Saints @ Buccaneers · Week 8

WEEK 8 · FINAL

THE READ

Saints run away with it, 48-13

The Saints dismantled Tampa Bay 48-13, with Tyler Shough completing 33 of 42 passes for 373 yards and 4 touchdowns while Jordyn Tyson caught 7 for 142 yards and 2 scores. Baker Mayfield managed 17 of 34 for 263 yards, 1 TD and 2 interceptions as the Bucs mustered only 45 rushing yards and turned the ball over 3 times. New Orleans controlled the line and the game itself, outgaining Tampa Bay 494 to 308 total yards in a performance that will be hard to unsee in the division.

Marcus Reyes The numbers guy

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Saints	+5.7	-1.8	+7.5	+18
Buccaneers	-13.4	-2.5	-10.9	-8

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.

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IN THE BOOTH

Ava Collins Beat reporter

New Orleans put on a clinic. Tyler Shough threw 4 touchdown passes and the Saints' offense moved at will, while Tampa Bay managed just 45 rushing yards and turned the ball over 3 times—that kind of lopsidedness doesn't need much explaining in a 48-13 game.

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.

Tyler Shough

Saints

33/42, 373 yards, 4 TD

Baker Mayfield

Buccaneers

17/34, 263 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT

Jordyn Tyson

Saints

7 catches, 142 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Tyler Shough has now cleared 250 passing yards in 4 straight games.

🔥 Baker Mayfield has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Jordyn Tyson has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 Bucky Irving is still searching for it: 35 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 51.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Saints 494, Buccaneers 308 Saints

Through the air Saints 373, Buccaneers 263 Saints

On the ground Saints 121, Buccaneers 45 Saints

Giveaways Buccaneers 3, Saints 0 Saints

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 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

Primary weapon: Chris Olave WR — 35% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

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

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

Ace.P

Buccaneers · his last 8 games

Throws it

Pass / run63% / 37% Points for / against19.6 — 29.6 Margin-10.0 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken5.5% of dropbacks Lead backBucky Irving · 14.0/g Top targetTed Hurst III · 35% QB carries2.0 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 Ace.P — the men, not the teams

Bizzle leads it 2-0. Bizzle has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 32.0 — 13.5 biggest: 35 pts to Bizzle

S2 · week 8 Bizzle 48 — 13 Ace.P BIZZLE

S2 · week 4 Bizzle 16 — 14 Ace.P BIZZLE

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 Buccaneers secondary 86 v 88 EVEN

Buccaneers receivers vs Saints secondary 88 v 84 BUCCANEERS

Saints line vs Buccaneers front 83 v 89 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers line vs Saints front 86 v 82 BUCCANEERS

Saints backs vs Buccaneers run defence 86 v 88 EVEN

Buccaneers backs vs Saints run defence 90 v 82 BUCCANEERS

Saints passer vs Buccaneers secondary 84 v 88 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers passer vs Saints secondary 84 v 84 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Tyler Shough QB Saints 373 pass yds

Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 263 pass yds

Jordyn Tyson WR Saints 142 rec yds

Chris Olave WR Saints 139 rec yds

Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 123 rec yds

Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 80 rec yds

Travis Etienne Jr HB Saints 65 rush yds

Juwan Johnson TE Saints 59 rec yds

Quincy Riley CB Saints 1 INTs

Kool-Aid McKinstry CB Saints 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

SAINTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Tyler Shough QB	33/42	373	4	0	1	66	135.4

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Baker Mayfield QB	17/34	263	1	2	1	80	61.2

SAINTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Travis Etienne Jr HB	11	65	5.9	0	5	37	23
Kendre Miller HB	13	38	2.9	1	1	10	11
Tyler Shough QB	1	18	18	0	1	15	18
Chris Olave WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Juwan Johnson TE	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jordyn Tyson WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Oscar Delp TE	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Bucky Irving HB	15	41	2.7	4	11	9	0
Baker Mayfield QB	1	3	3	0	0	3	1
British Brooks FB	2	1	0.5	0	0	4	0
Cade Otton TE	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Hurst III WR	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

SAINTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Jordyn Tyson WR	7	142	20.3	2	52	0	66
Chris Olave WR	12	139	11.6	2	28	0	21
Juwan Johnson TE	7	59	8.4	0	26	0	14
Travis Etienne Jr HB	2	9	4.5	0	10	1	7
Devaughn Vele WR	2	8	4	0	2	0	6
Oscar Delp TE	1	8	8	0	7	0	8
Kendre Miller HB	1	6	6	0	2	0	6
Noah Fant TE	1	2	2	0	0	0	2

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Ted Hurst III WR	5	123	24.6	1	67	0	80
Emeka Egbuka WR	6	80	13.3	0	18	1	24
Cade Otton TE	4	40	10	0	10	2	21
Chris Godwin Jr WR	2	20	10	0	5	0	12

SAINTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	CMP ALW	TD
Sammy Brown MIKE	7	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kool-Aid McKinstry CB	5	0	1	0	0	4	1
Quincy Riley CB	4	0	1	2	0	3	0
Justin Reid FS	4	0	0	0	0	4	0
Christen Miller DT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonas Sanker SS	2	0	0	1	0	2	0
Bryan Bresee DT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chase Young LEDG	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Carl Granderson REDG	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lorenzo Styles Jr. SS	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
Danny Stutsman MIKE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vernon Broughton DT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Yiadom CB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayden Bellamy CB	1	0	0	1	0	1	0

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	CMP ALW
Josiah Trotter MIKE	15	0	1	12
Alex Anzalone WILL	6	0	0	2
Jacob Parrish CB	5	0	0	4
Zyon McCollum CB	5	0	0	5
Benjamin Morrison CB	5	0	0	4
Demonte Capehart DT	3	0	0	0
Vita Vea DT	3	1	0	0
Yaya Diaby REDG	3	0	0	0
Antoine Winfield Jr FS	3	0	0	4
Tykee Smith SS	2	0	1	2
Willie Gay Jr SAM	2	0	0	0
Chad Muma SAM	2	0	0	0
Calijah Kancey DT	2	0	0	0
Blake Fletcher SAM	1	0	0	0
Rueben Bain Jr. LEDG	1	0	0	0

SAINTS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Charlie Smyth K	2/2	6/6	44

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Chase McLaughlin K	2/2	1/1	46

RECENT FORM

Saints

W 21–3 vs Falcons WK 7

L 14–21 vs Titans WK 6

L 17–46 vs Seahawks WK 5

Buccaneers

L 28–31 vs Panthers WK 6

L 20–28 vs Jets WK 5

L 14–16 vs Saints WK 4

TEAM STATS

Saints		Buccaneers
494	TOTAL YARDS	308
373	PASSING YARDS	263
121	RUSHING YARDS	45
1	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	1
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

2 SAINTS — 0 BUCCANEERS

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