Chiefs @ Raiders · Week 4

WEEK 4 · FINAL

THE READ

Chiefs run away with it, 49-21

Kansas City routed Las Vegas 49-21, with Patrick Mahomes throwing for 495 yards and 6 touchdowns on 21 of 29 passing while Xavier Worthy caught 3 of those scores on 174 yards. The Chiefs' aerial attack overwhelmed the Raiders' defense 495 to 122 through the air, and KC finished with 590 total yards to Las Vegas's 276. Ashton Jeanty was the only bright spot for the Raiders, running for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns on 26 carries, but it wasn't enough to keep pace with a Chiefs offense that simply had too much firepower.

Talia Morgan Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Chiefs	+18.3	+6.8	+11.4	+6
Raiders	-4.2	+4.5	-8.7	+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.

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#6 Ashton Jeanty HB · Raiders · 3.0% of the field

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IN THE BOOTH

Elise Carter The insider

Kansas City made it look easy, and it wasn't close—Mahomes threw 6 touchdown passes and the Chiefs piled up 590 yards because LV had no answer for anything they tried. This is the kind of game where you see the gap between a team fighting for a playoff spot and one that's already in it.

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

21/29, 495 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT

Xavier Worthy

Chiefs

3 catches, 174 yards, 3 TD

Ashton Jeanty

Raiders

26 carries, 154 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Ashton Jeanty has now cleared 100 rushing yards in 4 straight games.

🔥 Patrick Mahomes has now cleared 250 passing yards in 4 straight games.

⭐ Dont'e Thornton Jr has not had a better afternoon this season.

📉 Xavier Worthy is still searching for it: 75 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 125.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Chiefs 495, Raiders 122 Chiefs

Total yards Chiefs 590, Raiders 276 Chiefs

On the ground Raiders 154, Chiefs 95 Raiders

Pressure Raiders 3 sacks, Chiefs 0 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

Balanced Pass 54% · Rush 46% · 43.9 scored, 32.4 allowed

11.9 yds/att 63.0% completions 6.7 yds/carry 455.4 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 6.2% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Xavier Worthy WR — 38% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 71 · Aggressive Balance 96 Ball security 64 Back usage 43% QB runs 1.4/game

Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Xavier Worthy takes 38% of the receiving yards

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 98 WR 84 TE 76 RB 85 OL 85 DL 86 LB 85 DB 83

Best: Patrick Mahomes QB 98 Fastest: Xavier Worthy WR 99 SPD 10 at star dev or better

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

El Lano

Raiders · his last 8 games

Runs it One back One target

Pass / run37% / 63% Points for / against35.6 — 41.1 Margin-5.5 Giveaways a game1.4 Sacks taken2.7% of dropbacks Lead backAshton Jeanty · 29.2/g Top targetDont'e Thornton Jr · 47% QB carries0.6 a game

Prodigy

Chiefs · his last 7 games

Runs it One back One target

Pass / run54% / 46% Points for / against43.9 — 32.4 Margin+11.4 Giveaways a game1.3 Sacks taken6.2% of dropbacks Lead backKenneth Walker · 18.3/g Top targetXavier Worthy · 38% QB carries1.1 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 Prodigy against El Lano — the men, not the teams

Prodigy leads it 1-0. Prodigy won the last one.

1 meeting avg 49.0 — 21.0 biggest: 28 pts to Prodigy

S1 · week 4 Prodigy 49 — 21 El Lano PRODIGY

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 Raiders secondary 84 v 82 EVEN

Raiders receivers vs Chiefs secondary 77 v 83 CHIEFS

Chiefs line vs Raiders front 85 v 82 CHIEFS

Raiders line vs Chiefs front 89 v 86 RAIDERS

Chiefs backs vs Raiders run defence 85 v 83 EVEN

Raiders backs vs Chiefs run defence 88 v 85 RAIDERS

Chiefs passer vs Raiders secondary 98 v 82 CHIEFS

Raiders passer vs Chiefs secondary 81 v 83 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 495 pass yds

Xavier Worthy WR Chiefs 174 rec yds

Rashee Rice WR Chiefs 162 rec yds

Ashton Jeanty HB Raiders 154 rush yds

Fernando Mendoza QB Raiders 122 pass yds

Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 95 rush yds

Tyquan Thornton WR Chiefs 67 rec yds

Dont'e Thornton Jr WR Raiders 67 rec yds

Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 61 rec yds

Chop Robinson LEDG Raiders 2 sacks

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BOX SCORE

CHIEFS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Patrick Mahomes QB	21/29	495	6	1	3	72	139.7

RAIDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Fernando Mendoza QB	7/14	122	1	1	0	53	74.1

CHIEFS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Kenneth Walker HB	10	95	9.5	1	1	23	59	0

RAIDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Ashton Jeanty HB	26	154	5.9	2	2	34	87	1
Mike Washington Jr. HB	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

CHIEFS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Xavier Worthy WR	3	174	58	3	33	72
Rashee Rice WR	6	162	27	1	60	48
Tyquan Thornton WR	3	67	22.3	2	27	31
Kenneth Walker HB	6	61	10.2	0	41	24
Jonnu Smith TE	3	31	10.3	0	19	14

RAIDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Dont'e Thornton Jr WR	2	67	33.5	1	9	53
Jack Bech WR	1	20	20	0	2	20
Ashton Jeanty HB	3	19	6.3	0	17	19
Michael Mayer TE	1	16	16	0	0	16

CHIEFS

PLAYER	TKL	INT	PD	FF
Taron Johnson CB	3	0	0	0
Mansoor Delane CB	3	0	0	1
Drue Tranquill WILL	3	0	0	0
Kam Curl SS	2	0	0	0
Nick Bolton MIKE	2	0	0	0
Jacob Rodriguez SAM	1	0	0	0
Jaden Hicks SS	1	1	2	0
R Mason Thomas REDG	1	0	0	0
L'Jarius Sneed CB	1	0	1	0
Jerome Baker SAM	1	0	0	0
Peter Woods DT	1	0	0	0
Kaiir Elam FS	1	0	0	0
George Karlaftis LEDG	0	0	1	0

RAIDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Jermod McCoy CB	6	0	0	1
Chop Robinson LEDG	4	2	0	0
Darien Porter CB	3	0	0	0
Eric Stokes CB	2	0	0	0
Fred Warner SAM	2	1	0	0
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS	2	0	0	0
Buddy Johnson MIKE	1	0	0	0
Jeremy Chinn SS	1	0	0	0
Dalton Johnson SS	1	0	0	0
Decamerion Richardson CB	1	0	0	0
Tonka Hemingway DT	1	0	0	0
Nakobe Dean MIKE	1	0	1	0
T.J. Parker REDG	1	0	0	0
Hezekiah Masses CB	1	0	0	0

CHIEFS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Harrison Butker K	1/1	4/5	24

RAIDERS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Chiefs

W 43–39 vs Dolphins WK 3

W 36–22 vs Colts WK 2

W 52–31 vs Broncos WK 1

Raiders

W 54–30 vs Saints WK 3

L 28–35 vs Chargers WK 2

L 0–34 vs Dolphins WK 1

TEAM STATS

Chiefs		Raiders
590	TOTAL YARDS	276
495	PASSING YARDS	122
95	RUSHING YARDS	154
3	SACKS ALLOWED	0
0	SACKS MADE	3
1	GIVEAWAYS	2
2	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

1 CHIEFS — 0 RAIDERS

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