KC Chiefs snap counts reveal some questionable roster decisions vs. Titans

Demarcus Robinson

No single offensive player besides the offensive front played more snaps on Sunday than Demarcus Robinson—not even Patrick Mahomes. Of course, we all know that Mahomes was injured on Sunday late and Chad Henne came in to replace him. We also know that others are hurting and garbage time in a blowout to the Titans also created playing opportunities for others. But still, we can’t get over the fact that D-Rob is the one who grabbed 79 percent of the snaps here.

What is Robinson showing on the field that others are not? Why in the world are the Chiefs not giving looks to the likes of Daurice Fountain or Josh Gordon at this point to find out more about the future while hoping to inspire something in the present? What about at least switching the number of opportunities for D-Rob with, say, Byron Pringle? We just don’t get the organization’s affinity for Robinson at this point who seems to be “just another guy” at his position.

Josh Gordon

Speaking of wide receivers, where in the world is Josh Gordon in this offense? When the Chiefs landed Gordon, there was even some excitement he might be ready for the Buffalo Bills game. Well, that was two embarrassing losses ago and we’re still not really seeing anything at all from a wide receiver who was reportedly going to come in and be a reliable target to help alleviate the offensive load on Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce. On a day in which the Chiefs put 3 points total on the board, the Chiefs put Gordon in for 8 snaps, and his only target was on the interception thrown by Mahomes. If you don’t have a plan for a player, why sign him in the first place?

Travis Kelce

While it was nice to see Noah Gray in the game for 34 percent of the snaps in this game, the reality is that the Chiefs were rolling over in the second half by going for field goals and looking just as inept offensively as they did in the first half. At some point, the Chiefs should have just pulled Travis Kelce in the fourth quarter because they were down by so much and it only threatened potential injury to keep guys like Kelce and Mahomes out there further.

What’s maddening about Kelce in particular is that the Chiefs stated this offseason that they wanted to rest Kelce more in 2021, and a blowout loss on the road is the perfect time to sit him down. It also doesn’t help to know that Kelce was already banged up and has looked that way for a couple weeks. Kelce is still effective and will do what he always does (produce at consistently high levels), but he’s also human and he wasn’t going to save the Chiefs in Week 7. It should have been the Noah Gray and Blake Bell show for most of the second half once Andy Reid went for 3 points early.