The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in the AFC Championship Game
Offense and defense saw a nearly equal distribution of snaps in the AFC title game. It’s a little surprising considering the defense created two turnovers and the offense dominated the time of possession. It makes a bit more sense when you consider the team punted four times and Patrick Mahomes fumbled once.
What else can we learn from the weekly snap numbers? Here’s a look at how the snaps came down in the AFC title game:
*Snap counts via NFL Game Statistics and Information System
Observations
- Kadarius Toney played just four snaps on offense before exiting with an injury. Mecole Hardman played just 15 snaps on offense before exiting with an injury. JuJu Smith-Schuster managed 31 snaps on offense before leaving the game with injury.
- Skyy Moore set a career-high in offensive snaps (40) and total snaps (43). His previous high came in Week 12.
- Marcus Kemp played the most offensive snaps in a single game in his NFL career. His previous high was 14 snaps against the Raiders in a Week 17 blowout in 2018.
- Isiah Pacheco saw more snaps than Jerick McKinnon this week, while Ronald Jones appeared in just two snaps on offense.
- Jody Fortson played 14 snaps on offense in his first game back from injury along with eight snaps on special teams.
- Jaylen Watson played 100% of the defensive snaps for the first time in his career, joining Nick Bolton and Juan Thornhill as the only other 100 percenters on defense.
- L’Jarius Sneed played just four snaps on defense before exiting the game with a concussion.
- Leo Chenal played his lowest defensive snap total since Week 12.
- Nazeeh Johnson, Deon Bush, Jack Cochrane, Mike Burton, Nick Allegretti, Prince Tega Wanogho and Lucas Niang only played special teams snaps this week.
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