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Arizona Cardinals vs Kansas City Chiefs

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Chiefs is the better survivor pick this week

Chiefs score 0.410 equity (56.8% win probability) against Cardinals at 0.199 — a real gap of 0.212.

ARI team page →KC team page →

This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ LACOpponentvs DEN

19.9%Win prob56.8%

0.199Equity score0.410

+9.5Spread11/11 books−2.5

47.5Game total43.5

▼ 0.000Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.003

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

Week 11ARI @ KCnot played yet

All-time series: 7 meetings · ARI 2 — KC 5. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1386.3ELO rating1519.9

#29ELO rank#16

3-14Record6-11

NFC WestDivisionAFC West

#4Division rank#3

L 17 · L 23 · L 7 · L 20 · L 28Last 5newest firstL 2 · L 7 · L 17 · L 3 · L 10

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

17.0 · #19vs QB15.1 · #13

26.9 · #30vs RB19.4 · #6

30.2 · #15vs WR27.3 · #10

16.9 · #30vs TE11.0 · #7

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

1.76 (2025)Sacks / game2.06 (2025)

6.82Pressures / game7.88

3-9Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows35-12

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

35.4% · #30Pre-snap motion39.9% · #26

13.8% · #3Play action8.1% · #32

2.0% · #26RPO11.5% · #1

4.7% · #8Screen pass4.7% · #7

9.9% · #6No huddle2.4% · #32

59.2% · #9Shotgun67.6% · #2

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

29.1% · #19Man coverage37.0% · #9

27.4% · #17Blitz (5+ rushers)33.6% · #4

25.7% · #29Pressure33.6% · #6

ARI scheme profile →KC scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Arizona Cardinals

Blake GillikinPFull Participation in Practice
Dadrion Taylor-DemersonSLimited Participation in Practice
Garrett WilliamsCBLimited Participation in Practice
Isaiah AdamsGDid Not Participate In Practice
James ConnerRunning BackQuestionable
Jeremiyah LoveRBLimited Participation in Practice
Joey BlountSafetyQuestionable
Josh SweatLBDid Not Participate In Practice
Kaleb ProctorDefensive TackleInjured Reserve
PJ MustipherDefensive TackleInjured Reserve
Will JohnsonCBFull Participation in Practice

Kansas City Chiefs

Chris Roland-WallaceCornerbackOut
Dameon PierceRunning BackOut
Deon BushSafetyQuestionable
Derrick NnadiDTFull Participation in Practice
Elijah MitchellRunning BackOut
Ethan DriskellOffensive TackleQuestionable
Felix Anudike-UzomahDefensive EndInjured Reserve
Gardner MinshewQuarterbackOut
George KarlaftisDEQuestionable
Hollywood BrownWide ReceiverQuestionable
Hunter NourzadCenterOut
Isiah PachecoRBQuestionable

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