Snap Counts: Oakland Raiders vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Snap counts for every player on the Oakland Raiders in their Week 6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, including Offense, Defense and Special Teams.

Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs will certainly be one to forget, but before we do that, let’s take a look at the snap counts for Week 6, see who played how much, and what we can learn from that information.

We’ll start with the offense.

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Oct 16, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders wide receiver Amari Cooper (89) carries the ball in front of Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Daniel Sorensen (49) during the second quarter at Oakland Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

Snap Counts: Offense

Player	Position	Offensive Snaps	% of Snaps	ST Snaps
Gabe Jackson	G	55	100%	3
Donald Penn	T	55	100%	3
Kelechi Osemele	G	55	100%	3
Derek Carr	QB	55	100%	–
Amari Cooper	WR	55	100%	–
Rodney Hudson	C	55	100%	–
Austin Howard	T	55	100%	–
Seth Roberts	WR	48	87%	–
Michael Crabtree	WR	45	82%	–
DeAndre Washington	RB	32	58%	6
Clive Walford	TE	29	53%	9
Denver Kirkland	G	16	29%	3
Jalen Richard	RB	14	25%	6
Andre Holmes	WR	12	22%	14
Jamize Olawale	FB	11	20%	14
Mychal Rivera	TE	11	20%	6
Taiwan Jones	RB	1	2%	12
Johnny Holton	WR	1	2%	4
Jon Feliciano	G	–	–	9
Jon Condo	LS	–	–	6
Marquette King	P	–	–	6
Sebastian Janikowski	K	–	–	5

Seven players appeared in 100 percent of the snaps — one more than usual. The five starting offensive lineman and then Derek Carr make sense, but Amari Cooper was also on the field for every offensive snap.

Which based on Cooper’s fast start to the game — 9 catches for 117 yards in the first half — makes sense. Amari was easily Oakland’s player of the game, and him playing in every single offensive snap makes him day even more impressive.

Seth Roberts should never get more playing time than Michael Crabtree, which happened on Sunday. Roberts played 48 snaps compared to 45 for Crabtree, which is a 5 percent difference. Roberts might be the better run blocker, but the Raiders only ran the ball 17 times. That does not justify Seth getting more work than Crab.

DeAndre Washington more than doubled the playing time of Jalen Richard — 32 snaps compared to 14 — 58 percent for Washington and 25 percent for Jalen. This split is very similar to what it was in Week 5. Neither back did much on the ground for the second week in a row.

Oakland used Denver Kirkland as the Lee Smith replacement less often in Week 6, dropping his playing time from 37 percent down to 29.

With Latavius Murray out for the second straight game, it’s peculiar that Jamize Olawale hasn’t received more work. He really is Marcel Reece 2.0.

Oct 16, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders defensive end Khalil Mack (52) celebrates after a sack against the Kansas City Chiefs during the first quarter at Oakland Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

Snap Counts: Defense

Player	Position	Defensive Snaps	% of Snaps	ST Snaps
Reggie Nelson	FS	64	100%	–
Sean Smith	CB	63	98%	–
David Amerson	CB	63	98%	–
Karl Joseph	SS	62	97%	2
Khalil Mack	DE	56	88%	6
Bruce Irvin	LB	54	84%	6
Cory James	LB	53	83%	3
Malcolm Smith	LB	39	61%	–
Jihad Ward	DE	38	59%	3
Denico Autry	DE	34	53%	6
Stacy McGee	DT	33	52%	6
Dan Williams	DT	33	52%	6
Perry Riley	LB	31	48%	–
Justin Ellis	NT	25	39%	–
Darius Latham	NT	21	33%	6
D.J. Hayden	CB	17	27%	9
Shilique Calhoun	LB	14	22%	14
Keith McGill	FS	2	3%	14
Daren Bates	LB	1	2%	20
Brynden Trawick	FS	–	–	20
Nate Allen	SS	–	–	14
T.J. Carrie	CB	–	–	9

The top four members of the secondary — Smith, Amerson, Joseph, Nelson — all played more than 97 percent of the snaps. It wasn’t a good day for the group, once again, but without viable depth, they will continue to see a heavy amount of playing time.

Khalil Mack and Bruce Irvin received a very similar share of their typical work.

Cory James usually plays somewhere in the high 90’s in terms of snap count percentage, but was down to 83 percent in Week 6. Nothing to worry about, perhaps just a little more rest than usual.

Malcolm Smith was back as the incumbent starter, although his workload was reduced. Just 61 percent of the snaps, with newcomer Perry Riley Jr. picking up 48 of the playing time.

Jihad Ward continues to see way too much playing time. There isn’t much that has gone well for Jihad at this point in his young career, and the game simply seems to be too big for him. At least right now.

Dan Williams saw over 50 percent of the work for the second consecutive week, which could be a sign that he is now fully back into the rotations.

After a strong showing in Week 6 (and previous weeks), Hayden’s playing time was cut in half — 60 percent in Week 5, down to 27 percent on Sunday.