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Kansas City Chiefs vs Miami Dolphins

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 0.414 equity (56.9% win probability) against Dolphins at 0.326 — a real gap of 0.088.

KC team page →MIA team page →

This week

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

vs DENOpponent@ LV

56.9%Win prob39.5%

0.414Equity score0.326

−2.5Spread11/11 books+3.0

43.5Game total40.5

= 0.000Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.001

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

Week 3KC @ MIAnot played yet

All-time series: 10 meetings · KC 7 — MIA 3. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1519.9ELO rating1475.1

#16ELO rank#21

6-11Record7-10

AFC WestDivisionAFC East

#3Division rank#3

L 2 · L 7 · L 17 · L 3 · L 10Last 5newest firstL 28 · W +3 · L 24 · L 13 · W +24

Defense vs position

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

15.1 · #13vs QB18.2 · #23

19.4 · #6vs RB25.5 · #26

27.3 · #10vs WR29.9 · #14

11.0 · #7vs TE16.2 · #28

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

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

2.06 (2025)Sacks / game2.29 (2025)

7.88Pressures / game7.65

35-12Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows7-13

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

39.9% · #26Pre-snap motion55.9% · #1

8.1% · #32Play action12.9% · #6

11.5% · #1RPO4.4% · #16

4.7% · #7Screen pass5.2% · #4

2.4% · #32No huddle3.1% · #28

67.6% · #2Shotgun57.9% · #13

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

37.0% · #9Man coverage28.4% · #21

33.6% · #4Blitz (5+ rushers)33.1% · #5

33.6% · #6Pressure27.2% · #28

KC scheme profile →MIA scheme profile →

Injury report

2025 week 18 · nflverse + highlightly

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

Miami Dolphins

A.J. GreenCornerbackOut
AJ HenningWide ReceiverQuestionable
Alec IngoldFullbackQuestionable
Alexander MattisonRunning BackInjured Reserve
Andre Carter IILinebackerOut
Ashtyn DavisSafetyOut
Austin JacksonGuardOut
Benito JonesDefensive TackleQuestionable
Caleb JohnsonLinebackerQuestionable
Cedrick Wilson Jr.Wide ReceiverOut
Chop RobinsonLinebackerOut
Cornell ArmstrongCornerbackQuestionable

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