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THE WIRE
WK 15 FINAL Ravens 34, Broncos 0 WK 15 FINAL Steelers 24, Chargers 17 WK 15 FINAL Dolphins 24, Jets 30 MOVE LaNorris Sellers dev trait up Star to Superstar MOVE Christian Benford dev trait up Star to Superstar MOVE T.J. Moore dev trait up Star to Superstar WK 16 Bills (8-6) at Jaguars (12-2) WK 16 Lions (9-5) at Packers (11-3)
WEEK 15 · FINAL
CHIEFS 8-6 · 30.0 PPG 10 – 32 PACKERS 11-3 · 31.0 PPG
THE READ
Packers run away with it, 32-10

Kansas City's 32-10 loss to Green Bay in Week 15 exposed a familiar problem: Patrick Mahomes had to do too much on his own. The Chiefs threw 41 times while running just 18 times, and it showed in the final numbers—278 total yards, 227 through the air, 51 on the ground. Green Bay controlled the line of scrimmage with 174 rushing yards and got Christian Watson 188 receiving yards in a near-perfect afternoon, while KC managed only 4 sacks to GB's 5. Kansas City has to find balance or stay buried: the Packers' 45 percent pass rate worked because they had options, and the Chiefs can't win games where they're forced to air it out 69 percent of the time against a defense that's clicking.

Jordan Hayes The armchair coach
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Chiefs +2.1 +1.7 +0.4 +10
Packers +8.6 +2.0 +6.5 +18
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 · 8-6 Packers — NFC #2 · division · 11-3 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#9 Derrick Henry HB · Packers · 0.5% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Ava Collins Beat reporter
Kansas City's offense looked lost: 21 of 41 for 227 yards while Green Bay's defense forced them into the air on 69% of snaps. Christian Watson's 188 receiving yards on 5 catches was the difference — the Pack's receivers were simply uncovered all afternoon.
Marcus Reyes The numbers guy · replying
Jordan Love completed 15 of 26 and didn't need to do much more: Green Bay's ground game chewed up 174 yards while Kansas City's defense had nowhere to hide a 51-yard rushing day, and that gap alone explains a 22-point margin.
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.
Jordan Love
Packers
15/26, 302 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Christian Watson
Packers
5 catches, 188 yards, 2 TD
Patrick Mahomes
Chiefs
21/41, 227 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Packers 476, Chiefs 278 Packers
On the ground Packers 174, Chiefs 51 Packers
Through the air Packers 302, Chiefs 227 Packers
Giveaways Packers 1, Chiefs 0 Chiefs
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 15 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
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
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖
Packers · his last 8 games
Runs it Protects it
Pass / run43% / 57% Points for / against34.9 — 20.2 Margin+14.6 Giveaways a game0.6 Sacks taken8.3% of dropbacks Lead backDerrick Henry · 20.8/g Top targetChristian Watson · 32% QB carries1.9 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 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖 — the men, not the teams
𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖 leads it 1-0. 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 10.0 — 32.0 biggest: 22 pts to 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖
S2 · week 15 will2nice400 10 — 32 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙖
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 Packers secondary 90 v 88 EVEN
Packers receivers vs Chiefs secondary 82 v 84 EVEN
Chiefs line vs Packers front 85 v 87 EVEN
Packers line vs Chiefs front 80 v 86 CHIEFS
Chiefs backs vs Packers run defence 88 v 85 CHIEFS
Packers backs vs Chiefs run defence 86 v 86 EVEN
Chiefs passer vs Packers secondary 96 v 88 CHIEFS
Packers passer vs Chiefs secondary 92 v 84 PACKERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Jordan Love QB Packers 302 pass yds
Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 227 pass yds
Christian Watson WR Packers 188 rec yds
Derrick Henry HB Packers 125 rush yds
Jeff Caldwell WR Chiefs 61 rec yds
Xavier Worthy WR Chiefs 57 rec yds
Chris McClellan DT Packers 1.5 sacks
Nick Bolton MIKE Chiefs 1.5 sacks
L'Jarius Sneed CB Chiefs 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
CHIEFS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Patrick Mahomes QB 21/412270052767.8
PACKERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jordan Love QB 15/2630221470108.1
RECENT FORM
Chiefs
W 41–14 vs Jets WK 14
W 38–30 vs Broncos WK 13
W 35–28 vs Raiders WK 12
Packers
W 21–3 vs Vikings WK 14
W 45–17 vs Lions WK 13
W 31–21 vs Chargers WK 12
TEAM STATS
Chiefs Packers
278 TOTAL YARDS 476
227 PASSING YARDS 302
51 RUSHING YARDS 174
5 SACKS ALLOWED 4
4 SACKS MADE 5
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
0 CHIEFS — 1 PACKERS
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