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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Kansas City Chiefs
5-4 219.72
278.43
 
VS
proj
Denver Broncos
74.8 2-7
107.09

Kansas City Chiefs hand Denver Broncos third straight loss, 219.72-74.80

Kansas City Chiefs earned a 219.72-74.80 victory to hand Denver Broncos their third straight loss. Kansas City Chiefs never trailed in this one after earning a 2.00-point lead on Thursday behind Derek Stingley Jr.. Cole Kmet (5 Rec, 41 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and Alvin Kamara (30 Rush Yds, 32 Rec Yds) were the leaders for Denver Broncos in the loss. This marks the second time this season Kansas City Chiefs have taken down Denver Broncos, after winning 282.4-169.88 in their last matchup. Kansas City Chiefs (5-4) will look to notch another W against Minnesota Vikings, while Denver Broncos (2-7) attempt to get back in the win column against Buffalo Bills.

Matchup Timeline

  Kansas City Chiefs   Denver Broncos

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Hardman (6 Rec, 79 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 21.4 points against the Titans in Week 9. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 9.26-point projection and was much higher than his 11.26-point season scoring average. Hardman ranks #95 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Jaguars next week.
Mecole Hardman

Top Player Comparison

Kansas City Chiefs
Points
% of total points 219.72
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
35.02
33.23
15.9%
2
Travis Kelce
TE
29.1
21.5
13.2%
3
Jaylen Waddle
WR
21.5
19.61
9.8%
4
Mecole Hardman
WR
21.4
9.26
9.7%
Denver Broncos
Points
% of total points 74.8
1
Cole Kmet
TE
24
6
32.1%
2
Alvin Kamara
RB
10.2
21.86
13.6%
3
Tariq Woolen
CB
9
8.96
12%
4
Tre'Quan Smith
WR
8.9
7.56
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Night
Malik Willis had a 48-yard pass for Denver Broncos, who trailed 219.72-48.70 after the evening game.

Points By Position

  Kansas City Chiefs   Denver Broncos

Game Notes

Only six of the 22 starting players on Kansas City Chiefs exceeded their scoring projections.
Denver Broncos had only four of their 22 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as Kansas City Chiefs had one starter score zero points, while Denver Broncos had 11.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
The matchup's 144.92-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
This victory concludes a streak of two straight defeats for Kansas City Chiefs.
Kansas City Chiefs managed to earn the win, but failed to cover the 171.34-point projected margin of victory.
A bright spot in the defeat, Cole Kmet put up 24 points, the third-highest score for a tight end this week.

Coach Talk

Kansas City Chiefs
Identifying mismatches is a big key to success in football. We really took that to heart this week by thoroughly outplaying Denver Broncos at the wide receiver position (68.4 points to 11.6).
Denver Broncos
It's entirely possible that Denver Broncos might be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. Seeing just five targets combined this past week, their five wide receivers apparently made the bulk of their contributions by running decoy routes and blocking downfield.