WEEK 17 · PREVIEW
THE PREVIEW
Chiefs
5-4
W
L
L
Lions
10-0
W
W
W
Scoring
Lions 39.0 · Chiefs 24.0
Lions
Defence
Lions 23.0 · Chiefs 23.0
Lions
Season form and scoring only — Madden exports no drive or situational data,
so nothing here is guesswork dressed up as inside knowledge.
THE ROOM
Nobody's put a time up yet.
Chiefs
Psychthedelic
Lions
stuuumouuu
The two owners put their times up here.
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
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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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 71% · Rush 29% · 39.2 scored, 23.4 allowed
12.0 yds/att
67.3% completions
5.0 yds/carry
415.6 yds/game
0.7 giveaways/game
5.7% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 84 · Efficient
Balance 79
Ball security 80
Back usage 23%
QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Nyck Harbor takes 38% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 88
WR 85
TE 89
RB 88
OL 83
DL 84
LB 78
DB 82
Best: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 99
Fastest: Nyck Harbor WR 99 SPD
8 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
stuuumouuu
Lions · his last 8 games
Throws it
Protects it
Pass / run70% / 30%
Points for / against37.8 — 24.9
Margin+12.9
Giveaways a game0.8
Sacks taken5.7% of dropbacks
Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 8.0/g
Top targetNyck Harbor · 34%
QB carries2.4 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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Chiefs receivers vs Lions secondary
84 v 82
EVEN
Lions receivers vs Chiefs secondary
85 v 80
LIONS
Chiefs line vs Lions front
85 v 84
EVEN
Lions line vs Chiefs front
83 v 80
LIONS
Chiefs backs vs Lions run defence
85 v 83
EVEN
Lions backs vs Chiefs run defence
88 v 79
LIONS
Chiefs passer vs Lions secondary
95 v 82
CHIEFS
Lions passer vs Chiefs secondary
88 v 80
LIONS
THE SHEET — PROJECTION
Chiefs 23.5 — Lions 31.0
favorite: Lions
spread ≈ 7.5
total ≈ 54.5
sim: 87.2% Lions
RECENT FORM
Chiefs
W
28–21 vs Browns
WK 10
L
0–27 vs Packers
WK 9
L
20–27 vs Broncos
WK 8
Lions
W
45–37 vs Packers
WK 10
W
35–27 vs Vikings
WK 9
W
35–32 vs Rams
WK 8
ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
0
CHIEFS
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0
LIONS