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THE WIRE
WK 11 FINAL Falcons 27, Panthers 52 MOVE Kyle Hamilton traded to Colts MOVE Craig Woodson dev trait up Star to X-Factor MOVE Nyck Harbor dev trait up Normal to Star ON THE BLOCK Jack Jones (CB 77) ON THE BLOCK Dre Greenlaw (WILL 88) ON THE BLOCK Deommodore Lenoir (CB 82) THE WIRE someone: The booth on Panthers run away with it, 52-27
pfl2k27 🏟️ Madden
WEEK 1 · FINAL
CHIEFS 5-4 · 24.0 PPG 28 – 31 VIKINGS 3-6 · 21.0 PPG
THE READ
Vikings edge Chiefs by 3

A 3-point game to the end, and Vikings had it 31-28. Patrick Mahomes threw for Chiefs — 11/18, 217 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. J.J. McCarthy threw for Vikings — 15/19, 251 yards, 2 TD. Total yards: Vikings 350, Chiefs 285.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Chiefs +0.7 -1.0 +1.7 +2
Vikings -3.6 +6.3 -9.9 +0
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 — in the hunt · 5-4 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Caleb Brooks Beat reporter
Xavier Worthy had 3 touchdown catches for Kansas City, but Minnesota still won it 31-28 because the Vikings controlled the game on the ground and through the air — outgaining the Chiefs 350 to 285 and moving the ball more efficiently when it mattered.
Jordan Hayes The armchair coach · replying
Kansas City's pass-happy approach—75% of their plays through the air against a team that ran 26 times—cost them a winnable game they can't afford to lose at 2-2. The Chiefs need to lean on what works instead of chasing Worthy's big moments.
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
11/18, 217 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
J.J. McCarthy
Vikings
15/19, 251 yards, 2 TD
Xavier Worthy
Chiefs
5 catches, 147 yards, 3 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Vikings 350, Chiefs 285 Vikings
Through the air Vikings 251, Chiefs 217 Vikings
On the ground Vikings 99, Chiefs 68 Vikings
Giveaways Vikings 1, Chiefs 1 Chiefs
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% · 24.9 scored, 23.2 allowed
8.5 yds/att 69.2% completions 4.8 yds/carry 336.3 yds/game 1.0 giveaways/game 7.7% sack rate last 5: 3-2
Primary weapon: Xavier Worthy WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 72 · Efficient Balance 89 Ball security 72 Back usage 32% QB runs 3.3/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 95 WR 84 TE 74 RB 85 OL 85 DL 80 LB 78 DB 80
Best: Patrick Mahomes QB 95 Fastest: Xavier Worthy WR 99 SPD 5 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
asqxct
Vikings · his last 8 games
Throws it One back Takes sacks
Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against19.8 — 31.2 Margin-11.5 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken13.2% of dropbacks Lead backIsaac Brown · 10.2/g Top targetJustin Jefferson · 33% QB carries1.0 a game
Psychthedelic
Chiefs · his last 8 games
Balanced One back
Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against24.5 — 22.2 Margin+2.2 Giveaways a game1.0 Sacks taken7.2% of dropbacks Lead backKenneth Walker · 14.2/g Top targetXavier Worthy · 29% QB carries2.8 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 Psychthedelic against asqxct — the men, not the teams
asqxct leads it 1-0. asqxct won the last one.
1 meeting avg 28.0 — 31.0 biggest: 3 pts to asqxct
S2 · week 1 Psychthedelic 28 — 31 asqxct ASQXCT
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 Vikings secondary 84 v 84 EVEN
Vikings receivers vs Chiefs secondary 86 v 80 VIKINGS
Chiefs line vs Vikings front 85 v 79 CHIEFS
Vikings line vs Chiefs front 82 v 80 EVEN
Chiefs backs vs Vikings run defence 85 v 79 CHIEFS
Vikings backs vs Chiefs run defence 78 v 79 EVEN
Chiefs passer vs Vikings secondary 95 v 84 CHIEFS
Vikings passer vs Chiefs secondary 80 v 80 EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
J.J. McCarthy QB Vikings 251 pass yds
Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 217 pass yds
Xavier Worthy WR Chiefs 147 rec yds
Justin Jefferson WR Vikings 127 rec yds
Isaac Brown HB Vikings 81 rush yds
T.J. Hockenson TE Vikings 72 rec yds
Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 68 rush yds
Peter Woods DT Chiefs 1.5 sacks
Byron Murphy Jr CB Vikings 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
CHIEFS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Patrick Mahomes QB 11/1821731365119.6
VIKINGS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
J.J. McCarthy QB 15/1925120347153.8
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TEAM STATS
Chiefs Vikings
285 TOTAL YARDS 350
217 PASSING YARDS 251
68 RUSHING YARDS 99
3 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 3
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 CHIEFS — 1 VIKINGS
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