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Final Score Prediction

Chiefs 24, Bills 21

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Kansas City Chiefs
Rank  Player Projections
QB 23 Matt Cassel Pass: 250, 1 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 12 Jamaal Charles Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
RB 25 Peyton Hillis Rush: 60, 1 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
RB 31 Dexter McCluster Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 6-50, 0
WR 20 Dwayne Bowe Rec: 5-80, 1 TD
WR 70 Steve Breaston Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
WR 96 Jonathan Baldwin Rec: 1-20, 0 TD
TE 27 Tony Moeaki Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
TE 36 Kevin Boss Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 25 Ryan Succop FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 17 Defense / ST  
 
Buffalo Bills
Rank  Player Projections
QB 17 Ryan Fitzpatrick Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 4 C.J. Spiller Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 5-40, 0
WR 11 Steve Johnson Rec: 8-90, 1 TD
WR 47 Donald Jones Rec: 4-60, 0 TD
TE 16 Scott Chandler Rec: 5-50, 1 TD
K 31 Rian Lindell FG: 0/0 XP: 3/3
DEF 20 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Chiefs Club has won 4 of past 6 on road... QB Matt Cassel posted 1st rush TD since 11/23/08 (w/Patriots) last week. Cassel (77) needs 3 TD passes to reach 80 career... In 1st game since 9/18/11, RB Jamaal Charles rushed for 87 yards on 16 att. (5.4 avg.). Charles avgs 7.4 yards per carry in 4 career games vs. Bills (54 att., 398 rush yards). RB Peyton Hillis rushed for 108 yards on 21 att. (5.1 avg.) in only meeting against Bills (12/12/10 w/ Browns)... WR Dwayne Bowe (4,980) needs 20 rec. yards to become 8th player in franchise history to reach 5,000 career. Has 2 TD rec. in 3 career games vs. Bills. WR Dexter McCluster totaled 82 receiving yards & tied career-best with 6 catches on Kickoff Weekend... TE Kevin Boss had 22-yard TD catch in Chiefs debut... DE Tamba Hali has 53.5 career sacks, 3rd most by Chiefs player since sack became official stat in '82. Has 3.5 sacks in last 3 vs. Bills... LB Justin Houston has 6.5 sacks in past 6 games.

Bills Have won 7 of past 8 at home vs. Chiefs... .Club has won 3 of past 4 in Sept...QB Ryan Fitzpatrick posted 9th game of career with 3+ TD passes last week. In last game against KC, Fitzpatrick completed 17 of 25 passes for 208 yards with 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 133 passer rating... RB C.J. Spiller had career-high 169 rush yards vs. Jets, most in NFL in Week 1. Averaging 6 yards per carry in past 15 games. Had rush TD in last game vs. Chiefs... WR Steve Johnson aims for 3rd consecutive game with TD catch against Chiefs. Johnson has reception in 33 consecutive games... TE Scott Chandler tied career-high with 2 TD catches in last meeting vs. Chiefs... DE Mario Williams has 53 career sacks. Williams has 2 sacks in 2 career games against KC. In last game vs. KC (w/ NE on 11/21/11), DE Mark Anderson had 1.5 sacks... CB Stephon Gilmore became 1st Bills rookie CB to start on Kickoff Weekend since '87 (NATE ODOMES)... S Bryan Scott registered 8th INT of career 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    
4 2012-09-30 SD H    
5 2012-10-07 BAL H    
6 2012-10-14 TB A    
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 OAK H    
9 2012-11-01 SD A    
10 2012-11-12 PIT A    
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    
   
Buffalo Bills
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 NYJ A L 28-48 -20
2 2012-09-16 KC H W 35-17 +18
3 2012-09-23 CLE A    
4 2012-09-30 NE H    
5 2012-10-07 SF A    
6 2012-10-14 ARI A    
7 2012-10-21 TEN H    
8   Bye      
9 2012-11-04 HOU A    
10 2012-11-11 NE A    
11 2012-11-15 MIA H    
12 2012-11-25 IND A    
13 2012-12-02 JAC H    
14 2012-12-09 STL H    
15 2012-12-16 SEA H    
16 2012-12-23 MIA A    
17 2012-12-30 NYJ H    

Injury Report
Kansas City Chiefs
   
Buffalo Bills

Offense Stats Comparison
  KC
 Offense 
BUF
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 24.0 28.0 24.7 BUF
Rushing yards 152.0 195.0 98.5 BUF
Rushing yards per attempt 4.61 7.50 3.83 BUF
Completion % 63.6% 56.3% 62.7% KC
Passing yards 241.0 195.0 243.5 KC
Passing yards per completion 11.48 10.83 11.05 KC
Passing yards per attempt 7.30 6.09 6.93 KC
Interceptions 2.0 3.0 1.1 KC
Fumbles lost 1.0 1.0 0.5 -
Sacks allowed 3.0 0.0 2.2 BUF
3rd down conversions 68.8% 66.7% 38.8% KC
4th down conversions 0.0% 100.0% 55.6% BUF
Time of possession 31:55 28:42 30:09 KC
  Defense Stats Comparison
  KC
 Defense 
BUF
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 40.0 48.0 24.7 KC
Rushing yards 84.0 118.0 98.5 KC
Rushing yards per attempt 3.65 3.28 3.83 BUF
Completion % 74.2% 70.4% 62.7% BUF
Passing yards 292.0 266.0 243.5 BUF
Passing yards per completion 12.70 14.00 11.05 KC
Passing yards per attempt 9.42 9.85 6.93 KC
INT return 0.0 1.0 1.1 BUF
Fumble recoveries 0.0 0.0 0.5 -
Sacks 1.0 0.0 2.2 KC
3rd down conversions 50.0% 71.4% 38.8% KC
4th down conversions 0.0% 0.0% 55.6% -
Time of possession 28:05 31:18 30:09 KC

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   KC   BUF  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 14.0 27.0 12.2 BUF
Yards per kick return 19.0 23.7 23.4 BUF
Yards allowed per punt return 0.0 68.0 12.2 KC
Yards allowed per kick return 37.3 24.0 23.4 BUF
  Misc Stats Comparison
   KC   BUF  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 2.0 6.0 6.4 KC
Penalty yards 25.0 34.0 54.9 KC

Note: Team statistics are the results from Week 1 of the 2012 season. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 week results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 12 2000-11-19 BUF KC 21-17 BUF
2002 11 2002-11-17 BUF KC 16-17 KC
2003 8 2003-10-26 BUF KC 5-38 KC
2005 10 2005-11-13 KC BUF 3-14 BUF
2008 12 2008-11-23 BUF KC 54-31 BUF
2009 14 2009-12-13 BUF KC 16-10 BUF
2010 8 2010-10-31 BUF KC 10-13 KC
2011 1 2011-09-11 BUF KC 41-7 BUF

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.