WEEK 1 · MON SEP 14FINAL

Shaded = the better side of each row. Rows with no clear “better” (plays, drives, attempts, penalties, possession) aren’t shaded. Efficiency, What it cost them and Early vs late downs use the nflfastR/rbsdm play filter, so a team’s EPA/play here can differ from its season figure on the team pages; Team stats follows the official box-score conventions instead.

DENEfficiencyKC

−0.38(50)EPA / play(plays)+0.12(66)
−0.44(35)Passing−0.01(34)
−0.23(15)Rushing+0.26(32)
36%Success rate41%
40%Passing41%
27%Rushing41%
18%1st down rate27%
20%Passing26%
13%Rushing28%
1(2%)Explosive plays(rate)7(11%)
0(0%)Passing(20+ yd completion)2(6%)
1(7%)Rushing(10+ yd run)5(16%)
−7(TO −1, expl −6)Toxic differential(turnovers + explosives)+7(TO +1, expl +6)

DENTeam statsKC

91st downs19
6Passing 1st downs7
2Rushing 1st downs11
11st downs from penalties1
2-123rd down efficiency9-17
0-14th down efficiency2-3
47Total plays67
176Total yards392
12Total drives12
3.7Yards per play5.9
115Passing172
17/28Comp/Att15/27
3.6Yards per pass5.9
1Interceptions thrown1
4-16Sacks-yards lost2-12
61Rushing220
15Rushing attempts38
4.1Yards per rush5.8
1-2Red zone(made-att)3-5
7-52Penalties7-60
2Turnovers1
1Fumbles lost0
1Interceptions thrown1
0Defensive / special teams TDs0
26:18Possession33:42

Why the play counts differ. Efficiency counts every run and dropback the way nflfastR and rbsdm.com do, including sacks, scrambles, plays wiped out by penalties and 2-point tries, so DEN has 50 plays there and 47 in the official total above.

DENWhat it cost themKC

−6.6EPA lost to turnovers−5.8
−6.7EPA lost to sacks−3.8
−8.5EPA lost to penalties−5.1

A strip-sack counts in both the sack row and the turnover row.

DENEarly vs late downsKC

−0.15(37)Early downs(1st–2nd) EPA / play−0.13(48)
38%Success rate33%
−1.02(13)Late downs(3rd–4th) EPA / play+0.78(18)
31%Success rate61%

Passing

PlayerC/ATTYDSTDINTSCKRTGEPA/DBCPOESUCC%aDOT
DEN
Bo Nix17/2813111469.2−0.44−7.839%3.3
KC
Patrick Mahomes15/2718421286.0+0.03−11.942%4.9

Rushing

PlayerCARYDSTDYPCEPA/CARSUCC%
DEN
J.K. DobbinsRB83604.5−0.1413%
RJ HarveyRB31806.0+0.39100%
Bo NixQB2301.5−0.650%
KC
Kenneth Walker IIIRB2317317.5+0.4448%
Patrick MahomesQB42716.8+0.7950%
Emmett JohnsonRB82403.0−0.0625%

Receiving

PlayerTGTRECYDSTDTGT%YACEPA/TGTCATCH%aDOTY/TGT
DEN · 27 team targets
Evan EngramTE5443118.5%15+0.8180%3.68.6
Pat BryantWR6442022.2%18+0.3467%4.27.0
RJ HarveyRB4423014.8%45−0.02100%−5.55.8
Courtland SuttonWR5211018.5%4−0.9640%8.02.2
Adam TrautmanTE3210011.1%8−0.2267%−0.33.3
Jaylen WaddleWR312011.1%0−1.4333%4.30.7
Troy FranklinWR10003.7%0−2.750%31.00.0
KC · 25 team targets
Travis KelceTE5371020.0%63+0.9960%5.814.2
Emmett JohnsonRB224408.0%52+2.16100%−4.022.0
Rashee RiceWR221918.0%13+1.06100%3.09.5
Kenneth Walker IIIRB6318124.0%18+0.1150%−0.33.0
Xavier WorthyWR6318024.0%15−1.4150%7.03.0
Jake BriningstoolTE11904.0%5+0.79100%4.09.0
Noah GrayTE11504.0%0+0.44100%5.05.0
Cyrus AllenWR10004.0%0−1.600%5.00.0
Tyquan ThorntonWR10004.0%0−0.560%36.00.0

Player lines won’t always add up to team totals. TGT% is a share of the team targets above — the throws charged to a receiver — not of the pass attempts in Team stats, so the two counts can differ. Yards gained after a lateral belong to no receiver, and runs by receivers and kneel-downs don’t appear in the rushing table.