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On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Denver Broncos 23-3 at Arrowhead Stadium, advancing their record to 10-4.
Let’s see how individual Chiefs players contributed to the win.
Starters (offensive): WR Tyreek Hill, LT Eric Fisher, LG Andrew Wylie, C Austin Reiter, RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, RT Mitchell Schwartz, TE Travis Kelce, WR Sammy Watkins, QB Patrick Mahomes, RB LeSean McCoy and WR Demarcus Robinson.
Starters (defensive): LDE Alex Okafor, LDT Derrick Nnadi, RDT Chris Jones, RDE Tanoh Kpassagnon, LB Anthony Hitchens, LB Damien Wilson, LB Reggie Ragland, LCB Bashaud Breeland, RCB Charvarius Ward, FS Juan Thornhill and SS Tyrann Mathieu.
Did not play: QB Matt Moore.
Inactive: QB Chad Henne, CB Morris Claiborne, RB Damien Williams, CB Rashad Fenton, T Jackson Barton, G Nick Allegretti and TE Deon Yelder.
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 | 63 (100%) | 37 (100%) | 26 (100%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 63 (100%) | 37 (100%) | 26 (100%) |
Eric Fisher | 63 (100%) | 37 (100%) | 26 (100%) |
Patrick Mahomes | 63 (100%) | 37 (100%) | 26 (100%) |
Austin Reiter | 63 (100%) | 37 (100%) | 26 (100%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 63 (100%) | 37 (100%) | 26 (100%) |
Andrew Wylie | 59 (94%) | 37 (100%) | 22 (85%) |
Travis Kelce | 57 (90%) | 35 (95%) | 22 (85%) |
Tyreek Hill | 53 (84%) | 34 (92%) | 19 (73%) |
Sammy Watkins | 48 (76%) | 34 (92%) | 14 (54%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 34 (54%) | 26 (70%) | 8 (31%) |
Blake Bell | 30 (48%) | 11 (30%) | 19 (73%) |
Spencer Ware | 26 (41%) | 15 (41%) | 11 (42%) |
Darwin Thompson | 23 (37%) | 14 (38%) | 9 (35%) |
LeSean McCoy | 14 (22%) | 8 (22%) | 6 (23%) |
Anthony Sherman | 13 (21%) | 2 (5%) | 11 (42%) |
Mecole Hardman | 11 (17%) | 6 (16%) | 5 (19%) |
Byron Pringle | 6 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (23%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 4 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (15%) |
Offensive takeaways
- TE Travis Kelce led Chiefs skill-position players in snaps 57 (90%), followed by WR Tyreek Hill (53), WR Sammy Watkins (48) and WR Demarcus Robinson (34). WR Mecole Hardman had just 11 snaps (17%).
- The Chiefs ran with a true running back by committee: Spencer Ware 26 (41%), Darwin Thompson 23 (37%) and LeSean McCoy 14 (22%).
- LG Andrew Wylie only missed of handful (4) snaps with his injured left ankle.
Defense | All | Pass | Run |
Total | 57 (100%) | 42 (100%) | 15 (100%) |
Bashaud Breeland | 57 (100%) | 42 (100%) | 15 (100%) |
Tyrann Mathieu | 57 (100%) | 42 (100%) | 15 (100%) |
Juan Thornhill | 57 (100%) | 42 (100%) | 15 (100%) |
Charvarius Ward | 57 (100%) | 42 (100%) | 15 (100%) |
Chris Jones | 46 (81%) | 33 (79%) | 13 (87%) |
Frank Clark | 45 (79%) | 33 (79%) | 12 (80%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 43 (75%) | 33 (79%) | 10 (67%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 42 (74%) | 33 (79%) | 9 (60%) |
Demone Harris | 39 (68%) | 30 (71%) | 9 (60%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 32 (56%) | 19 (45%) | 13 (87%) |
Kendall Fuller | 31 (54%) | 26 (62%) | 5 (33%) |
Damien Wilson | 26 (46%) | 16 (38%) | 10 (67%) |
Ben Niemann | 25 (44%) | 23 (55%) | 2 (13%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 22 (39%) | 16 (38%) | 6 (40%) |
Mike Pennel | 16 (28%) | 10 (24%) | 6 (40%) |
Reggie Ragland | 15 (26%) | 9 (21%) | 6 (40%) |
Khalen Saunders | 12 (21%) | 10 (24%) | 2 (13%) |
Alex Okafor | 5 (9%) | 3 (7%) | 2 (13%) |
Defensive takeaways
- The Chiefs had four iron men on Sunday: CB Bashaud Breeland, S Tyrann Mathieu, S Juan Thornhill and CB Charvarius Ward played every snap for the defense (57).
- Frank Clark, who has now reportedly lost nearly 20 pounds, was on the field for 45 snaps (79%).
- DE Tanoh Kpassagnon saw 43 snaps (73%) with Alex Okafor needing to exit the game early.
- DL Demone Harris (39) saw more playing time than DTs Derrick Nnadi (22) and Khalen Saunders (12).
Special Teams | Snaps |
Total | 18 (100%) |
Blake Bell | 15 (83%) |
Jordan Lucas | 14 (78%) |
Ben Niemann | 14 (78%) |
Dorian O'Daniel | 14 (78%) |
Darron Lee | 13 (72%) |
Byron Pringle | 13 (72%) |
Anthony Sherman | 13 (72%) |
Armani Watts | 13 (72%) |
Harrison Butker | 9 (50%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 9 (50%) |
Alex Brown | 8 (44%) |
Mecole Hardman | 7 (39%) |
Dustin Colquitt | 6 (33%) |
James Winchester | 6 (33%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 5 (28%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 4 (22%) |
Cameron Erving | 4 (22%) |
Eric Fisher | 4 (22%) |
Austin Reiter | 4 (22%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 4 (22%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 4 (22%) |
Juan Thornhill | 3 (17%) |
Charvarius Ward | 3 (17%) |
Darwin Thompson | 2 (11%) |
Spencer Ware | 2 (11%) |
Demone Harris | 1 (6%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 1 (6%) |
Chris Jones | 1 (6%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 1 (6%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 1 (6%) |
Special teams takeaways
- The special teams leader was TE Blake Bell (15). S Jordan Lucas, LB Ben Niemann and LB Dorian O’Daniel (14) were right behind Bell.
All Snaps | Off | Def | ST | Total |
Total | 63 (100%) | 57 (100%) | 18 (100%) | 138 (100%) |
Blake Bell | 30 (48%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (83%) | 45 (33%) |
Bashaud Breeland | 0 (0%) | 57 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 57 (41%) |
Alex Brown | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (44%) | 8 (6%) |
Harrison Butker | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 9 (50%) | 9 (7%) |
Frank Clark | 0 (0%) | 45 (79%) | 0 (0%) | 45 (33%) |
Dustin Colquitt | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (33%) | 6 (4%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 63 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (22%) | 67 (49%) |
Cameron Erving | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (22%) | 4 (3%) |
Eric Fisher | 63 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (22%) | 67 (49%) |
Kendall Fuller | 0 (0%) | 31 (54%) | 0 (0%) | 31 (22%) |
Mecole Hardman | 11 (17%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (39%) | 18 (13%) |
Demone Harris | 0 (0%) | 39 (68%) | 1 (6%) | 40 (29%) |
Tyreek Hill | 53 (84%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 53 (38%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 0 (0%) | 32 (56%) | 1 (6%) | 33 (24%) |
Chris Jones | 0 (0%) | 46 (81%) | 1 (6%) | 47 (34%) |
Travis Kelce | 57 (90%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 57 (41%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 0 (0%) | 43 (75%) | 1 (6%) | 44 (32%) |
Darron Lee | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (72%) | 13 (9%) |
Jordan Lucas | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 14 (78%) | 14 (10%) |
Patrick Mahomes | 63 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 63 (46%) |
Tyrann Mathieu | 0 (0%) | 57 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 57 (41%) |
LeSean McCoy | 14 (22%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 14 (10%) |
Ben Niemann | 0 (0%) | 25 (44%) | 14 (78%) | 39 (28%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 0 (0%) | 22 (39%) | 1 (6%) | 23 (17%) |
Dorian O'Daniel | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 14 (78%) | 14 (10%) |
Alex Okafor | 0 (0%) | 5 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (4%) |
Mike Pennel | 0 (0%) | 16 (28%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (12%) |
Byron Pringle | 6 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (72%) | 19 (14%) |
Reggie Ragland | 0 (0%) | 15 (26%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (11%) |
Austin Reiter | 63 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (22%) | 67 (49%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 34 (54%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (28%) | 39 (28%) |
Khalen Saunders | 0 (0%) | 12 (21%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (9%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 63 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (22%) | 67 (49%) |
Anthony Sherman | 13 (21%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (72%) | 26 (19%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 0 (0%) | 42 (74%) | 9 (50%) | 51 (37%) |
Darwin Thompson | 23 (37%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (11%) | 25 (18%) |
Juan Thornhill | 0 (0%) | 57 (100%) | 3 (17%) | 60 (43%) |
Charvarius Ward | 0 (0%) | 57 (100%) | 3 (17%) | 60 (43%) |
Spencer Ware | 26 (41%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (11%) | 28 (20%) |
Sammy Watkins | 48 (76%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 48 (35%) |
Armani Watts | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (72%) | 13 (9%) |
Damien Wilson | 0 (0%) | 26 (46%) | 0 (0%) | 26 (19%) |
James Winchester | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (33%) | 6 (4%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 4 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (22%) | 8 (6%) |
Andrew Wylie | 59 (94%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 59 (43%) |