NFL: Week 12 Quick Capsule – Los Angeles Rams at Kansas City Chiefs

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WEEK 12
LOS ANGELES RAMS (3-7) @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8-2)
DATE: Sunday (11/27/22)
STADIUM; GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
TIME: 4:25 PM ET
REFEREE: Adrian Hill

REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER Chiefs lead all-time series, 7-5
STREAKS Chiefs have won 6 of last 7
LAST GAME 11/19/18: Chiefs 51 at Rams 54
LAST GAME AT SITE 10/26/14: Chiefs 34, Rams 7

LOS ANGELES RAMS
LAST WEEK L 27-20 at New Orleans
COACH VS. OPP. Sean McVay: 1-0
PTS. FOR 16.8
OFFENSE 288.0
PASSING Matthew Stafford: 206-303-2,087-10-8-87.4
RUSHING Cam Akers: 76-237-3.1-1
RECEIVING Tyler Higbee (TE): 48-430-9.0-0
PTS. AGAINST 22.7
DEFENSE 312.0
SACKS Aaron Donald, Leonard Floyd: 5
INTs Five tied: 1
TAKE/GIVE -7 (8/15)
PUNTING (NET) Riley Dixon: 49.5 (41.0)
KICKING Matt Gay: 60 (18/18 PAT; 14/15 FG)

RAMS NOTES
• QB MATTHEW STAFFORD had 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 126.9 rating last week. Aims for his 4th in row without INT. Passed for 291 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 118.6 rating in his last start vs. KC (9/29/19 w/ Det).
• QB BRYCE PERKINS had 103 yards (64 pass, 39 rush) in Week 11.
• RB CAM AKERS tied his season high with 61 rush yards last week.
• WR ALLEN ROBINSON had 47 rec. yards & 3rd TD catch of season last week. Has 4+ catches in 4 of his past 5. Had 7 catches for 76 yards & rec. TD in his only career game at KC (11/6/16 w/ Jax.) & aims for his 3rd in row vs. KC with 6+ catches & 50+ rec. yards.
• WR TUTU ATWELL had 1st career rec. TD last week.
• TE TYLER HIGBEE ranks tied-2nd among TEs with 48 catches in 2022 & needs 2 catches for 3rd-career 50-catch season. Had 6 catches for 63 yards in last meeting.
• DL AARON DONALD had 2 TFL last week & has 10 TFL in 2022, his 9th-straight 10+ TFL season since entering NFL in 2014. Aims for his 8th in row on road with TFL. Had 2 sacks & 2 FFs in last meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. KC with FF.
• DT GREG GAINES had career-high 2 sacks last week.
• LB BOBBY WAGNER led team with 11 tackles last week. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with 10+ tackles. Had 12 tackles in his only career game vs. KC (12/23/18 w/ Sea.).
• LB LEONARD FLOYD had 2 sacks last week, his 11th-career 2+ sack game.
• DB JALEN RAMSEY aims for his 5th in row with 6+ tackles. Has PD in 5 of his past 6 on road.
• S TAYLOR RAPP aims for his 6th in row with 5+ tackles.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
LAST WEEK: W 30-27 at L.A. Chargers
COACH VS. OPP. Andy Reid: 6-4
PTS. FOR 30.0
OFFENSE 429.3
PASSING Patrick Mahomes: 265-400-3,265-28-7-107.4
RUSHING Isiah Pacheco (R): 75-386-5.1-1
RECEIVING Travis Kelce (TE): 69-855-12.4-11
PTS. AGAINST 23.3
DEFENSE 349.2
SACKS Chris Jones: 9
INTs Four tied: 1
TAKE/GIVE -4 (8/12)
PUNTING (NET) Tommy Townsend: 50.7 (46.4)
KICKING Harrison Butker: 42 (18/20 PAT; 8/11 FG)

CHIEFS NOTES
• QB PATRICK MAHOMES passed for 329 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 120.8 rating last week. Leads NFL in pass yards (3,265) & pass TDs (28) in 2022. Has 2+ TD passes in 6 of his past 7 home starts. Aims for his 4th in row at home with 300+ pass yards. Passed for career-high 478 yards & 6 TDs with 117.6 rating in last meeting.
• RB ISIAH PACHECO (rookie) rushed for career-high 107 yards last week, his 1stcareer 100-yard game.
• TE TRAVIS KELCE had 6 catches for 115 yards & 3 rec. TDs in Week 11 & became 1st TE since 1983 (Todd Christensen) with 2 games of 3+ rec. TDs in single season. Has 33 career games with 100+ rec. yards, most by TE in NFL history. Leads NFL with 11 rec. TDs. Aims for his 6th in row at home with 5+ catches. Had 10 catches for 127 yards & rec. TD in last meeting.
• WR SKYY MOORE (rookie) had career-highs in catches (5) & rec. yards (63) in Week 11.
• DT CHRIS JONES had 2 sacks & 3 TFL last week, his 12th-career game with 2+ sacks. Is 1 of 2 (Myles Garrett) with 7+ sacks in each of past 5 seasons. Is 1 of 3 (Matt Judon & Micah Parsons) with 4+ games (4) of 1.5+ sacks in 2022. Aims for his 6th in row with 0.5+ sacks.
• LB NICK BOLTON led team with season-high 14 tackles & had 1st-career INT & 1stcareer FF last week. Aims for his 4th in row at home with TFL.
• LB WILLIE GAY had 11 tackles, 4th-career sack & 2 TFL last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with sack. Has 5+ tackles in each of his 6 games this season.
• CB L’JARIUS SNEED had 2 PD & TFL last week. Has 5 PD in his past 4. Is 1 of 4 DBs (Budda Baker, Richie Grant & Derwin James) with 10 games of 5+ tackles in 2022.