The Kansas City Chiefs notched their second win of the season against the Chicago Bears in Week 3. It was a get-right game for the offense and the defense continued their dominant ways. The snaps were a little skewed this week with Andy Reid beginning to pull players at halftime. 

What exactly can we learn about the win from the snaps? Here’s a look at how the snaps came down in Week 3 followed by some takeaways:

Snap counts via NFL Game Stats Information System

Snaps Part 1

Snaps Part 2

Rashee Rice hits milestone

Just as we suspected, Rice was the big beneficiary of Richie James' injury and subsequent placement on injured reserve. Rice played the most offensive snaps of his NFL career thus far and played in over 50% of the team's offensive snaps for the first time on Sunday. He had his most targets (7), receptions (5), and yards (59) in a single game so far. It helped that the game was a blowout and that he stayed in through the fourth quarter, but this is a positive sign, especially after what Andy Reid had to say on Monday.

On Jawaan Taylor sitting out a series

No, Jawaan Taylor did not get "benched" on Sunday. Andy Reid mentioned that he had a laceration on the inside of his mouth, but I'm told the team pulled Taylor intentionally. It wasn't just to sit him as they began to rest other starters in a blowout either. The team did so in order to have Prince Tega Wanogho align at a similar depth to see if the officials would call a penalty. Donovan Smith also set deeper than he did in the first half. Well, guess which players didn't get called for an illegal formation penalty? It's just more proof that Taylor is being treated unfairly by NFL officiating and it might explain why Reid and Patrick Mahomes had some choice words about it after the game.

Neil Farrell Jr. makes his debut

In his Chiefs debut, Farrell played a whopping 22 defensive snaps. Again, it probably helped that the game was a blowout and they started pulling starters. These, however, were valuable repetitions for a player who is just now learning the system in Kansas City. 

Special teams observations 

Only three players (non-specialists) had special teams-only snaps this week (Cam Jones, Cole Christiansen and Montrell Washington). Two of those players were elevated from the practice squad. Noah Gray led offensive players with 13 ST snaps. Chamarri Conner and Jack Cochrane had the most among defensive players with 18 ST snaps.

Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid rip NFL’s penalties on Jawaan Taylor

Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes and HC Andy Reid did not hold back criticism over the NFL’s latest string of illegal formation penalties levied against RT Jawaan Taylor.

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