raleek Brown HB Steelers 72 rush yds
Germie Bernard WR Steelers 69 rec yds
RJ Harvey HB Broncos 60 rush yds
Troy Franklin WR Broncos 52 rec yds
Jaylen Waddle WR Broncos 50 rec yds
Nik Bonitto REDG Broncos 1.5 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BRONCOS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bo Nix QB 16/332191124967.6
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Drew Allar QB 22/392362145780.7
RECENT FORM
Broncos
L 25–37 vs Colts WK 6
L 42–48 vs Vikings WK 5
L 45–46 vs Packers WK 4
Steelers
L 21–24 vs Jets WK 6
L 0–35 vs Ravens WK 5
L 64–70 vs Rams WK 4
TEAM STATS
Broncos Steelers
290 TOTAL YARDS 401
219 PASSING YARDS 236
71 RUSHING YARDS 165
2 SACKS ALLOWED 4
4 SACKS MADE 2
2 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 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
0 BRONCOS — 1 STEELERS
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