Wallace would be the absolute last QB I'd consider playing this week.
Kansas City has won its last three home games against members of the NFC West by a combined score of 139-10, including two shutout wins.
Over Kansas City’s past seven home contests, the Chiefs have compiled a 6-1 record. During that seven-game span, KC has allowed just 185.9 passing ypg in those contests and has limited opposing passers to a 61.0 rating, giving up just six TDs and forcing 12 INTs over that seven-game span. For comparison’s sake Baltimore currently leads the NFL by allowing just a 59.8 rating by opposing passers in 2006. Kansas City hasn’t allowed an opposing passer to post a 100.0 rating or better in its last eight games at Arrowhead.
The Chiefs starting secondary of CBs Ty Law (48 INTs), S Sammy Knight (38 INTs), CB Patrick Surtain (33 INTs) and S Greg Wesley (28 INTs) own a combined 147 career interceptions, the highest tally of any starting secondary unit in the NFL. Kansas City owns a stellar 30-3 (.909) record at Arrowhead when forcing two or more INTs dating back to ‘95, including a 13-1 (.929) mark in such contests dating back to 2002.
Kansas City owns a 19-5 record (.792) against Seattle in the 24 previous meetings between the two squads at Arrowhead. The Chiefs boast an NFL-best 19-4 (.826) record in interconference contests dating back to ‘95. The Seahawks have won their last three regular season contests vs. AFC opponents, but are just 1-5 on the road against AFC foes dating back to 2003.
Mike Holmgren owns 142 regular season victories as an NFL head coach, but has won just once in Kansas City, owning a 1-4 record at Arrowhead. During his 14-year tenure as an NFL head coach with Green Bay and Seattle, Holmgren is a combined 1-11 (.083) on the road against former AFC West foes Kansas City (1-4), Oakland (0-4) and Denver (0-3).
The Chiefs have outscored their foes by a 34-6 margin in the first half of their last two home wins.
The Chiefs are 49-7 (.875) in regular season action at Arrowhead when leading at the half dating back to ‘95. The Chiefs are 10-2 (.833) against the Seahawks at home since ‘90 and have held a halftime lead in nine of those 12 contests.
The Chiefs own a stellar 45-2 (.957) record at Arrowhead since the start of the ‘95 season when holding their opponents to 17 points or less. KC has won 17 consecutive home games at Arrowhead when holding their foes to 17 points or less dating back to a 19-7 win vs. Seattle (11/25/01).
Seattle enters this week’s contest averaging 20.2 ppg and will face a Chiefs defense that has permitted just 12.0 ppg in its last five games at home. Only Pittsburgh (26 games) and Seattle (21 games) own more consecutive wins than Kansas City (20) when limiting their foes to 21 points or less at home. In 12 meetings with the Seahawks at Arrowhead dating back to ‘90, the Chiefs have outscored Seattle by an average margin of 24.4 to 15.1. The Seahawks have actually been outscored by their opponents by a 121-to-142 margin this season, meaning Seattle, Carolina and the N.Y. Jets are the only three teams in the league with winning records that have allowed more points than they have scored.
The Chiefs have posted a +6 (7 takes/1 give) turnover ratio in their last two home games. Seattle is -8 (4 takes/12 gives) in its last five losses. The Chiefs are +10 (25 takes/15 gives) in 12 games against Seattle at Arrowhead dating back to ‘90. Dating back to 2003, the Seahawks are just 1-9 (.100) on the road with a negative turnover differential, including a streak of four straight losses. The last time Seattle won a road game when negative was a 24-17 win at SF (12/27/03) when the Seahawks were -2. Since the start of the 2004 campaign, only three teams – IND (40), JAX (47) and SD (51) – have committed fewer giveaways than Seattle (56) and Denver (56).
The Chiefs have gone 18 straight games without relinquishing a 100-yard rusher at Arrowhead, the longest active streak in the league. The last Seattle rusher to top the 100-yard barrier at Arrowhead was RB Ricky Watters, who boasted 107 yards in a 31-19 Seattle win (11/21/99), the Seahawks last victory in KC. The Seahawks currently rank 20th in the NFL, averaging 99.7 rushing ypg. Seattle has won 13 consecutive contests when boasting a 100-yard back. However, the Seahawks are one of five teams that have yet to produce an individual 100-yard rusher in 2006.