On Sunday afternoon, the Kansas City Chiefs extended their record to 9-4 — clinching the AFC West and a playoff berth — by defeating the New England Patriots 23-16 in Foxborough.
Let’s take a look at how individual Chiefs players contributed to the victory.
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 Chris Jones, RDT Derrick Nnadi, RDE Tanoh Kpassagnon, LB Anthony Hitchens, LB Damien Wilson, LB Reggie Ragland, RCB Bashaud Breeland, FS Juan Thornhill, SS Tyrann Mathieu and LCB Charvarius Ward.
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 | 70 (100%) | 41 (100%) | 29 (100%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 70 (100%) | 41 (100%) | 29 (100%) |
Eric Fisher | 70 (100%) | 41 (100%) | 29 (100%) |
Patrick Mahomes | 70 (100%) | 41 (100%) | 29 (100%) |
Austin Reiter | 70 (100%) | 41 (100%) | 29 (100%) |
Travis Kelce | 69 (99%) | 40 (98%) | 29 (100%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 68 (97%) | 39 (95%) | 29 (100%) |
Sammy Watkins | 64 (91%) | 39 (95%) | 25 (86%) |
Tyreek Hill | 63 (90%) | 38 (93%) | 25 (86%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 55 (79%) | 35 (85%) | 20 (69%) |
Andrew Wylie | 48 (69%) | 26 (63%) | 22 (76%) |
Spencer Ware | 28 (40%) | 19 (46%) | 9 (31%) |
LeSean McCoy | 22 (31%) | 9 (22%) | 13 (45%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 22 (31%) | 15 (37%) | 7 (24%) |
Darwin Thompson | 18 (26%) | 11 (27%) | 7 (24%) |
Blake Bell | 14 (20%) | 2 (5%) | 12 (41%) |
Mecole Hardman | 13 (19%) | 11 (27%) | 2 (7%) |
Anthony Sherman | 3 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (10%) |
Cameron Erving | 2 (3%) | 2 (5%) | 0 (0%) |
Byron Pringle | 1 (1%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) |
Offensive takeaways
- The running back snap breakdown vs. the New England Patriots was as follows: Spencer Ware, 28 (19 pass, 9 run), LeSean McCoy, 22 (13 run, 9 pass), Darwin Thompson, 18 (11 pass, 7 run)
- Starting RT Mitch Schwartz missed just two snaps due to injury. Starting LG Andrew Wylie missed 22 plays due to his injury.
- WR Mecole Hardman only saw 13 snaps; he leads the Chiefs with 20.8 yards per reception, and he had a 48-yard touchdown against the Patriots on Sunday.
Defense | All | Pass | Run |
Total | 63 (100%) | 40 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Bashaud Breeland | 63 (100%) | 40 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Tyrann Mathieu | 63 (100%) | 40 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Juan Thornhill | 63 (100%) | 40 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Charvarius Ward | 63 (100%) | 40 (100%) | 23 (100%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 53 (84%) | 31 (78%) | 22 (96%) |
Alex Okafor | 50 (79%) | 33 (83%) | 17 (74%) |
Chris Jones | 49 (78%) | 31 (78%) | 18 (78%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 46 (73%) | 32 (80%) | 14 (61%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 43 (68%) | 30 (75%) | 13 (57%) |
Damien Wilson | 34 (54%) | 16 (40%) | 18 (78%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 32 (51%) | 19 (48%) | 13 (57%) |
Kendall Fuller | 29 (46%) | 24 (60%) | 5 (22%) |
Frank Clark | 28 (44%) | 22 (55%) | 6 (26%) |
Demone Harris | 18 (29%) | 7 (18%) | 11 (48%) |
Mike Pennel | 18 (29%) | 10 (25%) | 8 (35%) |
Reggie Ragland | 17 (27%) | 8 (20%) | 9 (39%) |
Khalen Saunders | 14 (22%) | 8 (20%) | 6 (26%) |
Ben Niemann | 10 (16%) | 9 (23%) | 1 (4%) |
Defensive takeaways
- The Chiefs had several iron men on defense in this game — CB Bashaud Breeland, S Tyrann Mathieu, S Juan Thornhill and CB Charvarius Ward.
- Frank Clark only saw 28 plays, as he played sick. He finished with 4 tackles (3 solo), a sack, a quarterback hit and two tackles for loss in the game
- S Daniel Sorensen’s snaps were way up, and he registered a nice QB hit on Tom Brady.
- DE Demone Harris saw 18 snaps (7 pass, 11 run) in his Chiefs debut.
Special Teams | Snaps |
Total | 26 (100%) |
Jordan Lucas | 21 (81%) |
Ben Niemann | 21 (81%) |
Dorian O'Daniel | 21 (81%) |
Blake Bell | 19 (73%) |
Anthony Sherman | 19 (73%) |
Darron Lee | 18 (69%) |
Byron Pringle | 18 (69%) |
Armani Watts | 18 (69%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 15 (58%) |
Harrison Butker | 11 (42%) |
Mecole Hardman | 11 (42%) |
Dustin Colquitt | 9 (35%) |
James Winchester | 9 (35%) |
Alex Brown | 8 (31%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 7 (27%) |
Juan Thornhill | 6 (23%) |
Charvarius Ward | 6 (23%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 5 (19%) |
Eric Fisher | 5 (19%) |
Austin Reiter | 5 (19%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 5 (19%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 5 (19%) |
Spencer Ware | 4 (15%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 3 (12%) |
Chris Jones | 3 (12%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 3 (12%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 3 (12%) |
Alex Okafor | 3 (12%) |
Andrew Wylie | 3 (12%) |
Cameron Erving | 2 (8%) |
Special teams takeaways
- The special teams leaders were S Jordan Lucas (21), LB Ben Niemann (21) and Dorian O’Daniel (21). TE Blake Bell and FB Anthony Sherman each saw 19 special-teams snaps.
All Snaps | Off | Def | ST | Total |
Total | 70 (100%) | 63 (100%) | 26 (100%) | 159 (100%) |
Blake Bell | 14 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 19 (73%) | 33 (21%) |
Bashaud Breeland | 0 (0%) | 63 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 63 (40%) |
Alex Brown | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (31%) | 8 (5%) |
Harrison Butker | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (42%) | 11 (7%) |
Frank Clark | 0 (0%) | 28 (44%) | 0 (0%) | 28 (18%) |
Dustin Colquitt | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 9 (35%) | 9 (6%) |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 70 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (19%) | 75 (47%) |
Cameron Erving | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (8%) | 4 (3%) |
Eric Fisher | 70 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (19%) | 75 (47%) |
Kendall Fuller | 0 (0%) | 29 (46%) | 0 (0%) | 29 (18%) |
Mecole Hardman | 13 (19%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (42%) | 24 (15%) |
Demone Harris | 0 (0%) | 18 (29%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (11%) |
Tyreek Hill | 63 (90%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 63 (40%) |
Anthony Hitchens | 0 (0%) | 53 (84%) | 3 (12%) | 56 (35%) |
Chris Jones | 0 (0%) | 49 (78%) | 3 (12%) | 52 (33%) |
Travis Kelce | 69 (99%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 69 (43%) |
Tanoh Kpassagnon | 0 (0%) | 43 (68%) | 3 (12%) | 46 (29%) |
Darron Lee | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (69%) | 18 (11%) |
Jordan Lucas | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 21 (81%) | 21 (13%) |
Patrick Mahomes | 70 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 70 (44%) |
Tyrann Mathieu | 0 (0%) | 63 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 63 (40%) |
LeSean McCoy | 22 (31%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 (14%) |
Ben Niemann | 0 (0%) | 10 (16%) | 21 (81%) | 31 (19%) |
Derrick Nnadi | 0 (0%) | 32 (51%) | 3 (12%) | 35 (22%) |
Dorian O'Daniel | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 21 (81%) | 21 (13%) |
Alex Okafor | 0 (0%) | 50 (79%) | 3 (12%) | 53 (33%) |
Mike Pennel | 0 (0%) | 18 (29%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (11%) |
Byron Pringle | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (69%) | 19 (12%) |
Reggie Ragland | 0 (0%) | 17 (27%) | 0 (0%) | 17 (11%) |
Austin Reiter | 70 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (19%) | 75 (47%) |
Demarcus Robinson | 55 (79%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (27%) | 62 (39%) |
Khalen Saunders | 0 (0%) | 14 (22%) | 0 (0%) | 14 (9%) |
Mitchell Schwartz | 68 (97%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (19%) | 73 (46%) |
Anthony Sherman | 3 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 19 (73%) | 22 (14%) |
Daniel Sorensen | 0 (0%) | 46 (73%) | 15 (58%) | 61 (38%) |
Darwin Thompson | 18 (26%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (11%) |
Juan Thornhill | 0 (0%) | 63 (100%) | 6 (23%) | 69 (43%) |
Charvarius Ward | 0 (0%) | 63 (100%) | 6 (23%) | 69 (43%) |
Spencer Ware | 28 (40%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (15%) | 32 (20%) |
Sammy Watkins | 64 (91%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 64 (40%) |
Armani Watts | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (69%) | 18 (11%) |
Damien Wilson | 0 (0%) | 34 (54%) | 0 (0%) | 34 (21%) |
James Winchester | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 9 (35%) | 9 (6%) |
Stefen Wisniewski | 22 (31%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (19%) | 27 (17%) |
Andrew Wylie | 48 (69%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (12%) | 51 (32%) |