Chiefs @ Ravens · Week 10

WEEK 10 · FINAL

THE READ

Chiefs beat Ravens, 20-13

20-13 to Chiefs, and it went about how it looked. Raylen Wilson lived in the backfield for Ravens — 3.5 sacks — in a losing effort. Patrick Mahomes was steady for Chiefs — 23/39, 238 yards, 1 TD. Kenneth Walker is in form — 70 rushing yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 51. Total yards: Chiefs 337, Ravens 296.

Marcus Reyes The numbers guy

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Chiefs	+2.1	+1.7	+0.4	+10
Ravens	+17.7	+2.6	+15.1	+8

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.

Ravens — AFC #1 · division · 12-2 Chiefs — in the hunt · 8-6 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#4 Lamar Jackson QB · Ravens · 0.8% of the field

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Zoe Bell The contrarian

Baltimore made this look easy because Kansas City's offensive line couldn't hold up—6 sacks is the difference between a game and a rout, and Raylen Wilson spending the afternoon in their backfield is what happens when you can't protect your quarterback.

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.

Raylen Wilson

Ravens

3.5 sacks

Patrick Mahomes

Chiefs

23/39, 238 yards, 1 TD

Lamar Jackson

Ravens

19/31, 219 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

THE STORY SO FAR

📈 Kenneth Walker is in form: 70 rushing yards a game over his last three, against a season average of 51.

📉 Patrick Mahomes is still searching for it: 244 passing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 338.

📉 T.J. Moore is still searching for it: 71 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 97.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Chiefs 337, Ravens 296 Chiefs

On the ground Chiefs 99, Ravens 77 Chiefs

Through the air Chiefs 238, Ravens 219 Chiefs

Pressure Ravens 6 sacks, Chiefs 2 Ravens

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 68% · Rush 32% · 30.9 scored, 30.6 allowed

8.6 yds/att 59.9% completions 5.1 yds/carry 409.1 yds/game 1.9 giveaways/game 7.0% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Xavier Worthy WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 60 · Aggressive Balance 82 Ball security 46 Back usage 26% QB runs 3.6/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 1.9 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 96 WR 90 TE 77 RB 88 OL 85 DL 86 LB 85 DB 84

Best: Kenneth Walker HB 97 Fastest: Xavier Worthy WR 99 SPD 7 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

Lamar Jackson

Ravens · his last 8 games

Balanced Runs the quarterback Takes sacks

Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against32.8 — 27.5 Margin+5.2 Giveaways a game1.2 Sacks taken9.3% of dropbacks Lead backAdam Randall · 10.8/g Top targetDevontez Walker · 24% QB carries7.8 a game

will2nice400

Chiefs · his last 8 games

Throws it

Pass / run62% / 38% Points for / against30.9 — 24.0 Margin+6.9 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken7.9% of dropbacks Lead backKenneth Walker · 13.5/g Top targetXavier Worthy · 27% QB carries2.9 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 will2nice400 against Lamar Jackson — the men, not the teams

will2nice400 leads it 1-0. will2nice400 won the last one.

1 meeting avg 20.0 — 13.0 biggest: 7 pts to will2nice400

S2 · week 10 will2nice400 20 — 13 Lamar Jackson WILL2NICE400

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 Ravens secondary 90 v 90 EVEN

Ravens receivers vs Chiefs secondary 86 v 84 EVEN

Chiefs line vs Ravens front 85 v 87 EVEN

Ravens line vs Chiefs front 81 v 86 CHIEFS

Chiefs backs vs Ravens run defence 88 v 86 EVEN

Ravens backs vs Chiefs run defence 84 v 86 EVEN

Chiefs passer vs Ravens secondary 96 v 90 CHIEFS

Ravens passer vs Chiefs secondary 99 v 84 RAVENS

TOP PERFORMERS

Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 238 pass yds

Lamar Jackson QB Ravens 219 pass yds

T.J. Moore WR Chiefs 125 rec yds

Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 87 rush yds

Zay Flowers WR Ravens 77 rec yds

Devontez Walker WR Ravens 75 rec yds

Adam Randall HB Ravens 51 rush yds

Ashton Gillotte REDG Chiefs 1.5 sacks

Raylen Wilson LEDG Ravens 3.5 sacks

L'Jarius Sneed CB Chiefs 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

CHIEFS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Patrick Mahomes QB	23/39	238	1	0	6	52	85.2

RAVENS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Lamar Jackson QB	19/31	219	1	1	2	61	79.9

CHIEFS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Kenneth Walker HB	13	87	6.7	0	4	40	23	0
Patrick Mahomes QB	4	8	2	0	0	0	4	0
Brashard Smith HB	2	4	2	1	0	0	2	0
T.J. Moore WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

RAVENS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Adam Randall HB	17	51	3	1	1	7	9	0
Lamar Jackson QB	11	26	2.4	0	0	0	10	0
Dallas Goedert TE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Devontez Walker WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

CHIEFS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
T.J. Moore WR	10	125	12.5	1	51	0	52
Kenneth Walker HB	4	25	6.2	0	16	1	12
Rashee Rice WR	2	23	11.5	0	5	0	12
Jake Briningstool TE	1	18	18	0	3	0	18
Noah Gray TE	2	17	8.5	0	3	0	15
Xavier Worthy WR	1	16	16	0	4	0	16
Jared Wiley TE	2	10	5	0	4	0	6
Brashard Smith HB	1	4	4	0	3	0	4

RAVENS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Zay Flowers WR	8	77	9.6	0	2	18
Devontez Walker WR	4	75	18.8	1	59	61
Mark Andrews TE	2	48	24	0	17	30
Adam Randall HB	3	11	3.7	0	8	8
Ja'Kobi Lane WR	1	5	5	0	2	5
Dallas Goedert TE	1	3	3	0	0	3

CHIEFS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Nick Bolton MIKE	7	0	0	0	0	4
Amare Ferrell FS	5	0	0	0	0	2
Mansoor Delane CB	4	0	0	0	0	4
Drue Tranquill WILL	4	0	0	0	0	0
R Mason Thomas LEDG	4	0	0	0	0	0
Evan Johnson CB	3	0	0	0	0	2
L'Jarius Sneed CB	3	0.5	1	0	1	4
Peter Woods DT	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ashton Gillotte REDG	2	1.5	0	0	0	0
Jeffrey Bassa WILL	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jelani McDonald SS	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Karlaftis LEDG	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nohl Williams CB	0	0	0	1	0	0

RAVENS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Isaiah Simmons MIKE	7	0	0	0	4
Chandler Rivers CB	6	0	0	0	6
Robert Longerbeam CB	5	0	0	0	1
Roquan Smith MIKE	4	0	0	1	2
Kyle Hamilton SS	4	0	0	0	2
Nnamdi Madubuike DT	3	0	0	0	0
Raylen Wilson LEDG	3	3.5	0	0	0
KJ Bolden FS	3	0	0	0	3
Mike Green LEDG	2	0	0	0	2
Levelle Bailey WILL	2	0	0	0	0
Devonte Wyatt DT	2	1	0	0	0
Malaki Starks CB	1	0	0	0	2
Teddye Buchanan WILL	1	0.5	0	0	0
Nate Wiggins CB	1	0	1	0	1
Zion Young LEDG	1	0	0	0	0
Tavius Robinson LEDG	1	0.5	0	0	0
Travis Jones DT	0	0.5	0	0	0

CHIEFS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Harrison Butker K	2/3	2/2	47

RAVENS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Chiefs

L 30–34 vs Giants WK 9

W 26–20 vs Steelers WK 8

W 47–21 vs Browns WK 7

Ravens

W 31–17 vs Chargers WK 9

W 27–17 vs Bills WK 8

W 43–39 vs Seahawks WK 7

TEAM STATS

Chiefs		Ravens
337	TOTAL YARDS	296
238	PASSING YARDS	219
99	RUSHING YARDS	77
6	SACKS ALLOWED	2
2	SACKS MADE	6
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 RAVENS

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