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THE WIRE
THE WIRE someone: The booth on Titans run away with it, 45-17 THE WIRE someone: Titans run away with it, 45-17 THE WIRE someone: The booth on 62 points between Falcons and Panthers IN THE BOOTH Caleb Brooks: Herbert was operating on another level—4 touchdown passes and 368 yards against a Seattle defense that couldn't generate pressure, while the Seahawks… IN THE BOOTH Sierra Vaughn: Atlanta's path to the playoffs just got a lot clearer—they're 8-9 in a weak division with a turnover margin of -7, meaning they're winning games… IN THE BOOTH Daniel Keller: Atlanta's ground game did the talking here—Robinson went 149 yards and 2 touchdowns on 17 carries while Washington managed 43 rushing yards total,… PASS YDS #1 B.Nix — 5903 passing yards PASS YDS #2 P.Mahomes — 5840 passing yards
WEEK 1 · FINAL
BRONCOS 3-14 · 14.0 PPG 18 – 52 CHIEFS 15-2 · 42.0 PPG
THE READ
Chiefs run away with it, 52-18
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Broncos -13.9 +4.4 -18.2 -11
Chiefs +15.8 +1.2 +14.5 +18
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.
Chiefs — AFC #1 · division · 15-2 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#4 Patrick Mahomes QB · Chiefs · 3.9% of the field
#5 Jeff Caldwell WR · Chiefs · 2.8% of the field
#6 Xavier Worthy WR · Chiefs · 2.2% of the field
#11 Kenneth Walker HB · Chiefs · 0.8% of the field
The whole board →
Patrick Mahomes
Chiefs
17/23, 540 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT
Jeff Caldwell
Chiefs
6 catches, 264 yards, 4 TD
Fernando Mendoza
Broncos
10/29, 239 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Chiefs 620, Broncos 314 Chiefs
Through the air Chiefs 540, Broncos 239 Chiefs
On the ground Chiefs 80, Broncos 75 Chiefs
Pressure Chiefs 3 sacks, Broncos 2 Chiefs
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 1 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
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 63% · Rush 37% · 14.9 scored, 33.1 allowed
6.2 yds/att 48.8% completions 4.3 yds/carry 279.2 yds/game 2.3 giveaways/game 5.7% sack rate last 5: 0-5
Primary weapon: Jaylen Waddle WR — 34% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 27 · Turnover-prone Balance 87 Ball security 36 Back usage 32% QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.3 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 77 WR 84 TE 77 RB 81 OL 81 DL 85 LB 76 DB 88
Best: Patrick Surtain II CB 98 Fastest: Jaylen Waddle WR 96 SPD 8 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
jpedro8.
Chiefs · his last 8 games
Throws it One back
Pass / run62% / 38% Points for / against38.0 — 29.9 Margin+8.1 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken4.2% of dropbacks Lead backKenneth Walker · 13.1/g Top targetXavier Worthy · 35% QB carries3.0 a game
Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody
Broncos · his last 8 games
Balanced Gives it away One back
Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against15.4 — 32.4 Margin-17.0 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken6.5% of dropbacks Lead backRJ Harvey · 15.0/g Top targetJaylen Waddle · 33% QB carries2.6 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 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody against jpedro8. — the men, not the teams
jpedro8. leads it 2-0. jpedro8. has won 2 straight.
2 meetings avg 15.5 — 47.0 biggest: 34 pts to jpedro8.
S1 · week 8 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody 13 — 42 jpedro8. JPEDRO8.
S1 · week 1 Henige - Detroit VS. Everybody 18 — 52 jpedro8. JPEDRO8.
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
Broncos receivers vs Chiefs secondary 84 v 80 BRONCOS
Chiefs receivers vs Broncos secondary 88 v 88 EVEN
Broncos line vs Chiefs front 81 v 85 CHIEFS
Chiefs line vs Broncos front 79 v 85 BRONCOS
Broncos backs vs Chiefs run defence 81 v 81 EVEN
Chiefs backs vs Broncos run defence 84 v 81 CHIEFS
Broncos passer vs Chiefs secondary 77 v 80 CHIEFS
Chiefs passer vs Broncos secondary 96 v 88 CHIEFS
TOP PERFORMERS
Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 540 pass yds
Jeff Caldwell WR Chiefs 264 rec yds
Fernando Mendoza QB Broncos 239 pass yds
Xavier Worthy WR Chiefs 112 rec yds
Evan Engram TE Broncos 80 rec yds
Jaylen Waddle WR Broncos 71 rec yds
RJ Harvey HB Broncos 63 rush yds
John Michael Gyllenborg TE Chiefs 63 rec yds
Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 61 rush yds
Marvin Mims Jr WR Broncos 58 rec yds
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
BRONCOS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Fernando Mendoza QB 10/292392236159.4
CHIEFS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Patrick Mahomes QB 17/2354061291137.2
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TEAM STATS
Broncos Chiefs
314 TOTAL YARDS 620
239 PASSING YARDS 540
75 RUSHING YARDS 80
3 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 3
2 GIVEAWAYS 2
3 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 BRONCOS — 2 CHIEFS
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