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Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots - Week 11
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

NYJ
DEN		 13
 17
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BUF
MIA		 8
 35
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CAR
DET		 35
 49
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CIN
BAL		 24
 31
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DAL
WAS		 27
 24
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JAC
CLE		 10
 14
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TB
GB		 26
 35
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OAK
MIN		 27
 21
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SEA
STL		 24
 7
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ARI
SF		 7
 23
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SD
CHI		 20
 31
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TEN
ATL		 17
 23
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PHI
NYG		 17
 10
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KC
NE		 3
 34
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Patriots 30, Chiefs 14

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Kansas City Chiefs
Rank  Player Projections
QB 15 Tyler Palko Pass: 230, 2 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 27 Dexter McCluster Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
RB 34 Jackie Battle Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 9 Dwayne Bowe Rec: 5-80, 1 TD
WR 51 Steve Breaston Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 53 Jonathan Baldwin Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
TE 25 Leonard Pope Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 28 Ryan Succop FG: 0/0 XP: 2/2
DEF 27 Defense / ST  
View all Week 11 Rankings or Projections
  
New England Patriots
Rank  Player Projections
QB 3 Tom Brady Pass: 340, 3 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 28 BenJarvus Green-Ellis Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 2-10, 0
RB 40 Danny Woodhead Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 1 Wes Welker Rec: 10-120, 1 TD
WR 52 Deion Branch Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 79 Chad Ochocinco Rec: 1-20, 0 TD
TE 1 Rob Gronkowski Rec: 7-70, 1 TD
TE 6 Aaron Hernandez Rec: 4-50, 1 TD
K 2 Stephen Gostkowski FG: 3/3 XP: 3/3
DEF 4 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Chiefs Club is 2-0 on MNF under head coach TODD HALEY... Seek 3rd straight win on road... For career, QB Matt Cassel is 3-0 on MNF & has completed 47 of 78 passes (60.3 pct.) for 514 yards with 5 TDs vs. 2 INTs & 90.4 rating. Cassel spent 4 seasons with Patriots (2005-08) & will face former team for 1st time... RB Thomas Jones had 103 rush yards in last meeting vs. NE (w/ NYJ on 11/22/09). In past 2, RB Dexter McCluster is averaging 5.4 rush yards per carry (15 att., 81 yards). Totaled 99 scrimmage yards last week (45 rush, 48 rec.)... WR Dwayne Bowe had TD catch in only meeting vs. NE... Rookie WR Jonathan Baldwin (1st round, No. 26) averages 15.4 yards per catch in 4 games in '11 (8 rec., 123 yards)... LB Derrick Johnson leads Chiefs with 71 tackles... LB Tamba Hali has totaled 2.5 sacks in 2 career games on MNF.

Patriots Have won 9 of past 10 on MNF... Seek 5th win vs. Chiefs at home... With win last week, head coach BILL BELICHICK & QB Tom Brady (117) surpassed HOFers DAN MARINO & DON SHULA of Miami for most wins (116) by QB-head coach duo in SB era (since '66)... Brady (117) needs win to surpass HOFer JOE MONTANA (117) & for 7th-most regular-season wins by starting QB in NFL history... RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis has 3 rush TDs in 4 homes games in '11... WR Wes Welker (1,006) has reached 1,000 rec. yards for 4th time in career, most in club history. Since '07, Welker leads NFL with 504 rec. WR Chad Ochocinco (10,984) needs 16 rec. yards to reach 11,000 career... Since entering NFL in '10, TE Rob Gronkowski leads NFL TEs with 18 TD rec. Gronkowski (94) needs 6 rec. to reach 100 career. Has 214 rec. yards in past 2 games (101, 113)... G Brian Waters spent 11 seasons in KC (2000-10)... DE Andre Carter had career-best & club record 4.5 sacks last week.


Results and Schedule
Kansas City Chiefs
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2011-09-11 BUF H L 7-41 -34
2 2011-09-18 DET A L 3-48 -45
3 2011-09-25 SD A L 17-20 -3
4 2011-10-02 MIN H W 22-17 +5
5 2011-10-09 IND A W 28-24 +4
6   Bye      
7 2011-10-23 OAK A W 28-0 +28
8 2011-10-31 SD H W 23-20 +3
9 2011-11-06 MIA H L 3-31 -28
10 2011-11-13 DEN H L 10-17 -7
11 2011-11-21 NE A L 3-34 -31
12 2011-11-27 PIT H    
13 2011-12-04 CHI A    
14 2011-12-11 NYJ A    
15 2011-12-18 GB H    
16 2011-12-24 OAK H    
17 2012-01-01 DEN A    
   
New England Patriots
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2011-09-12 MIA A W 38-24 +14
2 2011-09-18 SD H W 35-21 +14
3 2011-09-25 BUF A L 31-34 -3
4 2011-10-02 OAK A W 31-19 +12
5 2011-10-09 NYJ H W 30-21 +9
6 2011-10-16 DAL H W 20-16 +4
7   Bye      
8 2011-10-30 PIT A L 17-25 -8
9 2011-11-06 NYG H L 20-24 -4
10 2011-11-13 NYJ A W 37-16 +21
11 2011-11-21 KC H W 34-3 +31
12 2011-11-27 PHI A    
13 2011-12-04 IND H    
14 2011-12-11 WAS A    
15 2011-12-18 DEN A    
16 2011-12-24 MIA H    
17 2012-01-01 BUF H    

Injury Report
Kansas City Chiefs
Out  QB Matt Cassel (Right Hand)
Limited Practice  CB Brandon Carr (Ankle)
 DE Glenn Dorsey (Knee)
 CB Brandon Flowers (Back)
 SS Jon McGraw (Shoulder)
IR  SS Eric Berry (Left Knee ACL)
 RB Jamaal Charles (Left Knee ACL)
 DE Gabe Miller (Undisclosed)
 TE Tony Moeaki (Knee)
 OT Ryan O'Callaghan (Undisclosed)
 ILB Brandon Siler (Achilles)
   
New England Patriots
Probable  DT Albert Haynesworth (Knee)
Did Not Practice  ILB Dane Fletcher (Thumb)
 CB Devin McCourty (Shoulder)
 ILB Brandon Spikes (Knee)
Limited Practice  CB Kyle Arrington (Foot)
 SS Patrick Chung (Foot)
 OG Dan Connolly (Groin)
 DE Shaun Ellis (Rib)
 RB Kevin Faulk (Knee)
 RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis (Toe)
 ILB Gary Guyton (Shoulder)
 FS James Ihedigbo (Shoulder)
 WR Taylor Price (Hamstring)
 OT Nate Solder (Concussion)
 OT Sebastian Vollmer (Back)
 OG Brian Waters (Knee)
 WR Wes Welker (Knee)
IR  SS Josh Barrett (Calf)
 CB Ras-I Dowling (Hip)
 OC Dan Koppen (Fibula)
 OG Rich Ohrnberger (Head)
 NT Myron Pryor (Shoulder)
 DE Mike Wright (Concussion)

Offense Stats Comparison
  KC
 Offense 		 NE
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 20.3 23.3 21.5 NE
Rushing yards 129.7 89.0 120.7 KC
Rushing yards per attempt 4.05 3.73 4.39 KC
Completion % 56.7% 65.5% 59.6% NE
Passing yards 210.0 297.7 220.7 NE
Passing yards per completion 10.76 10.81 10.99 NE
Passing yards per attempt 6.10 7.08 6.55 NE
Interceptions 0.7 1.0 1.0 KC
Fumbles lost 0.0 0.7 0.5 KC
Sacks allowed 3.0 2.7 2.3 NE
3rd down conversions 43.2% 41.5% 38.5% KC
4th down conversions 25.0% 50.0% 44.5% NE
Time of possession 33:00 29:11 30:09 KC
  Defense Stats Comparison
  KC
 Defense 		 NE
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 20.3 20.3 21.5 -
Rushing yards 121.3 101.7 120.7 NE
Rushing yards per attempt 4.29 3.91 4.39 NE
Completion % 56.0% 61.0% 59.6% KC
Passing yards 229.3 272.7 220.7 KC
Passing yards per completion 14.69 10.97 10.99 NE
Passing yards per attempt 8.22 6.69 6.55 NE
INT return 0.7 1.0 1.0 NE
Fumble recoveries 0.0 0.7 0.5 NE
Sacks 0.3 3.0 2.3 NE
3rd down conversions 34.9% 39.4% 38.5% KC
4th down conversions 0.0% 0.0% 44.5% -
Time of possession 28:55 30:49 30:09 KC

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   KC   NE  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 10.5 8.2 9.7 KC
Yards per kick return 21.8 20.4 22.8 KC
Yards allowed per punt return 11.5 4.7 9.7 NE
Yards allowed per kick return 12.0 26.1 22.8 KC
  Misc Stats Comparison
   KC   NE  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 7.3 6.3 6.8 NE
Penalty yards 54.3 55.7 56.8 KC

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 5 to 10 of the 2011 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 5 to 10 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Kansas City Chiefs vs. New England Patriots
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 14 2000-12-04 KC NE 24-30 NE
2002 3 2002-09-22 KC NE 38-41 NE
2004 11 2004-11-22 NE KC 27-19 NE
2005 12 2005-11-27 NE KC 16-26 KC
2008 1 2008-09-07 KC NE 10-17 NE

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.