WEEK 9 · SUN NOV 8FINAL

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.

CLEEfficiencyNO

−0.07(71)EPA / play(plays)−0.01(74)
+0.12(45)↳ Passing−0.01(48)
−0.41(26)↳ Rushing−0.01(26)
35%Success rate45%
38%↳ Passing48%
31%↳ Rushing38%
21%1st down rate28%
29%↳ Passing29%
8%↳ Rushing27%
6(8%)Explosive plays(rate)7(9%)
4(9%)↳ Passing(20+ yd completion)3(6%)
2(8%)↳ Rushing(10+ yd run)4(15%)
0(TO +1, expl −1)Toxic differential(turnovers + explosives)0(TO −1, expl +1)

CLETeam statsNO

151st downs21
10↳ Passing 1st downs9
4↳ Rushing 1st downs10
1↳ 1st downs from penalties2
8-18↳ 3rd down efficiency7-16
0-2↳ 4th down efficiency0-0
70Total plays72
355Total yards396
13Total drives12
5.1Yards per play5.5
260Passing236
19/31↳ Comp/Att21/35
7.2↳ Yards per pass5.9
0↳ Interceptions thrown0
5-37↳ Sacks-yards lost5-29
95Rushing160
34↳ Rushing attempts32
2.8↳ Yards per rush5.0
0-2Red zone(made-att)2-5
10-58Penalties4-25
0Turnovers1
0↳ Fumbles lost1
0↳ Interceptions thrown0
0Defensive / special teams TDs0
34:09Possession34:51

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 CLE has 71 plays there and 70 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 CLE shows 34 attempts and 26 rush plays.

CLEWhat it cost themNO

0.0EPA lost to turnovers−3.9
−8.3EPA lost to sacks−8.9
−7.7EPA lost to penalties−4.5

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

CLEEarly vs late downsNO

−0.02(50)Early downs(1st–2nd) EPA / play−0.02(57)
32%↳ Success rate42%
−0.16(20)Late downs(3rd–4th) EPA / play+0.02(17)
45%↳ Success rate53%

Passing

PlayerC/ATTYDSTDINTSCKRTGEPA/DBCPOESUCC%aDOT
CLE
Shedeur Sanders19/31297205114.6+0.09−6.736%6.5
NO
Tyler Shough21/3526510593.2−0.06−1.447%11.0

Rushing

PlayerCARYDSTDYPCEPA/CARSUCC%
CLE
Quinshon JudkinsRB154302.9−0.4233%
Shedeur SandersQB92903.2−0.2333%
Dylan SampsonRB82102.6−0.3525%
NO
Audric EstiméRB157214.8+0.1340%
Tyler ShoughQB95205.8+0.2067%
Alvin KamaraRB63205.3+0.1050%
Zamir WhiteRB1505.0−0.190%

Receiving

PlayerTGTRECYDSTDTGT%YACEPA/TGTCATCH%aDOTY/TGT
CLE · 29 team targets
Denzel BostonWR7698024.1%37+0.7486%10.014.0
KC ConcepcionWR6485120.7%53+1.0267%10.514.2
Harold Fannin Jr.TE224216.9%39+2.17100%1.521.0
Jerry JeudyWR4237013.8%2+0.2450%15.39.3
Dylan SampsonRB6327020.7%34−0.2250%−1.74.5
Tylan WallaceWR11603.4%3+0.30100%3.06.0
Quinshon JudkinsRB11203.4%7−0.65100%−5.02.0
Blake WhiteheartTE10003.4%0−0.840%7.00.0
Malachi CorleyWR10003.4%0−0.550%−7.00.0
NO · 32 team targets
Chris OlaveWR12798037.5%17−0.0358%19.18.2
Barion BrownWR115203.1%2+3.43100%50.052.0
Juwan JohnsonTE223416.3%11+2.04100%11.517.0
Jordyn TysonWR5430015.6%17−0.5580%2.26.0
Alvin KamaraRB4317012.5%11−0.0275%1.84.3
Devaughn VeleWR4217012.5%3−0.2950%10.34.3
Noah FantTE211206.3%9+0.2050%5.06.0
Audric EstiméRB11503.1%12+0.27100%−7.05.0
Bryce LanceWR10003.1%0−0.270%3.00.0

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.