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The NFL season begins this week, so we started up the old Madden Simulation engine, fired up EA Sports Madden NFL 27, and began the full 2027 season simulation. The results are in, and this is how the NFL and your Kansas City Chiefs did.
Regular Season
- Week 1 vs Denver Broncos, Loss, 21-33
- Week 2 vs Indianapolis Colts, Win, 38-17
- Week 3 @ Miami Dolphins, Win, 28-17
- Week 4 @ Las Vegas Raiders, Win, 30-24
- Week 5 Bye Week
- Week 6 vs Los Angeles Chargers, Loss, 26-31
- Week 7 @ Seattle Seahawks, Win, 23-17
- Week 8 @ Denver Broncos, Win, 28-24
- Week 9 vs New York Jets, Win, 23-10
- Week 10 @ Atlanta Falcons, Loss, 17-31
- Week 11 vs Arizona Cardinals, Win, 16-3
- Week 12 @ Buffalo Bills, Loss, 14-17
- Week 13 @ Los Angeles Rams, Loss, 24-52
- Week 14 @ Cincinnati Bengals, Loss, 20-28
- Week 15 vs New England Patriots, Loss, 9-10
- Week 16 vs San Francisco 49ers, Loss, 7-37
- Week 17 @ Los Angeles Chargers, Loss, 10-49
- Week 18 vs Las Vegas Raiders, Win, 31-23
The Chiefs finished 8-9, second in the AFC West, and missed the playoffs. Chiefs as a team had 6,160 offensive yards (17th in the NFL), 6,154 defensive yards (20th), 365 points scored (24th), and 423 points allowed (20th).
Notable Offensive Player Statistics
- Patrick Mahomes: 4,567 passing yards, 26 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, 60% passing completion, 45 sacks
- Mahomes finished third in the NFL in passing yards behind Dak Prescott (4,739) and Justin Herbert (4,709).
- Kenneth Walker: 1,165 rushing yards, 13 touchdowns, 2 fumbles, 43 receptions, 194 receiving yards, 1 touchdown.
- Walker finished 18th in the NFL in rushing yards and 8th in the NFL in rushing touchdowns.
- Xavier Worthy: 94 receptions, 1,268 receiving yards, 10 touchdowns.
- Worthy finished 14th in the NFL in receiving yards and 8th in the NFL in touchdowns.
- Rashee Rice: 89 receptions, 1,222 receiving yards, 7 touchdowns.
- Rice finished 17th in the NFL in receiving yards.
- Travis Kelce: 70 receptions, 825 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns.
- Tyquan Thornton: 46 receptions, 773 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns.
- Josh Simmons: 13 sacks, 16 games played.
- Jaylen Moore: 13 sacks, 17 games played.
- Kingsley Suamataia: 7 sacks, 14 games played.
Notable Defensive Player Statistics
- Drue Tranquill: 152 tackles, 111 solo, 4 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, 1 interception.
- Mansoor Delane: 114 tackles, 97 solo, 0.5 sack, 2 interceptions.
- Nick Bolton: 112 tackles, 70 solo, 10 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble.
- L’Jarius Sneed: 90 tackles, 62 solo, 1.5 sacks, 1 interception.
- Alohi Gilman: 87 tackles, 67 solo, 1 interception, 1 forced fumble.
- R Mason Thomas: 12 sacks, 18 tackles for loss.
- Thomas finished second in sacks for rookies, only behind Patriots rookie Gabe Jacas (13.5).
- Chris Jones: 6 sacks, 13 tackles for loss
- Peter Woods: 4.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss
- Ashton Gillotte: 4.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss
- George Karlaftis: 2 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 14 games played
- Felix Anudike-Uzomah: 0.5 sack
Notable Special Teams Player Statistics
- Harrison Butker: 20 for 23, 8 for 9 attempts from 50 yards or more.
- Matt Araiza: 87 punts, 4,501 yards, 17 punts down inside the 20.
- Jaylen Royals: 6 kick returns, 148 yards, 24.7 return average.
- Brashard Smith: 6 kick returns, 138 yards, 23 return average, 25 punt returns, 181 yards, 7.2 return average.
From here, we will go game-by-game with simulations
using the most up-to-date 53-man roster with updated injuries for the Chiefs and their weekly opponents.
