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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 7 · FINAL
BROWNS 2-12 · 20.0 PPG 21 – 47 CHIEFS 8-6 · 30.0 PPG
THE READ
Chiefs run away with it, 47-21

Chiefs 47, Browns 21, and it was not that close. Patrick Mahomes did the damage for Chiefs — 31/41, 395 yards, 2 TD. Shedeur Sanders did the damage for Browns — 19/32, 237 yards, 1 TD — in a losing effort. That is 7 straight games over 250 for Patrick Mahomes. Total yards: Chiefs 560, Browns 281.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Browns -7.0 +2.3 -9.3 -11
Chiefs +2.1 +1.7 +0.4 +10
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 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Ava Collins Beat reporter
Kansas City's ground game—165 yards to Cleveland's 44—gave them a second dimension Sanders' defense couldn't stop, and once the Chiefs didn't have to live and die by Mahomes' arm, this became a rout.
Caleb Brooks Beat reporter · replying
Cleveland's season is functionally over at 1-6, but what matters now is whether Shedeur Sanders can learn anything from nights like this—held to 237 yards against a defense that's barely average—before the front office decides what he actually is.
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
31/41, 395 yards, 2 TD
Shedeur Sanders
Browns
19/32, 237 yards, 1 TD
Jeremiah Smith
Browns
7 catches, 117 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Chiefs 560, Browns 281 Chiefs
Through the air Chiefs 395, Browns 237 Chiefs
On the ground Chiefs 165, Browns 44 Chiefs
Giveaways Chiefs 0, Browns 1 Chiefs
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 62% · Rush 38% · 20.7 scored, 30.0 allowed
7.0 yds/att 59.5% completions 4.2 yds/carry 331.2 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 9.4% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Jeremiah Smith WR — 25% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 48 · Conservative Balance 88 Ball security 64 Back usage 34% QB runs 2.6/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.4% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89 WR 87 TE 87 RB 88 OL 83 DL 88 LB 86 DB 88
Best: Denzel Ward CB 94 Fastest: Jeremiah Smith WR 94 SPD 6 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
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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Browns receivers vs Chiefs secondary 87 v 84 BROWNS
Chiefs receivers vs Browns secondary 90 v 88 EVEN
Browns line vs Chiefs front 83 v 86 CHIEFS
Chiefs line vs Browns front 85 v 88 BROWNS
Browns backs vs Chiefs run defence 88 v 86 EVEN
Chiefs backs vs Browns run defence 88 v 88 EVEN
Browns passer vs Chiefs secondary 89 v 84 BROWNS
Chiefs passer vs Browns secondary 96 v 88 CHIEFS
TOP PERFORMERS
Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 395 pass yds
Shedeur Sanders QB Browns 237 pass yds
Jeremiah Smith WR Browns 117 rec yds
Jeff Caldwell WR Chiefs 114 rec yds
T.J. Moore WR Chiefs 105 rec yds
Xavier Worthy WR Chiefs 88 rec yds
Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 86 rush yds
Harold Fannin Jr TE Browns 74 rec yds
Noah Gray TE Chiefs 53 rec yds
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BROWNS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Shedeur Sanders QB 19/322371035492.8
CHIEFS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Patrick Mahomes QB 31/4139520281121.4
RECENT FORM
Browns
W 37–12 vs Raiders WK 6
L 17–27 vs 49ers WK 5
L 19–56 vs Ravens WK 4
Chiefs
L 43–65 vs Bears WK 6
L 29–46 vs Bengals WK 5
L 24–35 vs Raiders WK 4
TEAM STATS
Browns Chiefs
281 TOTAL YARDS 560
237 PASSING YARDS 395
44 RUSHING YARDS 165
3 SACKS ALLOWED 2
2 SACKS MADE 3
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.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
0 BROWNS — 1 CHIEFS
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