Chiefs @ Bengals · Week 14

WEEK 14 · FINAL

THE READ

103 points between Chiefs and Bengals

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Chiefs	+15.8	+1.2	+14.5	+18
Bengals	-4.0	+0.5	-4.5	-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.

Chiefs — AFC #1 · division · 15-2 Bengals — in the hunt · 7-10 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

19/29, 338 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT

Joe Burrow

Bengals

16/26, 346 yards, 3 TD

Chase Brown

Bengals

13 carries, 169 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Chase Brown has now cleared 100 rushing yards in 4 straight games.

🔥 Patrick Mahomes has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 straight games.

⭐ Ja'Marr Chase has not had a better afternoon this season.

WHAT DECIDED IT

On the ground Chiefs 227, Bengals 173 Chiefs

Total yards Chiefs 565, Bengals 519 Chiefs

Through the air Bengals 346, Chiefs 338 Bengals

Giveaways Bengals 0, Chiefs 1 Bengals

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 62% · Rush 38% · 42.1 scored, 27.5 allowed

11.3 yds/att 64.1% completions 6.8 yds/carry 445.0 yds/game 1.5 giveaways/game 4.4% sack rate last 5: 5-0

Primary weapon: Jeff Caldwell WR — 40% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 74 · Aggressive Balance 88 Ball security 58 Back usage 32% QB runs 2.8/game

Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Jeff Caldwell takes 40% of the receiving yards

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 96 WR 88 TE 69 RB 84 OL 79 DL 85 LB 73 DB 80

Best: Creed Humphrey C 96 Fastest: Xavier Worthy WR 99 SPD 7 at star dev or better

Out: Brashard Smith HB 75 · 5wk

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

zach_13.

Bengals · his last 8 games

Balanced One back

Pass / run56% / 44% Points for / against33.9 — 34.0 Margin-0.1 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken6.4% of dropbacks Lead backChase Brown · 14.5/g Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 35% QB carries2.1 a game

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

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 jpedro8. against zach_13. — the men, not the teams

jpedro8. leads it 1-0. jpedro8. won the last one.

1 meeting avg 56.0 — 47.0 biggest: 9 pts to jpedro8.

S1 · week 14 jpedro8. 56 — 47 zach_13. 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

Chiefs receivers vs Bengals secondary 88 v 81 CHIEFS

Bengals receivers vs Chiefs secondary 88 v 80 BENGALS

Chiefs line vs Bengals front 79 v 86 BENGALS

Bengals line vs Chiefs front 75 v 85 CHIEFS

Chiefs backs vs Bengals run defence 84 v 83 EVEN

Bengals backs vs Chiefs run defence 79 v 81 EVEN

Chiefs passer vs Bengals secondary 96 v 81 CHIEFS

Bengals passer vs Chiefs secondary 99 v 80 BENGALS

TOP PERFORMERS

Joe Burrow QB Bengals 346 pass yds

Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 338 pass yds

Chase Brown HB Bengals 169 rush yds

Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 161 rush yds

Jeff Caldwell WR Chiefs 148 rec yds

Ja'Marr Chase WR Bengals 125 rec yds

Xavier Worthy WR Chiefs 117 rec yds

Chase Brown HB Bengals 74 rec yds

Mike Gesicki TE Bengals 55 rec yds

John Michael Gyllenborg TE Chiefs 50 rec yds

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BOX SCORE

CHIEFS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Patrick Mahomes QB	19/29	338	6	1	2	75	130.4

BENGALS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Joe Burrow QB	16/26	346	3	0	2	74	143.9

CHIEFS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Kenneth Walker HB	13	161	12.4	1	6	36	78
Patrick Mahomes QB	2	47	23.5	0	0	0	29
Xavier Worthy WR	1	19	19	1	0	0	19
Jeff Caldwell WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brashard Smith HB	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

BENGALS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Chase Brown HB	13	169	13	2	1	6	69
Joe Burrow QB	1	4	4	0	0	0	4
Ja'Marr Chase WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Gesicki TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Erick All Jr TE	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

CHIEFS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Jeff Caldwell WR	6	148	24.7	1	57	75
Xavier Worthy WR	6	117	19.5	4	17	50
John Michael Gyllenborg TE	3	50	16.7	1	29	25
Kenneth Walker HB	3	20	6.7	0	28	20
Rashee Rice WR	1	3	3	0	1	3

BENGALS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Ja'Marr Chase WR	2	125	62.5	1	38	74
Chase Brown HB	4	74	18.5	1	79	67
Mike Gesicki TE	4	55	13.8	1	28	25
Tee Higgins WR	1	49	49	0	1	49
Erick All Jr TE	2	25	12.5	0	16	20

CHIEFS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD
Dominique Hampton SAM	3	0	0
Peter Woods DT	3	0	0
Kader Kohou CB	3	0	0
Kristian Fulton CB	3	0	0
L'Jarius Sneed CB	2	0	0
Xavier Nwankpa FS	2	0	0
Jadon Canady SS	1	0	1
George Karlaftis LEDG	0	0.5	0
R Mason Thomas LEDG	0	0.5	0

BENGALS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	TD
Kyle Dugger SS	3	0	0	0	0
Tacario Davis CB	3	0	0	0	0
Demetrius Knight Jr WILL	3	2	0	0	0
Jordan Battle SS	3	0	0	0	0
Dax Hill CB	3	0	1	0	1
DJ Turner II CB	3	0	0	0	0
Russ Yeast FS	2	0	0	0	0
Sonny Styles MIKE	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Giles-Harris SAM	2	0	0	0	0
Swayze Bozeman MIKE	2	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Allen DT	2	0	0	0	0
Boye Mafe REDG	1	0	0	0	0
Bryan Cook FS	1	0	0	0	0
Dexter Lawrence II DT	0	0	0	2	0

CHIEFS

nothing recorded

BENGALS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Evan McPherson K	1/1	4/4	23

RECENT FORM

Chiefs

W 63–31 vs Rams WK 13

L 30–41 vs Bills WK 12

L 21–29 vs Cardinals WK 11

Bengals

W 51–32 vs Browns WK 13

W 35–27 vs Saints WK 12

W 25–21 vs Commanders WK 11

TEAM STATS

Chiefs		Bengals
565	TOTAL YARDS	519
338	PASSING YARDS	346
227	RUSHING YARDS	173
2	SACKS ALLOWED	2
1	SACKS MADE	2
1	GIVEAWAYS	0
0	TAKEAWAYS	1

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 CHIEFS — 0 BENGALS

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