Team Profile
Kansas City Chiefs
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12.5% 9thOff DVOA
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25.2% 14thPassing DVOA
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1.8% 9thRushing DVOA
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-16.8% 2ndDef DVOA
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-10.7% 6thDef Passing DVOA
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-24.9% 2ndDef Rushing DVOA
2024 Team Stats
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Points For24.4 12th
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Points Against18.0 4th
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Yards Per Game347.0 10th
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Yards Allowed Per Game290.0 4th
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice enjoyed a career day in Sunday's 25-17 win over the visiting Cincinnati Bengals, racking up the most receiving yards (127) of his rookie year. Despite his fewest receptions (five) and targets (six) since Week 11, Rice paced the Chiefs in Week 17 receiving with three times the total of their next leading receiver. Fantasy managers' eyes did not deceive them when Rice came down with just his fifth deep target of the year on a 67-yard Patrick Mahomes touch pass in the third quarter for both his and K.C.'s longest play from scrimmage of the season. The 23-year-old second-round pick will have a great opportunity to cap off an extremely encouraging Year 1 with a bang and a 1,000-yard campaign under his belt in Week 18 against the Los Angeles Chargers, who he dropped a tidy 5/60/1 receiving line on back in late October.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce never got going in Week 17's 25-17 home victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, matching a season low with three receptions and four targets for 16 yards. They say Father Time is undefeated, and it's fair to wonder if Kelce is finally succumbing to him. After looking spry in the first half of the year, Kelce has slowed down significantly for 45 catches, 459 yards, and just one touchdown in his past nine games. The 34-year-old four-time All-Pro appeared to be set up for a huge bounce-back effort in what was the ultimate get-right spot on Sunday against a Bengals defense that's hemorrhaged the most yards and catches to tight ends entering play. Kelce hung a colossal 12/179/1 receiving line on the Los Angeles Chargers back in Week 7, but he may not receive enough snaps for any kind of encore when they meet again in Week 18 after the Chiefs clinched the division title on Sunday.
Week 17 was another lackluster performance for Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes from a fantasy standpoint, as the superstar signal-caller completed 21-of-29 passes for 245 yards and one touchdown in the 25-17 win over the visiting Cincinnati Bengals. It was simultaneously another day of missed connections for the Chiefs until Mahomes finally hooked up with downfield threat Justin Watson for 41 yards in the third quarter to give K.C. some life. Mahomes served up a beautifully placed 67-yard deep ball for rookie Rashee Rice on the following drive. Though it was indeed another uninspiring fantasy display to wrap up an adversity-filled year, Mahomes did just enough and made plays when it mattered to lead the Chiefs to their eighth straight AFC West championship. It remains to be seen how much we'll see of the two-time MVP in Week 18's matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers.