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THE WIRE
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pfl2k27 🏟️ Madden
WEEK 4 · FINAL
STEELERS 1-9 · 16.0 PPG 28 – 24 CHIEFS 5-4 · 24.0 PPG
THE READ
Steelers beat Chiefs, 28-24

Chiefs kept it respectable. Steelers still won by 4. Matthew Stafford threw for Steelers — 24/36, 294 yards, 2 TD. Patrick Mahomes did the damage for Chiefs — 23/33, 252 yards, 2 TD — in a losing effort. Patrick Mahomes has now cleared 250 passing yards in 3 in a row. Total yards: Steelers 446, Chiefs 345.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Steelers -11.7 -1.1 -10.5 -5
Chiefs +1.2 -0.5 +1.7 +2
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
Nicole Santos Beat reporter
Pittsburgh's ground game decided this one. The Steelers ran for 152 yards against Kansas City's 93, controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides, and turned that into a 4-point win—the kind of advantage that holds up when Mahomes is still moving the ball downfield.
Jordan Hayes The armchair coach · replying
Kansas City's pass rush—2 sacks all afternoon—couldn't get home often enough to disrupt Pittsburgh's rhythm, and that's the real problem here: a defense that looked compromised when it needed to tighten up most.
Jaylen Rivers The insider · replying
Pittsburgh walked into this as a 1-4 team and left with a win that felt inevitable the moment the Steelers figured out what they wanted to do—which tells you something about where Kansas City's defense actually is right now.
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.
Matthew Stafford
Steelers
24/36, 294 yards, 2 TD
Patrick Mahomes
Chiefs
23/33, 252 yards, 2 TD
Michael Pittman
Steelers
8 catches, 133 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Steelers 446, Chiefs 345 Steelers
On the ground Steelers 152, Chiefs 93 Steelers
Through the air Steelers 294, Chiefs 252 Steelers
Pressure Chiefs 2 sacks, Steelers 4 Steelers
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% · 16.9 scored, 27.4 allowed
6.8 yds/att 57.9% completions 4.5 yds/carry 290.4 yds/game 1.2 giveaways/game 6.3% sack rate last 5: 0-5
Primary weapon: DK Metcalf WR — 25% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 49 · Conservative Balance 89 Ball security 66 Back usage 34% QB runs 2.8/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 94 WR 84 TE 80 RB 84 OL 80 DL 86 LB 78 DB 86
Best: Matthew Stafford QB 94 Fastest: DK Metcalf WR 94 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
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
Steelers receivers vs Chiefs secondary 84 v 80 STEELERS
Chiefs receivers vs Steelers secondary 84 v 86 EVEN
Steelers line vs Chiefs front 80 v 80 EVEN
Chiefs line vs Steelers front 85 v 86 EVEN
Steelers backs vs Chiefs run defence 84 v 79 STEELERS
Chiefs backs vs Steelers run defence 85 v 83 EVEN
Steelers passer vs Chiefs secondary 94 v 80 STEELERS
Chiefs passer vs Steelers secondary 95 v 86 CHIEFS
TOP PERFORMERS
Matthew Stafford QB Steelers 294 pass yds
Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 252 pass yds
Michael Pittman WR Steelers 133 rec yds
Kewan Lacy HB Steelers 123 rush yds
Rashee Rice WR Chiefs 83 rec yds
Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 79 rush yds
Xavier Worthy WR Chiefs 59 rec yds
Noah Gray TE Chiefs 53 rec yds
T.J. Watt LEDG Steelers 1.5 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
STEELERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Matthew Stafford QB 24/3629420270110.1
CHIEFS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Patrick Mahomes QB 23/3325220438112.1
RECENT FORM
Steelers
L 16–21 vs Browns WK 3
L 13–34 vs Rams WK 2
L 7–30 vs Seahawks WK 1
Chiefs
W 32–31 vs Raiders WK 3
W 30–3 vs Chargers WK 2
L 28–31 vs Vikings WK 1
TEAM STATS
Steelers Chiefs
446 TOTAL YARDS 345
294 PASSING YARDS 252
152 RUSHING YARDS 93
2 SACKS ALLOWED 4
4 SACKS MADE 2
1 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 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.

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