WEEK 7 · FINAL
THE READ
Chiefs beat Bengals, 35-17
35-17 to Chiefs, and it went about how it looked. Patrick Mahomes was steady for Chiefs — 22/28, 345 yards, 3 TD. Joe Burrow threw for Bengals — 29/50, 289 yards — in a losing effort. Tee Higgins has not had a better afternoon this season. Total yards: Chiefs 462, Bengals 363.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiefs | +1.2 | -0.5 | +1.7 | +2 |
| Bengals | -8.1 | +2.2 | -10.3 | -1 |
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 →
Patrick Mahomes
Chiefs
22/28, 345 yards, 3 TD
Joe Burrow
Bengals
29/50, 289 yards
Rashee Rice
Chiefs
8 catches, 123 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Chiefs 462, Bengals 363
Chiefs
Through the air
Chiefs 345, Bengals 289
Chiefs
On the ground
Chiefs 117, Bengals 74
Chiefs
Pressure
Bengals 1 sacks, Chiefs 4
Chiefs
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
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 66% · Rush 34% · 22.6 scored, 32.9 allowed
8.0 yds/att
62.4% completions
4.7 yds/carry
327.8 yds/game
0.9 giveaways/game
9.9% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 60 · Efficient
Balance 84
Ball security 75
Back usage 29%
QB runs 2.3/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.9% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 98
WR 90
TE 76
RB 82
OL 77
DL 86
LB 77
DB 78
Best: Ja'Marr Chase WR 99
Fastest: Ja'Marr Chase WR 96 SPD
3 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
WhoDFCares
Bengals · his last 8 games
Throws it
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run66% / 34%
Points for / against25.4 — 30.9
Margin-5.5
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken9.4% of dropbacks
Lead backChase Brown · 11.4/g
Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 33%
QB carries1.5 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 WhoDFCares — the men, not the teams
Psychthedelic leads it 1-0.
Psychthedelic won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 35.0 — 17.0
biggest: 18 pts to Psychthedelic
S2 · week 7
Psychthedelic 35 — 17 WhoDFCares
PSYCHTHEDELIC
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 Bengals secondary
84 v 78
CHIEFS
Bengals receivers vs Chiefs secondary
90 v 80
BENGALS
Chiefs line vs Bengals front
85 v 86
EVEN
Bengals line vs Chiefs front
77 v 80
CHIEFS
Chiefs backs vs Bengals run defence
85 v 82
CHIEFS
Bengals backs vs Chiefs run defence
82 v 79
BENGALS
Chiefs passer vs Bengals secondary
95 v 78
CHIEFS
Bengals passer vs Chiefs secondary
98 v 80
BENGALS
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BOX SCORE
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BENGALS
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Mahomes QB | 22/28 | 345 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 153.7 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Burrow QB | 29/50 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 74.4 |
CHIEFS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Walker HB | 15 | 99 | 6.6 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 0 |
| Jaydn Ott HB | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Brashard Smith HB | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jared Wiley TE | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Patrick Mahomes QB | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Xavier Worthy WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashee Rice WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Brown HB | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Burrow QB | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| Ja'Marr Chase WR | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tee Higgins WR | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ahmad Hardy HB | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brett Norfleet TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Gesicki TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CHIEFS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashee Rice WR | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 56 |
| Xavier Worthy WR | 4 | 109 | 27.2 | 2 | 83 | 0 | 53 |
| Tyquan Thornton WR | 4 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| Noah Gray TE | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Jared Wiley TE | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Kenneth Walker HB | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Jalen Royals WR | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| John Michael Gyllenborg TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tee Higgins WR | 8 | 90 | 11.2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| Ja'Marr Chase WR | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| Tutu Atwell WR | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| Mike Gesicki TE | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 10 |
| Chase Brown HB | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| Tyreek Hill WR | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Brett Norfleet TE | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Erick All Jr TE | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
CHIEFS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kader Kohou CB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jaden Hicks SS | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Nohl Williams CB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Nick Bolton MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jadon Canady FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| KJ Bolden FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mansoor Delane CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R Mason Thomas LEDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omarr Norman-Lott DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Gay Jr SAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Khyiris Tonga DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alohi Gilman FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Woods DT | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Brevard DT | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaxton Eck MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashton Gillotte REDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Wilson II REDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Milano WILL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tacario Davis CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Drayk Bowen MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Deonte Banks CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jordan Battle SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dexter Lawrence II DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cook FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cashius Howell LEDG | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Newton CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jonathan Allen DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boye Mafe REDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrett Carter MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demetrius Knight Jr WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
CHIEFS
nothing recorded
BENGALS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evan McPherson K | 1/1 | 2/2 | 29 |
RECENT FORM
Chiefs
W
27–24 vs Broncos
WK 5
L
24–28 vs Steelers
WK 4
W
32–31 vs Raiders
WK 3
Bengals
W
24–7 vs 49ers
WK 6
L
20–38 vs Bills
WK 5
L
21–35 vs Rams
WK 4
TEAM STATS
| Chiefs | Bengals | |
|---|---|---|
| 462 | TOTAL YARDS | 363 |
| 345 | PASSING YARDS | 289 |
| 117 | RUSHING YARDS | 74 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 4 |
| 4 | SACKS MADE | 1 |
| 0 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | TAKEAWAYS | 0 |
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
1
CHIEFS
—
0
BENGALS