Kansas City Chiefs

Air Raid — Spread it out, tempo, spacing.
Team fit 84.3 A− · Read the full guide →

Simulated Pressure — Overwhelm the protection.
Team fit 82.2 B+ · Read the full guide →

A middle-of-the-league roster with specific, nameable strengths and one problem it cannot hide. The face of it is Kenneth Walker (HB, 95).

Kenneth Walker (HB, 95) is the headliner. 98 broken tackles — runs through arm tackles like they are suggestions; 98 carrying — the ball simply does not come out; 93 speed — real speed that has to be accounted for. Game-planning against this team starts with him and works backward.

Patrick Mahomes (93) at quarterback is a strength in his own right — the ball gets where the play says it should. The line has a star of its own: Creed Humphrey (C, 96), the kind of blocker whole run concepts get built behind. Fine print — Patrick Mahomes: he tore his ACL and LCL last December, had surgery the next day, and made it back for Week 1 — by his own admission this month, he is still chasing the last of his burst.

Chris Jones (DT, 94) sets the terms. 96 strength — immovable when he anchors; 95 power moves — wins with power — the long arm and the bull rush, your tackle going backward. He is the problem the other sideline has to solve first.

Harrison Butker (79) kicks — 97 leg, 83 accuracy. Matt Araiza (75) punts — 98 leg, 79 accuracy. Top return man is Xavier Worthy (83 return).

Offense: Brashard Smith (HB, 74 OVR). Read the ratings page twice: the overall says 74, the speed says 93. Overall is about the whole job; that speed is about one job, and he can already do that one as well as most starters.

Defense: L'Jarius Sneed (CB, 79 OVR) — a 94 speed buried at 79 overall. Speed is the one trait that plays at any overall — it travels to any package, any formation, any Sunday.