WEEK 9 · FINAL
THE READ
Seahawks win the turnover battle and the game
Seahawks took the ball away and took the game with it, 16-10. JJ McCarthy threw for Vikings — 30/38, 320 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Jalen Milroe threw for Seahawks — 18/30, 226 yards, 1 TD. A season best for JJ McCarthy. Through the air: Vikings 320, Seahawks 226.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vikings | -3.3 | +4.1 | -7.4 | -13 |
| Seahawks | +24.0 | +2.4 | +21.6 | +33 |
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.
Seahawks —
NFC #1 · division
· 12-2
Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#2
Jalen Milroe
QB · Seahawks · 2.3% of the field
#10
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR · Seahawks · 0.5% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Jordan Hayes
The armchair coach
Minnesota had the better afternoon—McCarthy and Jefferson both played their best games—but couldn't convert it into points. Two turnovers against a Seattle team that didn't give the ball away once is the whole story; you can't play that cleanly in the passing game and still lose if you're careless with the football.
Jeff Epstein
The showman
· replying
Seattle bent the Vikings' best players into irrelevance—McCarthy and Jefferson both peaked and still walked out with 10 points, which is the cruelest indictment a defense can hand a passing 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.
JJ McCarthy
Vikings
30/38, 320 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Jalen Milroe
Seahawks
18/30, 226 yards, 1 TD
Justin Jefferson
Vikings
9 catches, 102 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Vikings 320, Seahawks 226
Vikings
Total yards
Vikings 388, Seahawks 303
Vikings
On the ground
Seahawks 77, Vikings 68
Seahawks
Giveaways
Seahawks 0, Vikings 2
Seahawks
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 66% · Rush 34% · 25.6 scored, 33.1 allowed
8.7 yds/att
63.9% completions
4.2 yds/carry
351.4 yds/game
2.2 giveaways/game
4.2% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 68 · Aggressive
Balance 84
Ball security 38
Back usage 27%
QB runs 3.6/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.2 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 93
WR 94
TE 78
RB 82
OL 87
DL 87
LB 83
DB 85
Best: Justin Jefferson WR 99
Fastest: Nyck Harbor WR 97 SPD
6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 58% · Rush 42% · 41.3 scored, 19.6 allowed
11.1 yds/att
62.5% completions
7.7 yds/carry
437.1 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
5.2% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 77 · Efficient
Balance 92
Ball security 72
Back usage 28%
QB runs 6.3/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 98
WR 90
TE 85
RB 84
OL 81
DL 86
LB 81
DB 93
Best: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 99
Fastest: Rashid Shaheed WR 95 SPD
9 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
𝐗𝟑𝐬𝐎𝐬𝐀✞
Seahawks · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against38.6 — 18.1
Margin+20.5
Giveaways a game0.9
Sacks taken5.0% of dropbacks
Lead backJadarian Price · 11.6/g
Top targetJaxon Smith-Njigba · 30%
QB carries4.8 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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Vikings receivers vs Seahawks secondary
94 v 93
EVEN
Seahawks receivers vs Vikings secondary
90 v 85
SEAHAWKS
Vikings line vs Seahawks front
87 v 86
EVEN
Seahawks line vs Vikings front
81 v 87
VIKINGS
Vikings backs vs Seahawks run defence
82 v 84
EVEN
Seahawks backs vs Vikings run defence
84 v 86
EVEN
Vikings passer vs Seahawks secondary
93 v 93
EVEN
Seahawks passer vs Vikings secondary
98 v 85
SEAHAWKS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ McCarthy QB | 30/38 | 320 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 99.5 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Milroe QB | 18/30 | 226 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 94.5 |
VIKINGS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ McCarthy QB | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Demond Claiborne HB | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Jordan Mason HB | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Justin Jefferson WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jadarian Price HB | 19 | 56 | 2.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jalen Milroe QB | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Robbie Ouzts FB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Luke Yoder HB | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| KJ Duff TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tory Horton WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VIKINGS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Jefferson WR | 9 | 102 | 11.3 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
| Nyck Harbor WR | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| Jordan Addison WR | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 17 |
| Michael Mayer TE | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| Demond Claiborne HB | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory Horton WR | 4 | 68 | 17 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 40 |
| KJ Duff TE | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| Keon Coleman TE | 2 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| Rashid Shaheed WR | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| Jadarian Price HB | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Robbie Ouzts FB | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
VIKINGS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Golday MIKE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Josh Metellus SS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Isaiah Rodgers Sr CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Nahshon Wright FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas Turner REDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakobe Thomas SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jalen Redmond DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Cashman MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ivan Pace Jr WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teitum Tuioti LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Murphy Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Domonique Orange DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Banks DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jyaire Hill CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamari Lassiter CB | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Troy Andersen MIKE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Devon Witherspoon CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Drake Thomas WILL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Clark FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Maverick Baranowski REDG | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Byron Murphy II DT | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keeanu Benton DT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Love SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Emmanwori SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fisher Camac DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yhonzae Pierre LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Moore CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ernest Jones IV MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VIKINGS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will Reichard K | 1/1 | 1/1 | 23 |
SEAHAWKS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Slye K | 1/1 | 1/1 | 22 |
RECENT FORM
Vikings
L
7–35 vs Lions
WK 8
L
27–45 vs Bengals
WK 6
W
48–42 vs Broncos
WK 5
Seahawks
W
49–7 vs 49ers
WK 8
L
39–43 vs Ravens
WK 7
W
46–17 vs Saints
WK 5
TEAM STATS
| Vikings | Seahawks | |
|---|---|---|
| 388 | TOTAL YARDS | 303 |
| 320 | PASSING YARDS | 226 |
| 68 | RUSHING YARDS | 77 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 2 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | 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
VIKINGS
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1
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