Titans @ Patriots · Week 9

WEEK 9 · FINAL

THE READ

Titans run away with it, 35-3

Tennessee demolished New England 35-3 in Week 9, with Cam Ward throwing for 299 yards and 2 touchdowns while the Titans' defense forced 4 sacks to New England's 1. The Patriots managed just 220 total yards and 1 turnover against a Tennessee team that controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides, gaining 420 yards overall. Ward completed 25 of 37 passes, and Carnell Tate caught 4 for 93 yards and a touchdown in what amounted to a complete domination. New England falls to 4-5 while Tennessee improves to 6-2.

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Titans	+2.6	-1.3	+3.9	+12
Patriots	-7.5	-2.3	-5.2	+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.

Titans — AFC #7 · 8-6 Patriots — in the hunt · 7-7 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Nicole Santos Beat reporter

New England managed 3 points and 128 passing yards—an offense that couldn't move the ball or stay on the field, and it showed. Tennessee's pass rush was relentless with 4 sacks, and Cam Ward found his rhythm with 299 yards and 2 touchdowns, making this a 32-point rout look even worse than the score.

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.

Cam Ward

Titans

25/37, 299 yards, 2 TD

Keldric Faulk

Titans

2 sacks

Carnell Tate

Titans

4 catches, 93 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Cam Ward has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Rhamondre Stevenson has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Titans 420, Patriots 220 Titans

Through the air Titans 299, Patriots 128 Titans

On the ground Titans 121, Patriots 92 Titans

Pressure Patriots 1 sacks, Titans 4 Titans

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 61% · Rush 39% · 25.3 scored, 21.4 allowed

7.8 yds/att 61.6% completions 4.8 yds/carry 333.4 yds/game 1.1 giveaways/game 8.3% sack rate last 5: 1-4

Primary weapon: Carnell Tate WR — 34% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 58 · Efficient Balance 89 Ball security 68 Back usage 35% QB runs 2.3/game

Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.3% of dropbacks

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 87 WR 87 TE 77 RB 90 OL 79 DL 90 LB 85 DB 86

Best: Jonathan Taylor HB 99 Fastest: Chimere Dike WR 94 SPD 5 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

wizzkid76

Patriots · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against18.5 — 21.0 Margin-2.5 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken7.6% of dropbacks Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 13.2/g Top targetA.J. Brown · 30% QB carries4.0 a game

BlackManJenkins

Titans · his last 8 games

Balanced One back Takes sacks

Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against22.4 — 19.9 Margin+2.5 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken9.1% of dropbacks Lead backJonathan Taylor · 15.4/g Top targetCarnell Tate · 27% QB carries1.8 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 BlackManJenkins against wizzkid76 — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 35.0 — 3.0 biggest: 32 pts to BlackManJenkins

S2 · week 9 BlackManJenkins 35 — 3 wizzkid76 BLACKMANJENKINS

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

Titans receivers vs Patriots secondary 87 v 90 PATRIOTS

Patriots receivers vs Titans secondary 85 v 86 EVEN

Titans line vs Patriots front 79 v 85 PATRIOTS

Patriots line vs Titans front 84 v 90 TITANS

Titans backs vs Patriots run defence 90 v 83 TITANS

Patriots backs vs Titans run defence 88 v 89 EVEN

Titans passer vs Patriots secondary 87 v 90 PATRIOTS

Patriots passer vs Titans secondary 99 v 86 PATRIOTS

TOP PERFORMERS

Cam Ward QB Titans 299 pass yds

Drake Maye QB Patriots 128 pass yds

Carnell Tate WR Titans 93 rec yds

Jonathan Taylor HB Titans 85 rush yds

Elic Ayomanor WR Titans 68 rec yds

Daniel Bellinger TE Titans 58 rec yds

Chimere Dike WR Titans 57 rec yds

Keldric Faulk LEDG Titans 2 sacks

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BOX SCORE

TITANS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Cam Ward QB	25/37	299	2	0	1	75	110

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Drake Maye QB	15/27	128	0	0	4	26	68.1

TITANS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Jonathan Taylor HB	20	85	4.2	6	38	23
Nick Singleton HB	7	36	5.1	2	15	18
Elic Ayomanor WR	0	0	0	3	0	0
Carnell Tate WR	0	0	0	1	0	0

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Rhamondre Stevenson HB	5	49	9.8	3	44	49	0
TreVeyon Henderson HB	13	38	2.9	1	19	20	1
Drake Maye QB	4	5	1.2	0	0	7	0
Hunter Henry TE	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Eli Raridon TE	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Kyle Williams WR	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

TITANS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Carnell Tate WR	4	93	23.2	1	70	0	75
Elic Ayomanor WR	5	68	13.6	0	18	1	23
Daniel Bellinger TE	5	58	11.6	0	8	0	25
Chimere Dike WR	7	57	8.1	1	2	0	13
Eli Finley TE	1	11	11	0	1	0	11
Jonathan Taylor HB	2	11	5.5	0	9	0	7
Nick Singleton HB	1	1	1	0	0	0	1

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	YAC	DRP	LNG
Kyle Williams WR	3	38	12.7	4	0	26
Hunter Henry TE	4	33	8.2	11	0	13
A.J. Brown WR	3	26	8.7	10	0	10
Romeo Doubs WR	3	12	4	5	1	9
TreVeyon Henderson HB	1	12	12	0	0	12
Eli Raridon TE	1	7	7	5	0	7

TITANS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	FF	CMP ALW	TD
Anthony Hill Jr. MIKE	5	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Winston Jr FS	5	0	0	0	5	0
Ty Okada FS	4	0.5	1	0	2	0
Cor'Dale Flott CB	4	0	0	0	2	0
Alontae Taylor CB	4	0	0	0	1	0
Jeffery Simmons DT	4	0	0	0	0	0
Keldric Faulk LEDG	3	2	0	1	0	1
Kayvon Thibodeaux LEDG	3	1	0	0	1	0
Joshua Williams CB	3	0	1	0	1	0
DeForest Buckner DT	1	0	0	0	0	0
DJ McKinney CB	1	0	0	0	3	0
John Franklin-Myers DT	0	0.5	0	0	0	0

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	CMP ALW
Craig Woodson SS	7	0	0	6
Gabe Jacas LEDG	6	0.5	0	0
Jaylen Reed FS	6	0	0	2
Robert Spillane MIKE	6	0	0	4
Marcus Jones CB	6	0	0	5
Namdi Obiazor WILL	5	0	1	3
Carlton Davis III CB	4	0	0	2
Christian Barmore DT	3	0	0	0
Dre'Mont Jones LEDG	3	0	0	1
Harold Landry III REDG	3	0.5	0	1
Milton Williams DT	1	0	0	0
Christian Gonzalez CB	1	0	0	1

TITANS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Maddux Trujillo K	5/6	2/2	53

PATRIOTS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Andres Borregales K	1/1	0/0	26

RECENT FORM

Titans

W 24–13 vs Panthers WK 8

W 21–14 vs Saints WK 6

W 24–21 vs Cardinals WK 5

Patriots

W 37–17 vs Dolphins WK 8

W 20–10 vs Jets WK 7

W 30–10 vs Dolphins WK 6

TEAM STATS

Titans		Patriots
420	TOTAL YARDS	220
299	PASSING YARDS	128
121	RUSHING YARDS	92
1	SACKS ALLOWED	4
4	SACKS MADE	1
0	GIVEAWAYS	1
1	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 TITANS — 0 PATRIOTS

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