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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Thornhill is still on a snap count, coming back from his injury.
And as much as we all love Sorenson, having him back there for the entire game isn't ideal.
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I've not seen where Thornhill is on any kind of snap count due to coming back from his knee injury. He played a shit ton earlier in the season.
He hasn't been playing much lately because Sneed came back allowing HB to not have to be in the slot and because he has struggled tackling and in coverage and Sorenson has outplayed him.
Here is a story breaking it down.
https://arrowheadaddict.com/2020/11/...-playing-time/
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We wouldn’t be asking these questions if two elements were in play:
If the Chiefs hadn’t already played Thornhill a ton of reps after he returned from a torn ACL suffered last season.
If the Chiefs defense was smothering the Raiders without Thornhill on the field.
Instead, the Chiefs brought Thornhill back during the preseason and worked him in during the first and second game of the season. He went from playing 68 percent of defensive snaps in Week 1 to playing 99 percent in Week 2. In fact, from Week 2 to Week 6, Thornhill never played less than 97 percent of the Chiefs defensive snaps. Yet in Week 7 against the Denver Broncos, something changed. Here’s a closer look:
Week 1: 38 snaps (64%)
Week 2: 82 (99%)
Week 3: 56 (100%)
Week 4: 73 (97%)
Week 5: 69 (99%)
Week 6: 55 (100%)
Week 7: 52 (68%)
Week 8: 48 (84%)
Week 9: 67 (81%)
Week 11 (Raiders): 11 (19%)
After the game, Chiefs reporters asked head coach Andy Reid about the decreased reps given to Thornhill.
For folks wondering what was going on with Chiefs S Juan Thornhill, asked Andy Reid about it and Reid says Thornhill is a "situational guy right now."
— Herbie Teope (@HerbieTeope) November 23, 2020
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