2021 · Week 4

Final

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Patrick Mahomes

42·30

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Jalen Hurts

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 73°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

KC -7.5

Total

53.5

Model margin

+1.0est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Chiefs

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsChiefs wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Chiefsedge mapEagles
  • +0.140EPA / play+0.061
  • 51.1%Success rate46.4%
  • +0.216EPA / dropback+0.091
  • -0.024EPA / rush+0.025
  • 8.3%Explosive rate10.5%
  • +2.81CPOE+0.39
  • 52.1%Third-down rate45.5%
  • 60.0%Red-zone TD rate66.1%
  • 2.66Points / drive2.39
  • 2.0%Turnover rate1.5%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

PHI lead 6–4 since 1999

PHI have won 3 straight. Meetings average 52 points. PHI are 6-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W2PHI @ KC2017PHI
2024 · playoffsKC @ PHI2240PHI
2023 · W11PHI @ KC2117PHI
2022 · playoffsKC @ PHI3835KC
2017 · W2PHI @ KC2027KC
2013 · W3KC @ PHI2616KC
2009 · W3KC @ PHI1434PHI
2005 · W4PHI @ KC3731PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Patrick Mahomes24/3027851

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Clyde Edwards-Helaire141027.30
Darrel Williams10424.21
Patrick Mahomes5265.20
Mecole Hardman22512.50

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jalen Hurts32/4838720

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jalen Hurts8475.90
Kenny Gainwell33110.31
Miles Sanders7131.90
Jalen Reagor11212.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
DeVonta Smith7101220
Zach Ertz68600
Kenny Gainwell68580
Dallas Goedert55561
Miles Sanders33340
Quez Watkins37330
Greg Ward12151
Jalen Reagor1190

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -7.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.6%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Chiefs.

Half-point at risk

4.25%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.8%

Expected total

45.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.61
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+1.02