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Final Score Prediction

Browns 24, Chiefs 17

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Kansas City Chiefs
Rank  Player Projections
QB 29 Brady Quinn Pass: 200, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 6 Jamaal Charles Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
RB 52 Peyton Hillis Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
RB 59 Dexter McCluster Rush: 0, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 22 Dwayne Bowe Rec: 5-80, 1 TD
WR 72 Jonathan Baldwin Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 20 Tony Moeaki Rec: 5-50, 0 TD
K 26 Ryan Succop FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 21 Defense / ST  
 
Cleveland Browns
Rank  Player Projections
QB 23 Brandon Weeden Pass: 230, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 3 Trent Richardson Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 3-30, 0
RB 57 Montario Hardesty Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 25 Josh Gordon Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
WR 57 Greg Little Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 67 Mohamed Massaquoi Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 33 Ben Watson Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
TE 37 Jordan Cameron Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
K 24 Phil Dawson FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 5 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Chiefs Club has won 2 of past 3 at Cle... QB Brady Quinn had career-best 82.6 completion pct. (19 of 23) last week (min. 10 att.). Posted 132.1 passer rating last week, 2nd-highest of career. Quinn was selected No. 22 overall in 2007 NFL Draft by Browns & spent 3 seasons in Cleveland (2007-09)... Club averages 146.7 rush yards per game, 2nd-best in AFC... In past 4, RB Jamaal Charles has averaged 105.3 rush yards per game (421 total). Aims for 3rd consecutive game with 100+ rush yards. Charles (1,055) has reached 1,000 rush yards for 3rd time in career (1,120 in '09; 1,467 in '10). Has totaled 203 rush yards in 2 career games vs. Browns. RB Peyton Hillis posted 1st rush TD of season last week. Hillis spent 2 seasons (2010-11) with Cle... WR Dwayne Bowe (413) needs 4 receptions to surpass HENRY MARSHALL (416) for 2nd-most receptions in franchise history, trailing only TONY GONZALEZ (916)... TE Tony Moeaki posted 1st TD reception of season last week... LB Tamba Hali (59.5) has 3rd-most sacks in Chiefs annals (DERRICK THOMAS, 126.5; NEIL SMITH, 85.5). LB Justin Houston has career-high 10 sacks this season. Has 5 sacks in 5 career games in Dec.

Browns Seek 3rd straight win... Rookie QB Brandon Weeden posted career-best 364 passing yards last week & registered 3rd 300-yard passing game of season. Weeden (2,820) has most passing yards by rookie in club history... In past 5, rookie RB Trent Richardson is averaging 95.8 rush yards per game. Has 3 games with 100+ rush yards, tied for most ever by Browns rookie. Leads AFC rookies with 827 rush yards. Needs 116 to surpass HOFer JIM BROWN (942 in 1957) for most rush yards by Browns rookie... WR Josh Gordon leads NFL rookies in rec. yards (646). Averages 19 yards per catch in 2012. Had career-best in catches (6) & receiving yards (116) last week. WR Greg Little (96) needs 4 rec. to reach 100 career... TE Ben Watson had season-high 80 receiving yards vs. Raiders... LB D'QWELL JACKSON has team-high 85 tackles... K Phil Dawson has made 23 of 24 FGs in 2012, 2nd-best pct. in NFL... KR-WR Josh Cribbs had 2 KR-TDs (100, 103) vs. Chiefs on 12/20/09.


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 L 6-28 -22
12 2012-11-25 DEN H L 9-17 -8
13 2012-12-02 CAR H W 27-21 +6
14 2012-12-09 CLE A L 7-30 -23
15 2012-12-16 OAK A    
16 2012-12-23 IND H    
17 2012-12-30 DEN A    
   
Cleveland Browns
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PHI H L 16-17 -1
2 2012-09-16 CIN A L 27-34 -7
3 2012-09-23 BUF H L 14-24 -10
4 2012-09-27 BAL A L 16-23 -7
5 2012-10-07 NYG A L 27-41 -14
6 2012-10-14 CIN H W 34-24 +10
7 2012-10-21 IND A L 13-17 -4
8 2012-10-28 SD H W 7-6 +1
9 2012-11-04 BAL H L 15-25 -10
10   Bye      
11 2012-11-18 DAL A L 20-23 -3
12 2012-11-25 PIT H W 20-14 +6
13 2012-12-02 OAK A W 20-17 +3
14 2012-12-09 KC H W 30-7 +23
15 2012-12-16 WAS H    
16 2012-12-23 DEN A    
17 2012-12-30 PIT A    

Injury Report
Kansas City Chiefs
Doubtful  SS Abram Elam (quadriceps)
Questionable  SS Eric Berry (other-excused)
 CB Brandon Flowers (hamstring)
 ILB Derrick Johnson (hamstring)
 FS Kendrick Lewis (shoulder)
Probable  OLB Tamba Hali (knee)
IR  DE Allen Bailey (ankle, 12/6)
 TE Kevin Boss (concussion, 10/3)
 DE Glenn Dorsey (calf, 11/11)
 FS DeQuan Menzie (undisclosed, 8/31)
 TE Jake O'Connell (ankle, 11/17)
   
Cleveland Browns
Out  WR Jordan Norwood (foot)
Probable  WR Travis Benjamin (fingers)
 TE Jordan Cameron (groin)
 WR Josh Cribbs (shoulder)
 SLB James-Michael Johnson (fingers)
 CB Dimitri Patterson (ankle)
 RB Trent Richardson (other-excused)
 DE Frostee Rucker (shoulder)
 SS Ray Ventrone (calf)
 FS Usama Young (concussion)
IR  SLB Emmanuel Acho (undisclosed, 8/27)
 SLB Scott Fujita (neck, 10/24)
 OLB Chris Gocong (achilles-tendon, 8/27)

Offense Stats Comparison
  KC
 Offense 
CLE
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 12.8 18.3 22.6 CLE
Rushing yards 129.0 119.0 117.4 KC
Rushing yards per attempt 4.13 3.81 4.30 KC
Completion % 60.1% 57.8% 60.9% KC
Passing yards 173.0 165.3 230.4 KC
Passing yards per completion 9.95 10.39 10.88 CLE
Passing yards per attempt 5.98 6.00 6.63 CLE
Interceptions 0.8 1.0 0.9 KC
Fumbles lost 0.8 0.0 0.6 CLE
Sacks allowed 2.0 1.7 2.2 CLE
3rd down conversions 29.9% 28.8% 38.0% KC
4th down conversions 80.0% 60.0% 48.2% KC
Time of possession 30:51 30:46 30:12 KC
  Defense Stats Comparison
  KC
 Defense 
CLE
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 23.0 18.0 22.6 CLE
Rushing yards 129.5 88.3 117.4 CLE
Rushing yards per attempt 4.64 3.50 4.30 CLE
Completion % 59.5% 62.2% 60.9% KC
Passing yards 216.3 199.3 230.4 CLE
Passing yards per completion 12.54 8.91 10.88 CLE
Passing yards per attempt 7.47 5.55 6.63 CLE
INT return 0.5 0.3 0.9 KC
Fumble recoveries 0.3 0.7 0.6 CLE
Sacks 1.5 1.0 2.2 KC
3rd down conversions 38.7% 36.2% 38.0% CLE
4th down conversions 75.0% 60.0% 48.2% CLE
Time of possession 29:23 29:51 30:12 KC

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   KC   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 9.0 10.7 9.9 CLE
Yards per kick return 21.9 16.5 22.6 KC
Yards allowed per punt return 6.7 7.1 9.9 KC
Yards allowed per kick return 28.0 19.2 22.6 CLE
  Misc Stats Comparison
   KC   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 5.3 6.0 6.2 KC
Penalty yards 39.3 52.0 51.9 KC

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 8 to 13 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 8 to 13 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Cleveland Browns
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2002 1 2002-09-08 KC CLE 40-39 KC
2003 10 2003-11-09 CLE KC 20-41 KC
2006 13 2006-12-03 KC CLE 28-31 CLE
2009 15 2009-12-20 CLE KC 41-34 CLE
2010 2 2010-09-19 KC CLE 16-14 KC

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.