Raiders @ Chiefs · Divisional

DIVISIONAL · FINAL

THE READ

Raiders beat Chiefs, 23-16

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Raiders	+12.2	+1.1	+11.0	+19
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 Raiders — AFC #7 · 12-5 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

#8 Bo Nix QB · Raiders · 2.0% of the field

The whole board →

Patrick Mahomes

Chiefs

9/17, 242 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Jeff Caldwell

Chiefs

3 catches, 111 yards, 1 TD

Dont'e Thornton Jr

Raiders

6 catches, 80 yards

THE STORY SO FAR

📉 Kenneth Walker is still searching for it: 65 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 93.

📉 Jeff Caldwell is still searching for it: 82 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 124.

📉 Mike Washington Jr. is still searching for it: 46 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 67.

📉 Dont'e Thornton Jr is still searching for it: 46 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 77.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Chiefs 242, Raiders 196 Chiefs

Total yards Chiefs 309, Raiders 272 Chiefs

On the ground Raiders 76, Chiefs 67 Raiders

Pressure Chiefs 1 sacks, Raiders 3 Raiders

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 61% · Rush 39% · 37.9 scored, 26.9 allowed

11.2 yds/att 62.4% completions 5.2 yds/carry 382.2 yds/game 1.7 giveaways/game 4.0% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Brock Bowers TE — 38% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 69 · Aggressive Balance 89 Ball security 52 Back usage 29% QB runs 4.2/game

Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Brock Bowers takes 38% of the receiving yards

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 89 WR 80 TE 96 RB 75 OL 82 DL 84 LB 76 DB 82

Best: Maxx Crosby LEDG 97 Fastest: Dont'e Thornton Jr WR 96 SPD 4 at star dev or better

Out: Michael Mayer TE 73 · 4wk

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

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

Palm Beach Pete

Raiders · his last 8 games

Throws it Runs the quarterback

Pass / run62% / 38% Points for / against35.2 — 19.4 Margin+15.9 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken2.5% of dropbacks Lead backMike Washington Jr. · 12.4/g Top targetBrock Bowers · 37% QB carries5.0 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 Palm Beach Pete against jpedro8. — the men, not the teams

jpedro8. leads it 2-0. jpedro8. has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 27.0 — 31.5 biggest: 6 pts to jpedro8.

S1 · week 18 Palm Beach Pete 22 — 25 jpedro8. JPEDRO8.

S1 · week 4 Palm Beach Pete 32 — 38 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

Raiders receivers vs Chiefs secondary 80 v 80 EVEN

Chiefs receivers vs Raiders secondary 88 v 82 CHIEFS

Raiders line vs Chiefs front 82 v 85 CHIEFS

Chiefs line vs Raiders front 79 v 84 RAIDERS

Raiders backs vs Chiefs run defence 75 v 81 CHIEFS

Chiefs backs vs Raiders run defence 84 v 82 EVEN

Raiders passer vs Chiefs secondary 89 v 80 RAIDERS

Chiefs passer vs Raiders secondary 96 v 82 CHIEFS

TOP PERFORMERS

Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 242 pass yds

Bo Nix QB Raiders 196 pass yds

Jeff Caldwell WR Chiefs 111 rec yds

Xavier Worthy WR Chiefs 109 rec yds

Dont'e Thornton Jr WR Raiders 80 rec yds

Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 68 rush yds

Brock Bowers TE Raiders 65 rec yds

Mike Washington Jr. HB Raiders 59 rush yds

Jeremy Chinn SS Raiders 1 INTs

Jadon Canady SS Chiefs 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

RAIDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Bo Nix QB	12/19	196	1	1	3	65	93.3

CHIEFS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Patrick Mahomes QB	9/17	242	2	1	3	64	112.9

RAIDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Mike Washington Jr. HB	17	59	3.5	1	0	27	27	0
Bo Nix QB	4	17	4.2	0	0	5	6	0

CHIEFS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Kenneth Walker HB	9	68	7.6	0	12	25
Patrick Mahomes QB	1	1	1	0	0	1
Jeff Caldwell WR	0	0	0	1	0	0
Xavier Worthy WR	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brashard Smith HB	1	-2	-2	0	1	0

RAIDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Dont'e Thornton Jr WR	6	80	13.3	0	39	21
Brock Bowers TE	1	65	65	1	36	65
Tre Tucker WR	2	28	14	0	5	23
Troy Franklin WR	1	13	13	0	7	13
Mike Washington Jr. HB	2	10	5	0	5	11

CHIEFS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Jeff Caldwell WR	3	111	37	1	25	62
Xavier Worthy WR	4	109	27.2	1	15	64
Kenneth Walker HB	1	13	13	0	14	13

RAIDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Segun Olubi WILL	2	0	0	0
Jeremy Chinn SS	2	0	1	0
Treydan Stukes FS	2	0	0	0
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS	2	0	0	0
Darien Porter CB	2	0	0	0
Jaylen Reed FS	1	1	0	0
Landon Jackson DT	1	0.5	0	0
Ed Oliver DT	1	1	0	0
Dalton Johnson SS	1	0	0	0
Quay Walker WILL	1	0	0	0
Nakobe Dean MIKE	1	0	0	0
Eric Stokes CB	0	0	0	1
Maxx Crosby LEDG	0	0.5	0	0
Jermod McCoy CB	0	0	0	1

CHIEFS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Xavier Nwankpa FS	4	0	0	1
Jadon Canady SS	3	0	1	0
Kader Kohou CB	3	0	0	0
Dominique Hampton SAM	2	0	0	0
Lewis Cine SS	2	0	0	0
Chris Jones DT	2	1	0	0
R Mason Thomas LEDG	1	0	0	0
L'Jarius Sneed CB	1	0	0	0
Jeffrey Bassa WILL	1	0	0	0
Peter Woods DT	1	0	0	0
Nick Bolton MIKE	1	0	0	0

RAIDERS

nothing recorded

CHIEFS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Harrison Butker K	1/1	1/2	39

RECENT FORM

Raiders

W 32–28 vs Steelers WK 19

L 22–25 vs Chiefs WK 18

L 21–28 vs Cardinals WK 17

Chiefs

W 25–22 vs Raiders WK 18

W 42–35 vs Chargers WK 17

W 31–20 vs 49ers WK 16

TEAM STATS

Raiders		Chiefs
272	TOTAL YARDS	309
196	PASSING YARDS	242
76	RUSHING YARDS	67
3	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	1
1	GIVEAWAYS	1
1	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

0 RAIDERS — 2 CHIEFS

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