Chiefs snap counts vs. Cowboys

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Kansas City Chiefs snap counts vs. Dallas Cowboys

By Joel Thorman @JoelThorman on Sep 16 2013, 2:24p

The Kansas City Chiefs 17-16 victory over the Dallas Cowboys produced several interesting snap count observations. Read on for a list of all the Chiefs snap counts from the Cowboys game.




Jamaal Charles did not practice in full every day last week due to a quad injury and yet he still played all but one snap on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. "Tough kid, good player," Andy Reid said after the game. How will Jamaal's snaps affect him on Thursday night against the Philadelphia Eagles? That's a topic we will need to examine this week.


Branden Albert went down with a shoulder injury, a scary moment for Chiefs fans. But he is OK. Albert ended up missing just one drive -- four snaps -- before coming back in. Donald Stephenson relieved him.
Travis Kelce played one special teams snap.


Dontari Poe played every defensive snap. Yes, a man who is nearly 350 pounds played for 60 minutes. Awesome.


Terez Paylor over at the KC Star has a number of good snap count observations as well. Read his piece here. Check out the full table below.

Name	Off. Snaps	%	Def. Snaps	%	ST Snaps	%
Jon Asamoah	67	100%	0	0	04	14%
Rodney Hudson	67	100%	0	0	04	14%
Jeff Allen	67	100%	0	0	04	14%
Eric Fisher	67	100%	0	0	04	14%
Alex Smith	67	100%	0	0	0	0
Jamaal Charles	66	99%	0	0	0	0
Branden Albert	63	94%	0	0	04	14%
Dwayne Bowe	61	91%	0	0	0	0
Anthony Fasano	52	78%	0	0	02	7%
Donnie Avery	46	69%	0	0	0	0
Dexter McCluster	39	58%	0	0	04	14%
Sean McGrath	34	51%	0	0	02	7%
Anthony Sherman	22	33%	0	0	17	61%
AJ Jenkins	10	15%	0	0	0	0
Junior Hemingway	04	6%	0	0	12	43%
Donald Stephenson	04	6%	0	0	0	0
Cyrus Gray	01	1%	0	0	0	0
Dontari Poe	0	0	64	100%	04	14%
Justin Houston	0	0	64	100%	04	14%
Tamba Hali	0	0	64	100%	04	14%
Derrick Johnson	0	0	64	100%	04	14%
Brandon Flowers	0	0	64	100%	0	0
Eric Berry	0	0	64	100%	0	0
Kendrick Lewis	0	0	63	98%	0	0
Sean Smith	0	0	61	95%	0	0
Tyson Jackson	0	0	43	67%	04	14%
Akeem Jordan	0	0	37	58%	20	71%
Mike DeVito	0	0	32	50%	03	11%
Husain Abdullah	0	0	27	42%	23	82%
Quintin Demps	0	0	27	42%	15	54%
Allen Bailey	0	0	15	23%	02	7%
Anthony Toribio	0	0	08	12%	0	0
Ron Parker	0	0	05	8%	20	71%
Marcus Cooper	0	0	02	3%	24	86%
James-Michael Johnson	0	0	0	0	20	71%
Dezman Moses	0	0	0	0	20	71%
Frank Zombo	0	0	0	0	20	71%
Dustin Colquitt	0	0	0	0	11	39%
Thomas Gafford	0	0	0	0	11	39%
Ryan Succop	0	0	0	0	09	32%
Mike Catapano	0	0	0	0	06	21%
Geoff Schwartz	0	0	0	0	04	14%
Knile Davis	0	0	0	0	02	7%
Travis Kelce	0	0	0	0	01	4

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

MoAr Hemmingway. Less McCluster.

If you're going to use McCluster, move him around pre-snap. I'm not convinced anymore that's going to make a difference, but it's right now the only value he has potential to add. Right now, he's not valuable if not used in gimmickry.

[keg in kc]

So mccluster**** has 2 catches in 39 snaps and Hemmingway has 1 in 4.

[HolyHat]

I'm thirsty for Hemingway

[saphojunkie]

1. Moar Hemmingway, Less McCluster. +1
2. Poe mancrush +1,000,000,000,000

Poe just played in his 18th game as a professional, and he is already one of the best nose tackles in the game. By season's end, I don't think there will be a question that he is the most dominant nose tackle in the NFL.

I wouldn't take a single other one over him today.

[Rasputin]

Poe is exceeding my expectations I can get over Powe.

[keg in kc]

This is going to go on all season. McCluster's going to keep doing diddly and we're all going to wonder why Hemingway isn't playing more.

[Imon Yourside]

Poe and Hemingway..what a combo!

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I wonder why Catapano didn't play on defense.

Letting him rest for the SuperBowl.

[O.city]

So I went back and watched the game as I had some suspicions of what happened but didn't want to comment on it before I had seen the broadcast as it's hard to tell exactly from seeing it at Arrowhead.

There was alot of talk about the Boys safeties playing up and the Cowboys defense really crowding the LOS. I didn't think it was the case watching it live, we had guys downfield alot and the Cowboys safeties were always deep, and as I rewatched it, I was right.

Now thats not to say Smith would have or could have threatened them deep, but we absolutely have routes that are set up in that format, so either way, he's gonna have to pull the trigger.

However, (and I know it's a sin to say this on here) the OL outside of Albert and Hudson (in pass pro, for the most part, I know he had 2 misses in the A gap, but I'm not sure that was Hudson or what) the OL wasn't good in pass protection. At all. I'm hoping it's just taking them time to learn, but we can't attempt to press it down field unless they give time.

Lastly, for everyone who was saying Berry wasn't playing this, or that level, Sunday, the guy was the best player on the field. Took away Witten, was big in the run game, created turnovers (terrible call, btw) picked up a fumble and returned it. It was best safety in the game type stuff against a really really good offense. Very excited about it.

And Kendrick Lewis is playing at a level I didn't think he could. He was fast to the ball, breaking on the ball, etc.

[keg in kc]

Lewis had a few great plays yesterday.

[O.city]

And Abdullah was a great addition up to this point.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by O.city

So I went back and watched the game as I had some suspicions of what happened but didn't want to comment on it before I had seen the broadcast as it's hard to tell exactly from seeing it at Arrowhead.

There was alot of talk about the Boys safeties playing up and the Cowboys defense really crowding the LOS. I didn't think it was the case watching it live, we had guys downfield alot and the Cowboys safeties were always deep, and as I rewatched it, I was right.

Now thats not to say Smith would have or could have threatened them deep, but we absolutely have routes that are set up in that format, so either way, he's gonna have to pull the trigger.

However, (and I know it's a sin to say this on here) the OL outside of Albert and Hudson (in pass pro, for the most part, I know he had 2 misses in the A gap, but I'm not sure that was Hudson or what) the OL wasn't good in pass protection. At all. I'm hoping it's just taking them time to learn, but we can't attempt to press it down field unless they give time.

Lastly, for everyone who was saying Berry wasn't playing this, or that level, Sunday, the guy was the best player on the field. Took away Witten, was big in the run game, created turnovers (terrible call, btw) picked up a fumble and returned it. It was best safety in the game type stuff against a really really good offense. Very excited about it.

And Kendrick Lewis is playing at a level I didn't think he could. He was fast to the ball, breaking on the ball, etc.

DJLN said the exact opposite about us having guys downfield

[O.city]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

DJLN said the exact opposite about us having guys downfield

Depends on your definition of downfield I guess.

We didn't send anyone on any 9 routes, but we had guys in intermediate routes consistently.

Guess I should have worded that better.

Jenkins pretty much only ran deep crosses from what I can remember.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Offensively there's certainly more to do. And for the "THROW IT DEEEEEP!!!" crowd, there weren't WRs running open downfield like there often was in the Cassel days. Reid just isn't sending his guys downfield. Will he need to open it up a bit? Yeah, I'd like to see him do it, but that simply wasn't the gameplan today.

.

here is his quote

[O.city]

I'm wondering if it wasn't the plan because we didn't think we could block Dallas up front?