STADIUM: U.S. Bank Stadium
REFEREE: Land Clark
DATE: Sunday, October 8, 2023
GAME TIME: 4:25 PM ET
CBS: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson
SiriusXM (team name linked to SXM App) KC: 109 or 384 MIN: 104 or 225
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY
REG. SEASON: KC leads series, 7-5 (Home team won past 6)
THE LAST TIME …
REG. SEASON: 11/3/19: MIN 23 at KC 26
HEAD COACHES NOTES:
Andy Reid vs. Opponent (incl. postseason): 6-2 Reg. Season: 250-139-1 (.642) Postseason: 22-16 (.632)
Kevin O’Connell vs. Opponent (incl. postseason): 0-0 Reg. Season: 14-7 (.667) Postseason: 0-1 (.000)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS NOTES:
- QB PATRICK MAHOMES totaled 254 yards (203 pass, season-high 51 rush) last week, his 8th-career game with 50+ rush yards. Has 2+ TD passes in 3 of 4 games this season & 95+ rating in 2 of his past 3. Has 200 career TD passes, becoming fastest player ever (84 games) to reach milestone. Is 4-1 as starter vs. NFC North, with 9 TDs (8 pass, 1 rush) vs. INT.
- RB ISIAH PACHECO had career-high 158 scrimmage yards (115 rush, 43 rec. – both career highs) & rush TD last week. Aims for 4th in row with 70+ scrimmage yards & 3rd in row with rush TD.
- RB JERICK MCKINNON spent 1st 4 seasons of career (2014- 17) with Min., totaling 2,902 scrimmage yards & 12 TDs.
- TE TRAVIS KELCE aims for 3rd in row with 6+ catches & 60+ rec. yards. Has TD catch in 2 of 3 games this season & 5 of his past 6 overall, incl. playoffs. Has 5+ catches & 60+ rec. yards in both career games vs. Min. Aims for his 4th in row vs. NFC North with rec. TD.
- TE NOAH GRAY had 3rd-career TD catch in Week 4.
- WR MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING had 123 rec. yards & TD catch in his last game at Min. (11/21/21 w/ GB).
- WR JUSTIN WATSON has 50+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3.
- DT CHRIS JONES has sack in each of his past 6 reg. season games, longest active streak in NFL. Had sack in last meeting.
- DE GEORGE KARLAFTIS has 0.5+ sacks in 2 of his past 3. Has TFL in 5 of his past 6 on road.
- LB NICK BOLTON aims for his 12th in row with 7+ tackles.
- LB DRUE TRANQUILL led team with 8 tackles & had 2nd-career FF in Week 4. Aims for 3rd in row with 8+ tackles.
- S MIKE EDWARDS had 1st sack of season last week. Aims for 3rd in row with PD. Has TFL in 2 of his past 3 on road.
- CB TRENT MCDUFFIE has 5+ tackles in 3 of 4 games this season.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS NOTES:
- QB KIRK COUSINS is only QB with 2+ TD passes in each of 1st 4 weeks. Leads NFL in pass TDs (11) & ranks 3rd in pass yards (1,214). Aims for his 5th in row at home & 5th in row overall with 2+ TD passes. Had 3 TD passes vs. 0 INTs in last meeting. Has 49 career 300-yard games & can become 5th QB ever with 50 300-yard games in 1st 12 seasons.
- RB ALEXANDER MATTISON rushed for 95 yards last week & aims for his 3rd in row with 90+ rush yards.
- RB CAM AKERS had 51 scrimmage yards (40 rush, 11 rec.) in team debut last week.
- WR JUSTIN JEFFERSON had 6 catches for 85 yards & 2 rec. TDs last week, his 5th-career game with 2 TD catches. Leads NFL with 543 rec. yards, 4th-most ever by player in team’s 1st 4 games of season. Has rec. TD in 5 of his past 6 at home. Aims for his 5th in row at home with 120+ rec. yards.
- TE T.J. HOCKENSON aims for his 4th in row at home with 8+ receptions. Had TD catch in his only career game vs. KC (9/29/19 w/ Det.). Ranks tied-1st among TEs with 25 receptions in 2023.
- S HARRISON SMITH led team with career-high 14 tackles, had career-high 3 sacks & had 2nd FF of season last week, 7th DB since 2000 with 3 sacks in single game. Is 5th DB since 1982 with 3+ sacks in 4+ (4) career seasons. Had sack & FF in last meeting.
- LB DANIELLE HUNTER leads NFL with 8 TFL & leads NFC with sacks in 2023. Aims for his 5th in row with TFL. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. KC with 0.5+ sacks.
- LB D.J. WONNUM had 1st-career FR-TD in Week 4.
- LB JORDAN HICKS had 13 tackles last week.
- S CAMRYN BYNUM has 12 tackles last week & is only DB with 3 games of 10+ tackles in 2023.
