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The Kansas City Chiefs stopped a two-game losing streak in its tracks on Thursday night, defeating the Denver Broncos 30-6 and extending their record to 5-2. How did Chiefs players contribute?
Starters (offensive): WR Tyreek Hill, LT Cameron Erving, LG Martinas Rankin, C Austin Reiter, RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, RT Mitchell Schwartz, TE Travis Kelce, WR Mecole Hardman, RB LeSean McCoy, QB Patrick Mahomes and TE Blake Bell.
Starters (defensive): LDE Alex Okafor, LDT Khalen Saunders, RDT Derrick Nnadi, RDE Frank Clark, LB Anthony Hitchens, LB Damien Wilson, LB Reggie Ragland, RCB Charvarius Ward, LCB Bashaud Breeland, FS Juan Thornhill and SS Tyrann Mathieu.
Did not play: All active players appeared in the game
Inactive: WR Sammy Watkins, CB Kendall Fuller, RB Darwin Thompson, T Greg Senat, T Eric Fisher, G Andrew Wylie and DT Chris Jones.
Editor’s Note: Arrowhead Pride obtains snap count data from the NFL’s game stats and information system, which allows us to break out snap counts by run or pass on offensive and defensive plays. Because GSIS data ignores plays that were nullified by penalties, total offensive and defensive snap counts will vary from other sources, which get their data from NFL Gamebooks
Offense | All | Pass | Run |
Total | 58 (100%) | 31 (100%) | 27 (100%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 58 (100%) | 31 (100%) | 27 (100%) |
Cameron Erving | 58 (100%) | 31 (100%) | 27 (100%) |
Austin Reiter | 58 (100%) | 31 (100%) | 27 (100%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 58 (100%) | 31 (100%) | 27 (100%) |
Martinas Rankin | 54 (93%) | 29 (94%) | 25 (93%) |
Travis Kelce | 52 (90%) | 31 (100%) | 21 (78%) |
Tyreek Hill | 50 (86%) | 29 (94%) | 21 (78%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 46 (79%) | 28 (90%) | 18 (67%) |
Matt Moore | 38 (66%) | 20 (65%) | 18 (67%) |
Blake Bell | 28 (48%) | 13 (42%) | 15 (56%) |
Mecole Hardman | 28 (48%) | 18 (58%) | 10 (37%) |
LeSean McCoy | 25 (43%) | 12 (39%) | 13 (48%) |
Patrick Mahomes | 20 (34%) | 11 (35%) | 9 (33%) |
Damien Williams | 17 (29%) | 8 (26%) | 9 (33%) |
Darrel Williams | 16 (28%) | 11 (35%) | 5 (19%) |
Byron Pringle | 13 (22%) | 4 (13%) | 9 (33%) |
Anthony Sherman | 12 (21%) | 1 (3%) | 11 (41%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 4 (7%) | 2 (6%) | 2 (7%) |
Nick Allegretti | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (7%) |
Deon Yelder | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) |
Offensive takeaways
- Because of the injury to starting QB Patrick Mahomes, backup Matt Moore ended up with about two-thirds of the Chiefs’ offensive snaps (38 for 66 percent).
- RB LeSean McCoy led Chiefs running backs in offensive snaps (25), and the play-calling was more balanced with him on the field than it has been lately. McCoy saw 12 pass plays and 13 run plays.
- OL Stefen Wisniewski (4) and rookie OL Nick Allegretti (2) mixed in for a few snaps.
Defense | All | Pass | Run |
Total | 64 (100%) | 42 (100%) | 22 (100%) |
Charvarius Ward | 63 (98%) | 42 (100%) | 21 (95%) |
Tyrann Mathieu | 62 (97%) | 42 (100%) | 20 (91%) |
Juan Thornhill | 60 (94%) | 42 (100%) | 18 (82%) |
Frank Clark | 49 (77%) | 35 (83%) | 14 (64%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 48 (75%) | 33 (79%) | 15 (68%) |
Alex Okafor | 48 (75%) | 33 (79%) | 15 (68%) |
Bashaud Breeland | 41 (64%) | 27 (64%) | 14 (64%) |
Emmanuel Ogbah | 41 (64%) | 29 (69%) | 12 (55%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 40 (63%) | 32 (76%) | 8 (36%) |
Rashad Fenton | 36 (56%) | 28 (67%) | 8 (36%) |
Ben Niemann | 32 (50%) | 27 (64%) | 5 (23%) |
Damien Wilson | 32 (50%) | 15 (36%) | 17 (77%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 31 (48%) | 15 (36%) | 16 (73%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 30 (47%) | 15 (36%) | 15 (68%) |
Khalen Saunders | 26 (41%) | 10 (24%) | 16 (73%) |
Reggie Ragland | 24 (38%) | 14 (33%) | 10 (45%) |
Morris Claiborne | 22 (34%) | 15 (36%) | 7 (32%) |
Terrell McClain | 10 (16%) | 5 (12%) | 5 (23%) |
Jordan Lucas | 4 (6%) | 2 (5%) | 2 (9%) |
Darron Lee | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (9%) |
Armani Watts | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (9%) |
Defensive takeaways
- No iron men on Thursday night—CB Charvarius Ward came the closest with 63 of the 64 defensive snaps.
- S Daniel Sorensen (40) and CB Rashad Fenton (36) saw extended time. With slot CB Kendall Fuller out of the lineup, Fenton even played more than CB Mo Claiborne, who had just 22 defensive snaps.
- LB Ben Niemman still out-snapped LB Anthony Hitchens in Hitchens’ return to the lineup, 32-31.
- LB Reggie Ragland had by far the most defensive snaps he has seen this season — 24. LB Darron Lee was only on the field for two defensive snaps.
Special Teams | Snaps |
Total | 31 (100%) |
Jordan Lucas | 25 (81%) |
Dorian O'Daniel | 25 (81%) |
Rashad Fenton | 23 (74%) |
Byron Pringle | 23 (74%) |
Armani Watts | 23 (74%) |
Anthony Sherman | 21 (68%) |
Darron Lee | 16 (52%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 16 (52%) |
De'Anthony Thomas | 16 (52%) |
Blake Bell | 15 (48%) |
Darrel Williams | 14 (45%) |
Harrison Butker | 13 (42%) |
Dustin Colquitt | 12 (39%) |
James Winchester | 12 (39%) |
Ben Niemann | 10 (32%) |
Charvarius Ward | 10 (32%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 7 (23%) |
Nick Allegretti | 6 (19%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 6 (19%) |
Martinas Rankin | 6 (19%) |
Austin Reiter | 6 (19%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 6 (19%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 6 (19%) |
Deon Yelder | 6 (19%) |
Reggie Ragland | 4 (13%) |
Mecole Hardman | 3 (10%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 3 (10%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 2 (6%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 2 (6%) |
Emmanuel Ogbah | 2 (6%) |
Alex Okafor | 2 (6%) |
Special teams takeaways
- The Chiefs were happy to get LB Dorian O’Daniel back in the lineup, as he shared the lead with S Jordan Lucas for special-teams snaps (25).
All Snaps | Off | Def | ST | Total |
Total | 58 (100%) | 64 (100%) | 31 (100%) | 153 (100%) |
Nick Allegretti | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (19%) | 8 (5%) |
Blake Bell | 28 (48%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (48%) | 43 (28%) |
Bashaud Breeland | 0 (0%) | 41 (64%) | 0 (0%) | 41 (27%) |
Harrison Butker | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (42%) | 13 (8%) |
Morris Claiborne | 0 (0%) | 22 (34%) | 0 (0%) | 22 (14%) |
Frank Clark | 0 (0%) | 49 (77%) | 0 (0%) | 49 (32%) |
Dustin Colquitt | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (39%) | 12 (8%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 58 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (19%) | 64 (42%) |
Cameron Erving | 58 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 58 (38%) |
Rashad Fenton | 0 (0%) | 36 (56%) | 23 (74%) | 59 (39%) |
Mecole Hardman | 28 (48%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (10%) | 31 (20%) |
Tyreek Hill | 50 (86%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 50 (33%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 0 (0%) | 31 (48%) | 2 (6%) | 33 (22%) |
Travis Kelce | 52 (90%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 52 (34%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 0 (0%) | 48 (75%) | 7 (23%) | 55 (36%) |
Darron Lee | 0 (0%) | 2 (3%) | 16 (52%) | 18 (12%) |
Jordan Lucas | 0 (0%) | 4 (6%) | 25 (81%) | 29 (19%) |
Patrick Mahomes | 20 (34%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 20 (13%) |
Tyrann Mathieu | 0 (0%) | 62 (97%) | 0 (0%) | 62 (41%) |
Terrell McClain | 0 (0%) | 10 (16%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (7%) |
LeSean McCoy | 25 (43%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 25 (16%) |
Matt Moore | 38 (66%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 38 (25%) |
Ben Niemann | 0 (0%) | 32 (50%) | 10 (32%) | 42 (27%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 0 (0%) | 30 (47%) | 2 (6%) | 32 (21%) |
Dorian O'Daniel | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 25 (81%) | 25 (16%) |
Emmanuel Ogbah | 0 (0%) | 41 (64%) | 2 (6%) | 43 (28%) |
Alex Okafor | 0 (0%) | 48 (75%) | 2 (6%) | 50 (33%) |
Byron Pringle | 13 (22%) | 0 (0%) | 23 (74%) | 36 (24%) |
Reggie Ragland | 0 (0%) | 24 (38%) | 4 (13%) | 28 (18%) |
Martinas Rankin | 54 (93%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (19%) | 60 (39%) |
Austin Reiter | 58 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (19%) | 64 (42%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 46 (79%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (10%) | 49 (32%) |
Khalen Saunders | 0 (0%) | 26 (41%) | 0 (0%) | 26 (17%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 58 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (19%) | 64 (42%) |
Anthony Sherman | 12 (21%) | 0 (0%) | 21 (68%) | 33 (22%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 0 (0%) | 40 (63%) | 16 (52%) | 56 (37%) |
De'Anthony Thomas | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (52%) | 16 (10%) |
Juan Thornhill | 0 (0%) | 60 (94%) | 0 (0%) | 60 (39%) |
Charvarius Ward | 0 (0%) | 63 (98%) | 10 (32%) | 73 (48%) |
Armani Watts | 0 (0%) | 2 (3%) | 23 (74%) | 25 (16%) |
Damien Williams | 17 (29%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 17 (11%) |
Darrel Williams | 16 (28%) | 0 (0%) | 14 (45%) | 30 (20%) |
Damien Wilson | 0 (0%) | 32 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 32 (21%) |
James Winchester | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (39%) | 12 (8%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 4 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (19%) | 10 (7%) |
Deon Yelder | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (19%) | 7 (5%) |