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Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers - Week 10
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

IND
JAC		 27
 10
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ATL
NO		 27
 31
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SD
TB		 24
 34
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OAK
BAL		 20
 55
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NYG
CIN		 13
 31
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TEN
MIA		 37
 3
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DET
MIN		 24
 34
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DEN
CAR		 36
 14
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BUF
NE		 31
 37
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NYJ
SEA		 7
 28
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DAL
PHI		 38
 23
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STL
SF		 24
 24
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HOU
CHI		 13
 6
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KC
PIT		 13
 16
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Steelers 30, Chiefs 17

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Kansas City Chiefs
Rank  Player Projections
QB 20 Matt Cassel Pass: 260, 1 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 17 Jamaal Charles Rush: 80, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
RB 38 Peyton Hillis Rush: 30, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 44 Dexter McCluster Rush: 0, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
RB 56 Shaun Draughn Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 18 Dwayne Bowe Rec: 5-80, 1 TD
WR 59 Jonathan Baldwin Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 78 Steve Breaston Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
TE 27 Tony Moeaki Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 25 Ryan Succop FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 25 Defense / ST  
View all Week 10 Rankings or Projections
  
Pittsburgh Steelers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 4 Ben Roethlisberger Pass: 290, 3 TD Rush: 0, 0
 RB 24 Isaac Redman Rush: 70, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 33 Jonathan Dwyer Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 2 Mike Wallace Rec: 7-110, 1 TD
WR 22 Emmanuel Sanders Rec: 5-70, 1 TD
WR 65 Jerricho Cotchery Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 5 Heath Miller Rec: 5-50, 1 TD
K 2 Shaun Suisham FG: 3/3 XP: 3/3
DEF 2 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Chiefs QB Brady Quinn is 1-1 as starter on MNF. In career on MNF, QB Matt Cassel is 3-0 & has passed for 514 yards with 5 TDs vs. 2 INTs & 90.4 rating. Had 2 TD passes vs. 0 INTs & 100.4 rating in last meeting... Club averages 149.9 rush yards per game, best in AFC... Since '10, RB Jamaal Charles averages 108.4 scrimmage yards per game in '12 (2,184 rush; 635 rec.). Charles (4,865) needs 135 scrim. yards to reach 5,000 career... WR Dwayne Bowe (401) became 4th player in club annals to reach 400 career catches last week. Bowe (39) needs TD catch to become 5th player in club history with 40 career. WR JON BALDWIN attended Pitt. & is native of Aliquippa, PA... LB Tamba Hali has 5 sacks in past 5... CB Travis Daniels had INT in last meeting... S Eric Berry posted 1st INT of season & 5th of career last week.

Steelers Have won past 14 home games on MNF... Have NFL-best 51.3 pct. 3rd-down conversion rate... With win last week MIKE TOMLIN (88) tied CHUCK KNOX (88) for 4th-fewest games to reach 60 career wins among coaches who began career since '70... QB Ben Roethlisberger is 4-0 at home on MNF & has 8 TDs vs. 3 INTs & 109.3 rating. Had 153.8 rating in only home meeting vs. KC (10/15/06)... RB Isaac Redman had career-high 147 rush yards last week with rush TD... WR Mike Wallace has 9 TDs of 50+ yards, 3rd-most for player since 2009. WR Antonio Brown had 4 catches for 81 yards (20.3 avg.) in only meeting. WR Emmanuel Sanders posted 1st TD rec. of season last week... TE Heath Miller has 6 TD rec. in '12, 2nd-most among NFL TEs... LB LaMarr Woodley had 2 sacks in only game vs. KC on 11/22/09... CB Ike Taylor posted 1st INT of season last week.


Results and Schedule
Kansas City Chiefs
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 ATL H L 24-40 -16
2 2012-09-16 BUF A L 17-35 -18
3 2012-09-23 NO A W 27-24 +3
4 2012-09-30 SD H L 20-37 -17
5 2012-10-07 BAL H L 6-9 -3
6 2012-10-14 TB A L 10-38 -28
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 OAK H L 16-26 -10
9 2012-11-01 SD A L 13-31 -18
10 2012-11-12 PIT A L 13-16 -3
11 2012-11-18 CIN H    
12 2012-11-25 DEN H    
13 2012-12-02 CAR H    
14 2012-12-09 CLE A    
15 2012-12-16 OAK A    
16 2012-12-23 IND H    
17 2012-12-30 DEN A    
   
Pittsburgh Steelers
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 DEN A L 19-31 -12
2 2012-09-16 NYJ H W 27-10 +17
3 2012-09-23 OAK A L 31-34 -3
4   Bye      
5 2012-10-07 PHI H W 16-14 +2
6 2012-10-11 TEN A L 23-26 -3
7 2012-10-21 CIN A W 24-17 +7
8 2012-10-28 WAS H W 27-12 +15
9 2012-11-04 NYG A W 24-20 +4
10 2012-11-12 KC H W 16-13 +3
11 2012-11-18 BAL H    
12 2012-11-25 CLE A    
13 2012-12-02 BAL A    
14 2012-12-09 SD H    
15 2012-12-16 DAL A    
16 2012-12-23 CIN H    
17 2012-12-30 CLE H    

Injury Report
Kansas City Chiefs
Out  DE Glenn Dorsey (calf)
 QB Brady Quinn (concussion)
Probable  CB Javier Arenas (head)
 RB Jamaal Charles (neck)
 WR Terrance Copper (calf)
 WR Devon Wylie (hamstring)
IR  TE Kevin Boss (concussion, 10/3)
 FS DeQuan Menzie (undisclosed, 8/31)
   
Pittsburgh Steelers
Out  WR Antonio Brown (ankle)
 SS Troy Polamalu (calf)
 ILB Stevenson Sylvester (hamstring)
Questionable  RB Rashard Mendenhall (achilles-tendon)
Probable  RB Jonathan Dwyer (quadriceps)
 RB Chris Rainey (ribs)
 K Shaun Suisham (ankle)
IR  ILB Sean Spence (knee, 8/31)

Offense Stats Comparison
  KC
 Offense 		 PIT
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 13.0 23.7 22.3 PIT
Rushing yards 111.3 140.3 117.3 PIT
Rushing yards per attempt 4.08 4.50 4.37 PIT
Completion % 61.5% 65.9% 61.9% PIT
Passing yards 184.3 233.0 238.0 PIT
Passing yards per completion 9.20 10.56 10.88 PIT
Passing yards per attempt 5.66 6.96 6.74 PIT
Interceptions 2.0 0.7 0.9 PIT
Fumbles lost 2.3 0.3 0.7 PIT
Sacks allowed 1.0 1.7 2.2 KC
3rd down conversions 41.5% 47.8% 38.8% PIT
4th down conversions 33.3% 40.0% 55.0% PIT
Time of possession 31:41 34:09 29:49 PIT
  Defense Stats Comparison
  KC
 Defense 		 PIT
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 31.3 17.0 22.3 PIT
Rushing yards 130.3 81.3 117.3 PIT
Rushing yards per attempt 4.51 3.72 4.37 PIT
Completion % 62.9% 52.8% 61.9% PIT
Passing yards 204.7 150.3 238.0 PIT
Passing yards per completion 14.06 9.66 10.88 PIT
Passing yards per attempt 8.85 5.10 6.74 PIT
INT return 1.0 0.7 0.9 KC
Fumble recoveries 0.7 0.0 0.7 KC
Sacks 1.7 2.0 2.2 PIT
3rd down conversions 30.2% 37.7% 38.8% KC
4th down conversions 0.0% 83.3% 55.0% KC
Time of possession 28:19 25:51 29:49 PIT

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   KC   PIT  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 8.9 9.6 8.1 PIT
Yards per kick return 25.1 29.4 24.1 PIT
Yards allowed per punt return 7.9 12.2 8.1 KC
Yards allowed per kick return 23.4 25.1 24.1 KC
  Misc Stats Comparison
   KC   PIT  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 6.7 5.0 6.2 PIT
Penalty yards 51.7 68.7 51.7 KC

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 4 to 9 of the 2012 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 4 to 9 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2001 5 2001-10-14 PIT KC 20-17 PIT
2003 2 2003-09-14 PIT KC 20-41 KC
2006 6 2006-10-15 KC PIT 7-45 PIT
2009 11 2009-11-22 PIT KC 24-27 KC
2011 12 2011-11-27 PIT KC 13-9 PIT

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.