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The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 31-21 in Sunday’s season finale, pushing their record to 12-4 for the second consecutive year.
Let’s take a look at how individual Chiefs players contributed to the win.
Starters (offensive): WR Tyreek Hill, LT Eric Fisher, LG Stefen Wisniewski, C Austin Reiter, RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, RT Mitchell Schwartz, TE Travis Kelce, WR Sammy Watkins, QB Patrick Mahomes, RB Damien Williams and WR Mecole Hardman.
Starters (defensive): LDE Tanoh Kpassagnon, LDT Derrick Nnadi, RDT Chris Jones, RDE Frank Clark, LB Anthony Hitchens, LB Damien Wilson, RCB Charvarius Ward, LCB Bashaud Breeland, DB Daniel Sorensen, FS Juan Thornhill and SS Tyrann Mathieu.
Did not play: QB Matt Moore and RB LeSean McCoy.
Inactive: QB Chad Henne, CB Morris Claiborne, DB Alex Brown, T Jackson Barton, G Andrew Wylie, TE Deon Yelder and DT Xavier Williams.
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 | 48 (100%) | 25 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 48 (100%) | 25 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Eric Fisher | 48 (100%) | 25 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Patrick Mahomes | 48 (100%) | 25 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Austin Reiter | 48 (100%) | 25 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 48 (100%) | 25 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 48 (100%) | 25 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Travis Kelce | 45 (94%) | 24 (96%) | 21 (91%) |
Tyreek Hill | 41 (85%) | 24 (96%) | 17 (74%) |
Sammy Watkins | 35 (73%) | 20 (80%) | 15 (65%) |
Damien Williams | 34 (71%) | 20 (80%) | 14 (61%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 21 (44%) | 11 (44%) | 10 (43%) |
Blake Bell | 19 (40%) | 8 (32%) | 11 (48%) |
Mecole Hardman | 16 (33%) | 11 (44%) | 5 (22%) |
Darwin Thompson | 11 (23%) | 4 (16%) | 7 (30%) |
Anthony Sherman | 9 (19%) | 2 (8%) | 7 (30%) |
Byron Pringle | 7 (15%) | 1 (4%) | 6 (26%) |
Nick Allegretti | 2 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (9%) |
Offensive takeaways
- The Chiefs had their lowest number of total offensive snaps since Week 6.
- Running back breakdown: Damien Williams, 34; Darwin Thompson, 11; LeSean McCoy did not see the field.
- WR Demarcus Robinson saw his smallest usage (percentage-wise) since Week 9.
Defense | All | Pass | Run |
Total | 74 (100%) | 49 (100%) | 25 (100%) |
Tyrann Mathieu | 74 (100%) | 49 (100%) | 25 (100%) |
Charvarius Ward | 74 (100%) | 49 (100%) | 25 (100%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 73 (99%) | 49 (100%) | 24 (96%) |
Kendall Fuller | 61 (82%) | 40 (82%) | 21 (84%) |
Chris Jones | 59 (80%) | 42 (86%) | 17 (68%) |
Frank Clark | 57 (77%) | 38 (78%) | 19 (76%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 48 (65%) | 25 (51%) | 23 (92%) |
Armani Watts | 46 (62%) | 34 (69%) | 12 (48%) |
Demone Harris | 40 (54%) | 25 (51%) | 15 (60%) |
Bashaud Breeland | 38 (51%) | 22 (45%) | 16 (64%) |
Rashad Fenton | 36 (49%) | 27 (55%) | 9 (36%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 36 (49%) | 28 (57%) | 8 (32%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 35 (47%) | 18 (37%) | 17 (68%) |
Terrell Suggs | 34 (46%) | 24 (49%) | 10 (40%) |
Ben Niemann | 26 (35%) | 24 (49%) | 2 (8%) |
Damien Wilson | 20 (27%) | 12 (24%) | 8 (32%) |
Juan Thornhill | 18 (24%) | 10 (20%) | 8 (32%) |
Mike Pennel | 14 (19%) | 5 (10%) | 9 (36%) |
Khalen Saunders | 12 (16%) | 8 (16%) | 4 (16%) |
Reggie Ragland | 8 (11%) | 5 (10%) | 3 (12%) |
Dorian O'Daniel | 5 (7%) | 5 (10%) | 0 (0%) |
Defensive takeaways
- The Chiefs had their highest number of total defensive snaps since Week 11 (also 74). S Tyrann Mathieu and CB Charvarius Ward were the iron men, seeing every snap.
- CB Bashaud Breeland, who was dealing with an illness, saw his smallest usage (percentage-wise) since the beginning of the season.
- CB Rashad Fenton saw the most snaps he has since Week 7; CB Kendall Fuller saw the most snaps he has since Week 1.
- DT Terrell Suggs’ 34 snaps were exactly twice as many snaps as he saw last week.
- S Daniel Sorensen was used more in this game than any game this season (73 snaps, 99%).
Special Teams | Snaps |
Total | 23 (100%) |
Jordan Lucas | 18 (78%) |
Ben Niemann | 18 (78%) |
Dorian O'Daniel | 18 (78%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 18 (78%) |
Anthony Sherman | 17 (74%) |
Darron Lee | 15 (65%) |
Byron Pringle | 15 (65%) |
Armani Watts | 15 (65%) |
Harrison Butker | 11 (48%) |
Blake Bell | 10 (43%) |
Mecole Hardman | 10 (43%) |
Darwin Thompson | 9 (39%) |
Rashad Fenton | 8 (35%) |
Dustin Colquitt | 7 (30%) |
James Winchester | 7 (30%) |
Charvarius Ward | 6 (26%) |
Nick Allegretti | 5 (22%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 5 (22%) |
Eric Fisher | 5 (22%) |
Austin Reiter | 5 (22%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 5 (22%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 5 (22%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 4 (17%) |
Demone Harris | 3 (13%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 3 (13%) |
Chris Jones | 3 (13%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 3 (13%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 3 (13%) |
Cameron Erving | 1 (4%) |
All Snaps | Off | Def | ST | Total |
Total | 48 (100%) | 74 (100%) | 23 (100%) | 145 (100%) |
Nick Allegretti | 2 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (22%) | 7 (5%) |
Blake Bell | 19 (40%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (43%) | 29 (20%) |
Bashaud Breeland | 0 (0%) | 38 (51%) | 0 (0%) | 38 (26%) |
Harrison Butker | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (48%) | 11 (8%) |
Frank Clark | 0 (0%) | 57 (77%) | 0 (0%) | 57 (39%) |
Dustin Colquitt | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (30%) | 7 (5%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 48 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (22%) | 53 (37%) |
Cameron Erving | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (1%) |
Rashad Fenton | 0 (0%) | 36 (49%) | 8 (35%) | 44 (30%) |
Eric Fisher | 48 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (22%) | 53 (37%) |
Kendall Fuller | 0 (0%) | 61 (82%) | 0 (0%) | 61 (42%) |
Mecole Hardman | 16 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (43%) | 26 (18%) |
Demone Harris | 0 (0%) | 40 (54%) | 3 (13%) | 43 (30%) |
Tyreek Hill | 41 (85%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 41 (28%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 0 (0%) | 48 (65%) | 3 (13%) | 51 (35%) |
Chris Jones | 0 (0%) | 59 (80%) | 3 (13%) | 62 (43%) |
Travis Kelce | 45 (94%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 45 (31%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 0 (0%) | 36 (49%) | 3 (13%) | 39 (27%) |
Darron Lee | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (65%) | 15 (10%) |
Jordan Lucas | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (78%) | 18 (12%) |
Patrick Mahomes | 48 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 48 (33%) |
Tyrann Mathieu | 0 (0%) | 74 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 74 (51%) |
Ben Niemann | 0 (0%) | 26 (35%) | 18 (78%) | 44 (30%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 0 (0%) | 35 (47%) | 3 (13%) | 38 (26%) |
Dorian O'Daniel | 0 (0%) | 5 (7%) | 18 (78%) | 23 (16%) |
Mike Pennel | 0 (0%) | 14 (19%) | 0 (0%) | 14 (10%) |
Byron Pringle | 7 (15%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (65%) | 22 (15%) |
Reggie Ragland | 0 (0%) | 8 (11%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (6%) |
Austin Reiter | 48 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (22%) | 53 (37%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 21 (44%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (17%) | 25 (17%) |
Khalen Saunders | 0 (0%) | 12 (16%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (8%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 48 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (22%) | 53 (37%) |
Anthony Sherman | 9 (19%) | 0 (0%) | 17 (74%) | 26 (18%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 0 (0%) | 73 (99%) | 18 (78%) | 91 (63%) |
Terrell Suggs | 0 (0%) | 34 (46%) | 0 (0%) | 34 (23%) |
Darwin Thompson | 11 (23%) | 0 (0%) | 9 (39%) | 20 (14%) |
Juan Thornhill | 0 (0%) | 18 (24%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (12%) |
Charvarius Ward | 0 (0%) | 74 (100%) | 6 (26%) | 80 (55%) |
Sammy Watkins | 35 (73%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 35 (24%) |
Armani Watts | 0 (0%) | 46 (62%) | 15 (65%) | 61 (42%) |
Damien Williams | 34 (71%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 34 (23%) |
Damien Wilson | 0 (0%) | 20 (27%) | 0 (0%) | 20 (14%) |
James Winchester | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (30%) | 7 (5%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 48 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (22%) | 53 (37%) |