The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 18 Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos Saturday afternoon game.
| Kansas City | Rank | @ | Denver | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -10 | Spread | 10 | ||
| 26.8 | Implied Total | 16.8 | ||
| 28.3 | 4 | Points/Gm | 19.4 | 23 |
| 21.3 | 13 | Points All./Gm | 18.4 | 3 |
| 66.3 | 6 | Plays/Gm | 61.4 | 26 |
| 62.9 | 13 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 60.3 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.4 | 19 |
| 5.9 | 27 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.3 | 16 |
| 37.92% | 27 | Rush% | 43.48% | 10 |
| 62.08% | 6 | Pass% | 56.52% | 23 |
| 38.87% | 6 | Opp. Rush % | 42.69% | 20 |
| 61.13% | 27 | Opp. Pass % | 57.31% | 13 |
Motivation or Rest Alert
The Chiefs can still claim the No. 1 seed with a win and a Tennessee loss on Sunday. With a win, they lock up the No. 2 seed, which would potentially impact the Bengals on Sunday. Expect the Chiefs to be a full go.
Denver is eliminated from the postseason.
Quarterback
Patrick Mahomes: Mahomes has reeled off four straight top-10 scoring weeks after a midseason lull, passing for 8.7 yards per pass attempt with 10 touchdowns to one interception over that span. Mahomes completed a season-low 51.7% of his passes for 6.3 Y/A and failed to throw a touchdown when these teams played in Week 13. The state of the season for both teams and the way Mahomes has played the past month keep him in play as a QB1, but a ceiling, spike week has lower odds against a Denver defense that is fifth in passing points allowed per game (12.5) while not allowing a top-six scoring week on the season.
