Madden once again predicted the Kansas City Chiefs to win, but this time it predicted the Chiefs beat the Jets comfortably and the Chiefs rewarded it by doing just that. Let’s take a look at just how right Madden got it.
Final Score
Sim
Kansas City Chiefs – 24
New York Jets – 12
Reality
Kansas City Chiefs – 24
New York Jets – 10
It really doesn’t get much closer than that. I assumed when the Chiefs started with two touchdowns on their first two drives that we would see them score more than 24 points, but I was wrong.
Team Statistics
Offensive Yards Gained
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Sim
Chiefs – (399)
Jets – 374
Reality
Chiefs – 309
Jets – (364)
Passing
Sim
Chiefs – (311)
Jets – 286
Reality
Chiefs – 196
Jets – (225)
Rushing
Sim
Chiefs – 88
Jets – 88
Reality
Chiefs – 113
Jets – (139)
Turnovers
Sim
Chiefs – 0
Jets – 0
Reality
Chiefs – 0
Jets – 0
I said in the Madden Predicts article that I expected both teams to finish with more than 88 rushing yards and I was correct about that. The Jets exceeded that mark by a good amount and the Chiefs were able to top it as well. I also said that I doubt the game finishes with zero turnovers by both sides and I was completely wrong. Overall the Madden sim did well when it came to team statistics. Let’s take a closer look at the players.
Individual Player Statistics
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Passing
Sim
Alex Smith – 26/40, 65%, 311 Yards, 2 TD, 0 INT
Mike Vick – 26/33, 78%, 286 Yards, 0 TD, 0 INT
Reality
Alex Smith – 21/31, 67%, 199 Yards, 2 TD, 0 INT
Mike Vick – 21/28, 75%, 196 Yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
Rushing
Sim
Jamaal Charles – 17 Carries, 70 Yards, 1 TD
Chris Ivory – 18 Carries, 54 Yards, 0 TD
Chris Johnson – 13 Carries, 28 Yards, 0 TD
Reality
Jamaal Charles – 20 Carries, 78 Yards, 1 TD
Chris Ivory – 8 Carries, 22 Yards, 0 TD
Chris Johnson – 11 Carries, 69 Yards, 0 TD
Receiving
Sim
Junior Hemingway – 8 Receptions, 142 Yards, 2 TD
Betsided
Dwayne Bowe – 4 Receptions, 52 Yards, 0 TD
Eric Decker – 9 Receptions, 132 Yards, 0 TD
Jeremy Kerley – 6 Receptions, 76 Yards, 0 TD
Reality
Junior Hemingway – 2 Receptions, 9 Yards, 0 TD ( The sim almost got it right)
Dwayne Bowe – 6 Receptions, 55 Yards, 0 TD
Eric Decker – 9 Receptions, 63 Yards, 1 TD
Jeremy Kerley – 2 Receptions, 11 Yards, 0 TD
Defense
Sim
Justin Houston – 10 Tackles, 1 Sack
Dontari Poe – 7 Tackles, 1 Sack
Reality
Justin Houston – 3 Tackles, 1 Assist, 2 Sacks
Dontari Poe – 4 Tackles, 1 Sack
Kicking
Sim
Cairo Santos – 1/1, 100%
Nick Folk – 4/4, 100%
Reality
Cairo Santos – 1/1, 100 %
Nick Folk – 1/1, 100%
The Madden sim was off the rocker when it thought Hemingway would put up huge numbers like that. The sim seems to have Jamaal Charles and Dwayne Bowe down though. Cairo Santos seems like an easy one to predict as well. He’s been good for a 1/1 or 2/2 performance the past few weeks.
The biggest miss besides Junior Hemingway having a breakout game for the sim was how big of an impact Percy Harvin would have on the game. Other than those two hiccups, I think the sim did incredibly well.