NFLStats2026 · Wk 2

Week 15 · Monday, Dec 21 · 8:15 pm ET · GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium

TBD referee · 11 rest days (NE) / 8 (KC)

Model

25%NE75%KC

Projected NE 17.9 – KC 27.2
margin +9.3 · total 45.1

Market

No market line yet.

Edge

Model minus market. Small numbers are noise; a few points is a real disagreement.

Spread edge
Total edge

Side by side

Season to date with league ranks.

NEKC
−1.5 22ndPower rating2nd +6.2
−1.2 22ndOffense rating11th +1.4
−0.3 18thDefense rating1st +4.8
−0.092 22ndOffense EPA/play11th +0.118
+0.029 18thDefense EPA/play allowed1st −0.378
40.9% 23rdOffense success rate22nd 40.9%
38.8% 8thDefense success rate allowed4th 36.0%
+0.127 15thPass EPA/dropback20th −0.014
+0.196 21stPass EPA/dropback allowed2nd −0.442
−0.451 32ndRush EPA/carry1st +0.259
−0.195 8thRush EPA/carry allowed7th −0.228
1.4% 31stExplosive play rate15th 9.1%
10.2% 21stExplosive rate allowed3rd 2.0%
31.3% 21st3rd-down conversion7th 56.3%
18.2% 4th3rd-down conversion allowed2nd 16.7%
50.0% 20thRed-zone TD rate19th 60.0%
0.0% 1stRed-zone TD rate allowed9th 50.0%
14.3% 14thPressure rate allowed16th 15.2%
22.2% 6thPressure rate8th 21.2%
33.3% 31stTurnover rate14th 8.3%
0.0% 25thTakeaway rate10th 16.7%
10.0 28thPoints per game8th 31.0
13.0 6thPoints allowed per game2nd 10.0
−3.5% Pass rate over expected +0.4%
31.9 24thNeutral pace (sec/play)8th 27.6
−0.092 Off epa last3 +0.118
+0.029 Def epa last3 −0.378
+1.0 18thSpecial teams EPA13th +3.3

NE offense vs KC defense

Offense percentiles for NE against the matching defensive percentiles for KC. Where the offense polygon reaches beyond the defense, the attack has the edge.

PassRushSuccessExplosive3rd downRed zoneProtectionBall security
NEKC D

KC offense vs NE defense

Offense percentiles for KC against the matching defensive percentiles for NE. Where the offense polygon reaches beyond the defense, the attack has the edge.

PassRushSuccessExplosive3rd downRed zoneProtectionBall security
KCNE D