WEEK 3 · SUN SEP 27FINAL

Shaded = the better side of each row. Rows with no clear “better” (plays, drives, attempts, penalties, possession) aren’t shaded. Efficiency, What it cost them and Early vs late downs use the nflfastR/rbsdm play filter, so a team’s EPA/play here can differ from its season figure on the team pages; Team stats follows the official box-score conventions instead.

CINEfficiencyPIT

+0.26(57)EPA / play(plays)+0.19(59)
+0.35(41)↳ Passing+0.22(39)
+0.04(16)↳ Rushing+0.13(20)
54%Success rate49%
56%↳ Passing51%
50%↳ Rushing45%
33%1st down rate36%
37%↳ Passing38%
25%↳ Rushing30%
6(11%)Explosive plays(rate)9(15%)
4(10%)↳ Passing(20+ yd completion)5(13%)
2(13%)↳ Rushing(10+ yd run)4(20%)
−3(TO 0, expl −3)Toxic differential(turnovers + explosives)+3(TO 0, expl +3)

CINTeam statsPIT

191st downs22
14↳ Passing 1st downs13
5↳ Rushing 1st downs7
0↳ 1st downs from penalties2
6-12↳ 3rd down efficiency7-12
2-2↳ 4th down efficiency0-0
56Total plays59
352Total yards411
8Total drives10
6.3Yards per play7.0
269Passing273
28/37↳ Comp/Att19/34
7.1↳ Yards per pass7.6
0↳ Interceptions thrown1
1-13↳ Sacks-yards lost2-19
83Rushing138
18↳ Rushing attempts23
4.6↳ Yards per rush6.0
1-1Red zone(made-att)1-3
6-40Penalties5-37
1Turnovers1
1↳ Fumbles lost0
0↳ Interceptions thrown1
0Defensive / special teams TDs0
30:06Possession29:54

Why the play counts differ. Efficiency counts every run and dropback the way nflfastR and rbsdm.com do, including sacks, scrambles, plays wiped out by penalties and 2-point tries, so CIN has 57 plays there and 56 in the official total above. Rushing attempts count kneel-downs and QB scrambles, while rush plays are the designed runs in that efficiency set, which is why CIN shows 18 attempts and 16 rush plays.

CINWhat it cost themPIT

−4.1EPA lost to turnovers−3.1
−4.1EPA lost to sacks−3.0
−7.1EPA lost to penalties−3.4

A strip-sack counts in both the sack row and the turnover row.

CINEarly vs late downsPIT

+0.12(42)Early downs(1st–2nd) EPA / play+0.10(46)
55%↳ Success rate46%
+0.66(15)Late downs(3rd–4th) EPA / play+0.52(13)
53%↳ Success rate62%

Passing

PlayerC/ATTYDSTDINTSCKRTGEPA/DBCPOESUCC%aDOT
CIN
Joe Burrow28/37282301123.9+0.38+8.957%7.0
PIT
Aaron Rodgers19/34292312101.6+0.24−2.250%11.9

Rushing

PlayerCARYDSTDYPCEPA/CARSUCC%
CIN
Chase BrownRB136104.7+0.0754%
Joe BurrowQB21306.5+0.2450%
Samaje PerineRB3903.0−0.0933%
PIT
Jaylen WarrenRB1712707.5+0.1947%
Aaron RodgersQB112012.0+0.01100%
Lew Nichols IIIRB1000.0−0.510%
Travis HomerRB1000.0−0.480%

Receiving

PlayerTGTRECYDSTDTGT%YACEPA/TGTCATCH%aDOTY/TGT
CIN · 37 team targets
Ja'Marr ChaseWR12998132.4%28+0.7875%8.38.2
Tee HigginsWR7690118.9%7+1.4186%13.112.9
Mike GesickiTE333718.1%5+1.69100%10.712.3
Dohnte MeyersWR5329013.5%18+0.1260%3.65.8
Tanner HudsonTE221305.4%4+0.03100%4.56.5
Chase BrownRB22805.4%9−0.22100%−0.54.0
Samaje PerineRB31508.1%3−1.4033%2.01.7
Colbie YoungWR11202.7%1−0.54100%1.02.0
Drew SampleTE21005.4%3−0.5150%1.50.0
PIT · 31 team targets
Darnell WashingtonTE4367012.9%56+1.0175%4.016.8
Roman WilsonWR6360119.4%11+0.4450%16.710.0
Jaylen WarrenRB4349012.9%57+0.5575%−0.512.3
DK MetcalfWR5331116.1%8+0.4960%14.66.2
Pat FreiermuthTE4230012.9%19−0.1450%12.57.5
Ben SkowronekWR112313.2%0+2.45100%23.023.0
Michael PittmanWR5216016.1%5−0.1640%8.03.2
Germie BernardWR111403.2%0+0.85100%14.014.0
Robert TonyanTE11203.2%2−0.44100%0.02.0

Player lines won’t always add up to team totals. TGT% is a share of the team targets above — the throws charged to a receiver — not of the pass attempts in Team stats, so the two counts can differ. Yards gained after a lateral belong to no receiver, and runs by receivers and kneel-downs don’t appear in the rushing table.