WEEK 15 · FINAL
THE READ
Nicole Santos
Beat reporter
Chiefs run away with it, 36-14
22 points separated these two, and Chiefs had all of them. Patrick Mahomes threw for Chiefs — 13/20, 339 yards, 4 TD. Jeff Caldwell moved the ball for Chiefs — 6 catches, 144 yards, 1 TD. That is 4 straight games over 250 for Patrick Mahomes. Total yards: Chiefs 456, Patriots 237.
Nicole Santos
Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriots | +3.1 | -0.3 | +3.5 | +1 |
| 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.
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 →
IN THE BOOTH
Marcus Reyes
The numbers guy
Kansas City's balance—20 passes, 20 runs, 456 yards—made New England's desperation look worse than it was. Mahomes threw 4 touchdowns on 65% accuracy while Drake Maye coughed up 5 interceptions, and you cannot spot a team a 22-point margin and expect the fundamentals to save you.
Jordan Hayes
The armchair coach
· replying
New England had 3 sacks and still couldn't slow anything down—that's how badly the Pats' offense abandoned the run and dug itself into a hole it couldn't climb out of on the road.
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.
Patrick Mahomes
Chiefs
13/20, 339 yards, 4 TD
Jeff Caldwell
Chiefs
6 catches, 144 yards, 1 TD
Harold Landry III
Patriots
2 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Chiefs 456, Patriots 237
Chiefs
Through the air
Chiefs 339, Patriots 172
Chiefs
On the ground
Chiefs 117, Patriots 65
Chiefs
Giveaways
Chiefs 1, Patriots 5
Chiefs
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 60% · Rush 40% · 28.5 scored, 25.0 allowed
9.4 yds/att
67.5% completions
5.6 yds/carry
350.9 yds/game
1.6 giveaways/game
6.4% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 73 · Aggressive
Balance 90
Ball security 56
Back usage 35%
QB runs 2.4/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 96
WR 88
TE 87
RB 84
OL 79
DL 82
LB 77
DB 88
Best: Christian Gonzalez CB 99
Fastest: TreVeyon Henderson HB 95 SPD
5 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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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
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
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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
Connor
Patriots · his last 8 games
Balanced
One back
Pass / run58% / 42%
Points for / against29.6 — 25.6
Margin+4.0
Giveaways a game1.8
Sacks taken5.7% of dropbacks
Lead backTreVeyon Henderson · 14.4/g
Top targetKyle Williams · 28%
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
Connor against jpedro8. — the men, not the teams
jpedro8. leads it 1-0.
jpedro8. won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 14.0 — 36.0
biggest: 22 pts to jpedro8.
S1 · week 15
Connor 14 — 36 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
Patriots receivers vs Chiefs secondary
88 v 80
PATRIOTS
Chiefs receivers vs Patriots secondary
88 v 88
EVEN
Patriots line vs Chiefs front
79 v 85
CHIEFS
Chiefs line vs Patriots front
79 v 82
PATRIOTS
Patriots backs vs Chiefs run defence
84 v 81
PATRIOTS
Chiefs backs vs Patriots run defence
84 v 81
CHIEFS
Patriots passer vs Chiefs secondary
96 v 80
PATRIOTS
Chiefs passer vs Patriots secondary
96 v 88
CHIEFS
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BOX SCORE
PATRIOTS
CHIEFS
PATRIOTS
CHIEFS
PATRIOTS
CHIEFS
PATRIOTS
CHIEFS
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Maye QB | 15/23 | 172 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 76.9 |
CHIEFS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Mahomes QB | 13/20 | 339 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 147.9 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TreVeyon Henderson HB | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 0 |
CHIEFS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Walker HB | 14 | 78 | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 23 | 1 |
| Patrick Mahomes QB | 2 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Xavier Worthy WR | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 0 |
| Luke Altmyer QB | 3 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Henry TE | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 22 |
| Terry McLaurin WR | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| Kyle Williams WR | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| A.J. Brown WR | 2 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| TreVeyon Henderson HB | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 12 |
CHIEFS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Caldwell WR | 6 | 144 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 49 |
| Xavier Worthy WR | 3 | 143 | 47.7 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 80 |
| Kenneth Walker HB | 4 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 16 |
PATRIOTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Woodson SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Byard III FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Landry III REDG | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Barmore DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Jacas LEDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Gonzalez CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Spillane MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Muma SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joshua Farmer DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dru Phillips CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CHIEFS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansoor Delane CB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L'Jarius Sneed CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jadon Canady SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominique Hampton SAM | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Karlaftis LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Nwankpa FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Cine SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kader Kohou CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jones DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kristian Fulton CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Patriots
W
41–37 vs Vikings
WK 14
W
49–21 vs Bills
WK 13
L
19–24 vs Chargers
WK 12
Chiefs
W
56–47 vs Bengals
WK 14
W
63–31 vs Rams
WK 13
L
30–41 vs Bills
WK 12
TEAM STATS
| Patriots | Chiefs | |
|---|---|---|
| 237 | TOTAL YARDS | 456 |
| 172 | PASSING YARDS | 339 |
| 65 | RUSHING YARDS | 117 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 5 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | 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
PATRIOTS
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1
CHIEFS