Browns at Chiefs NFL Week 16 Capsule

Here’s Sunday’s capsule for the Browns at Chiefs in Kansas City.

 

CLEVELAND BROWNS (3-11) AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (9-5)

SERIES

	BROWNS	CHIEFS
SERIES LEADER		Series tied: 11-11-2
STREAKS		2 of past 3
COACHES VS. OPP.	Mike Pettine: 0-0	Andy Reid: 5-0
LAST WEEK	L 30-13 at Seahawks	W 34-14 at Ravens
LAST GAME	10/27/13: Browns 17 at Chiefs 23. Kansas City QB Alex Smith throws for 225 yards & 2 TDs. Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles rushes for 74 yards & adds 46 rec. yards.
LAST GAME AT SITE	10/27/13
REFEREE	Walt Anderson
BROADCAST	CBS (12:00 PM CT): Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon. SIRIUS: 138 (Cle), 113 (KC). XM: 226 (KC).

STATS

PASSING	Manziel: 116-191-1364-7-4-85.9	Smith: 278-424-3205-16-4-96.9
RUSHING	Crowell: 154-565-3.7-3	West: 133-538-4.0-4
RECEIVING	Barnidge (TE): 68-930-13.7-9	Maclin: 79-985-12.5-6
OFFENSE	334.3	335.9
TAKE/GIVE	-8	+15 (1C)
DEFENSE	387.9	335.4
SACKS	D. Bryant: 6	Houston: 7.5
INTs	Dansby: 3	Peters (R): 7 (T2L)
PUNTING	Lee: 46.8	Colquitt: 45.7
KICKING	Coons: 87 (21/23 PAT; 22/25 FG)	Santos: 121 (2C) (34/36 PAT; 29/36 FG)

NOTES

BROWNS: In past 7, QB JOHNNY MANZIEL has completed 103 of 167 (61.7 pct.) for 1,182 yards with 6 TDs vs. 3 INTs…Rookie RB DUKE JOHNSON, JR. ranks 2nd in catches (54) & receiving yards (485) amongst AFC RBs. Posted 85 scrimmage yards last week (46 rush, 39 rec.) & aims for 3rd in row with 80+ yards. RB ISAIAH CROWELL (1,441) needs 59 scrimmage yards to reach 1,500 career…WR-PR TRAVIS BENJAMIN has 13 career TDs (10 rec., 3 PR) & averages 44.8 yards per score. TE GARY BARNIDGE is tied for 3rd among NFL TEs with 9 TDs & ranks 4th in rec. yards (930). Needs 70 yards to join HOFer OZZIE NEWSOME (1981, 1984) & KELLEN WINSLOW (2007) as only Browns TEs with 1,000-yard rec. season…LBs CRAIG ROBERTSON & PAUL KRUGER each had sack in last meeting. LB KARLOS DANSBY leads team with 99 tackles & 3 INTs. Since 2004, is only NFL player with 40+ sacks (41) & 15+ INTs (19)… CHIEFS: 1st team in NFL history to win 8+ consecutive games immediately following 5+ losses in row in same season… QB ALEX SMITH is 2-0 vs. Browns & has completed 39 of 60 (65 pct.) for 402 yards with 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 100.8 rating. In past 11, has completed 216 of 326 (66.3 pct.) for 2,481 yards with 12 TDs vs. 1 INT for 100 rating. Since 2011, leads NFL in INT pct. (1.3 pct.)…In past 7, RB CHARCANDRICK WEST is averaging 94.1 scrimmage yards per game & has 5 total TDs. RB SPENCER WARE has 4 TDs in past 5…In past 4, WR JEREMY MACLIN has 31 catches for 373 yards & 4 TDs. In only career meeting (9/9/12 with Phi), had 7 catches for 96 yards & TD. Since 2014, TE TRAVIS KELCE ranks 3rd in AFC & 4th in NFL amongst TEs with 1,684 receiving yards…Last week, KC became 1st team in NFL history with 90+ yard INT-TD (rookie CB MARCUS PETERS, 90 yards) & 70+ yard FR-TD (S TYVON BRANCH, 73 yards) in same game. Peters is tied for 2nd in NFL with 7 INTs (most among rookies), incl. 2 last week. In past 21, LB JUSTIN HOUSTON has 22.5 sacks, 4 FF & 2 INTs. Since 2012, ranks 2nd in NFL with 50.5 sacks (J.J. WATT).