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Kansas City Chiefs Defense vs Wide Receivers (2025)

In 2025, the Kansas City Chiefs allowed 124.6 receiving yards per game to wide receivers — #9 of 32 (1 = stingiest). This is a two-year-stable stout matchup — one of the few defense-vs-position tendencies that repeated across seasons.

Everything they allowed to wide receivers, per game

Metric	Season	Last 4	Last 2
Targets allowed	17.4	16.8	20.0
Receptions allowed	10.9	9.5	9.5
Rec yds allowed	124.6	98.2	75.0
Rec TD allowed	0.6	0.5	0.0
Yards per target	7.2	5.9	3.8
Explosive receptions (20+)	1.8	1.2	0.5

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

Upcoming: week 1 vs Denver Broncos

Wide Receivers they'll face first: Courtland Sutton, Jaylen Waddle, Troy Franklin.

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Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-07-28.

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