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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 16 · FINAL
49ERS 5-12 · 32.0 PPG 20 – 31 CHIEFS 15-2 · 42.0 PPG
THE READ
Chiefs win the turnover battle and the game
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
49ers -1.4 +2.5 -3.9 -8
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 →
Brock Purdy
49ers
24/35, 250 yards, 2 TD
Patrick Mahomes
Chiefs
27/34, 230 yards, 2 TD
Jeff Caldwell
Chiefs
7 catches, 82 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Chiefs 106, 49ers 80 Chiefs
Through the air 49ers 250, Chiefs 230 49ers
Total yards Chiefs 336, 49ers 330 Chiefs
Giveaways Chiefs 1, 49ers 2 Chiefs
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 16 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 61% · Rush 39% · 32.7 scored, 36.6 allowed
9.0 yds/att 63.5% completions 5.9 yds/carry 405.5 yds/game 1.9 giveaways/game 4.2% sack rate last 5: 0-5
Primary weapon: Mike Evans WR — 24% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 74 · Aggressive Balance 89 Ball security 46 Back usage 34% QB runs 2.6/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 1.9 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90 WR 82 TE 95 RB 86 OL 80 DL 82 LB 87 DB 78
Best: Fred Warner MIKE 98 Fastest: De'Zhaun Stribling WR 94 SPD 6 at star dev or better
Out: Nick Bosa LEDG 94 · 4wk · Osa Odighizuwa DT 78 · 4wk
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
Yours Truly,
49ers · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against26.4 — 35.0 Margin-8.6 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken3.9% of dropbacks Lead backChristian McCaffrey · 14.4/g Top targetDe'Zhaun Stribling · 28% QB carries2.9 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 Yours Truly, against jpedro8. — the men, not the teams
jpedro8. leads it 1-0. jpedro8. won the last one.
1 meeting avg 20.0 — 31.0 biggest: 11 pts to jpedro8.
S1 · week 16 Yours Truly, 20 — 31 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
49ers receivers vs Chiefs secondary 82 v 80 EVEN
Chiefs receivers vs 49ers secondary 88 v 78 CHIEFS
49ers line vs Chiefs front 80 v 85 CHIEFS
Chiefs line vs 49ers front 79 v 82 49ERS
49ers backs vs Chiefs run defence 86 v 81 49ERS
Chiefs backs vs 49ers run defence 84 v 84 EVEN
49ers passer vs Chiefs secondary 90 v 80 49ERS
Chiefs passer vs 49ers secondary 96 v 78 CHIEFS
TOP PERFORMERS
Brock Purdy QB 49ers 250 pass yds
Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 230 pass yds
Mike Evans WR 49ers 112 rec yds
De'Zhaun Stribling WR 49ers 87 rec yds
Christian McCaffrey HB 49ers 82 rush yds
Jeff Caldwell WR Chiefs 82 rec yds
Xavier Worthy WR Chiefs 81 rec yds
Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 68 rush 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
49ERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Brock Purdy QB 24/3525020251108
CHIEFS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Patrick Mahomes QB 27/3423020124114.4
RECENT FORM
49ers
L 31–35 vs Chargers WK 15
L 34–45 vs Rams WK 14
L 17–27 vs Giants WK 13
Chiefs
W 36–14 vs Patriots WK 15
W 56–47 vs Bengals WK 14
W 63–31 vs Rams WK 13
TEAM STATS
49ers Chiefs
330 TOTAL YARDS 336
250 PASSING YARDS 230
80 RUSHING YARDS 106
2 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 2
2 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 TAKEAWAYS 3

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 49ERS — 1 CHIEFS
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