The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 17 Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs Sunday afternoon game.
| Denver | Rank | @ | Kansas City | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.5 | Spread | -13.5 | ||
| 15.75 | Implied Total | 29.25 | ||
| 15.5 | 32 | Points/Gm | 29.2 | 2 |
| 20.3 | 7 | Points All./Gm | 22.1 | 16 |
| 63.3 | 18 | Plays/Gm | 65.3 | 9 |
| 63.6 | 16 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 64 | 20 |
| 5 | 27 | Off. Yards/Play | 6.4 | 1 |
| 4.9 | 4 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.2 | 11 |
| 40.42% | 20 | Rush% | 38.06% | 27 |
| 59.58% | 13 | Pass% | 61.94% | 6 |
| 41.93% | 12 | Opp. Rush % | 38.54% | 4 |
| 58.07% | 21 | Opp. Pass % | 61.46% | 29 |
- The Chiefs are one of just two teams (Eagles being the other) that have led in every game this season.
- Kansas City is 10-0 against the Broncos with Patrick Mahomes as their starting quarterback.
- The Chiefs are first in the NFL in points per drive (2.69).
- The Broncos are last in the NFL in points per drive (1.31).
- Denver is the only team in the league without a road win (0-7) this season.
- The Chiefs have allowed opponents to score on 31.2% of their drives at home this season (sixth) compared to 40.7% on the road (22nd).
- The Chiefs have produced a first down or a touchdown every 2.9 plays on offense, the best rate in the league.
- Denver has produced a first down or a touchdown once every 4.0 plays, the lowest rate in the league.
- The Broncos have the most penalties (107) and penalty yardage (911) in the league.
Quarterback
Patrick Mahomes: Mahomes matched a season-low in completing 57.1% of his passes Saturday while his 224 passing yards were the second-lowest total of the season. But Mahomes still managed to deliver for fantasy on the strength of another two passing touchdowns and his fourth rushing touchdown of the season.
Mahomes closed the week as the QB4 (23.8 points). It was his 11th game as a top-six scorer while his lowest finish in a week this season is still just QB13 as he has scored at least 17.0 fantasy points in every game this season. Mahomes sits at the front end of the position weekly.
Mahomes just faced Denver three weeks ago. Although he did throw three interceptions in that game, Mahomes also threw three touchdowns and passed for 352 yards and 8.4 yards per pass attempt as well. Denver has allowed four QB1 scoring weeks since Week 10 after none prior to that point.
