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Kansas City Chiefs — 2021
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Team grade · 2021
79.6
Overall
84 pct
91.8
Offense
100
26.7
Defense
22
90.3
S. Teams
100
Position breakdown
Offense
QB
83
OL
85
Starting lineup
4-3 Base
FS
Juan Thornhill
›
45.7
SS
Daniel Sorensen
›
Full roster
all
offense
defense
Special teams
#
Player
▼
Pos
▼
▼
GP / GS
▼
Snaps
▼
Grade
Pct
1
Chris Jones
›
iDL
14
/ 13
633
93.3
100
2
Tommy Townsend
›
low volume
P
16
/ 0
116
91.0
100
3
Travis Kelce
›
TE
16
/ 16
926
84.1
97
4
Patrick Mahomes
›
QB
17
/ 17
1,164
82.7
97
5
Mecole Hardman
›
WR
17
/ 9
665
67.0
87
6
Harrison Butker
›
K
16
/ 4
171
66.3
75
7
Nick Bolton
›
LB
16
/ 9
664
65.7
91
8
Tyreek Hill
›
WR
17
/ 15
868
63.7
82
9
Byron Pringle
›
WR
17
/ 8
720
62.7
78
10
Darrel Williams
›
RB
17
/ 7
650
62.3
70
11
Derrick Gore
›
low volume
RB
11
/ 0
179
60.2
64
12
Rashad Fenton
›
CB
14
/ 10
587
58.8
69
13
Charvarius Ward
›
CB
13
/ 13
757
56.4
66
14
Anthony Hitchens
›
low volume
LB
15
/ 9
651
55.9
71
15
Tyrann Mathieu
›
S
16
/ 16
998
50.6
58
16
Jarran Reed
›
iDL
17
/ 15
732
46.8
50
17
Juan Thornhill
›
S
17
/ 13
899
45.7
41
18
L'Jarius Sneed
›
CB
15
/ 15
970
42.9
39
19
Willie Gay Jr.
›
low volume
LB
12
/ 10
465
42.5
27
20
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
›
RB
10
/ 6
342
41.8
40
21
Derrick Nnadi
›
iDL
17
/ 4
517
41.8
41
22
Mike Hughes
›
CB
17
/ 7
672
39.8
35
23
Frank Clark
›
EDGE
14
/ 13
659
38.7
36
24
Demarcus Robinson
›
low volume
WR
17
/ 12
709
35.1
16
25
Michael Danna
›
EDGE
17
/ 8
609
33.9
28
26
Tershawn Wharton
›
iDL
17
/ 6
564
30.3
19
27
Ben Niemann
›
low volume
LB
17
/ 14
833
29.8
4
28
Alex Okafor
›
EDGE
17
/ 3
527
26.7
12
29
Daniel Sorensen
›
S
17
/ 9
849
22.2
1
30
Trey Smith
›
OL
17
/ 17
1,281
—
—
31
Creed Humphrey
›
OL
17
/ 17
1,270
—
—
32
Joe Thuney
›
OL
17
/ 17
1,247
—
—
33
Orlando Brown
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,209
—
—
34
Melvin Ingram
›
LB
15
/ 10
605
—
—
35
Andrew Wylie
›
OL
13
/ 8
590
—
—
36
Lucas Niang
›
OL
12
/ 7
572
—
—
37
Noah Gray
›
TE
16
/ 15
569
—
—
38
Blake Bell
›
TE
16
/ 0
477
—
—
39
Marcus Kemp
›
WR
16
/ 16
390
—
—
40
Dorian O'Daniel
›
LB
17
/ 17
363
—
—
41
Armani Watts
›
S
16
/ 16
331
—
—
42
Michael Burton
›
RB
16
/ 11
301
—
—
43
Jerick McKinnon
›
RB
13
/ 1
294
—
—
44
Deandre Baker
›
CB
8
/ 2
261
—
—
45
Chris Lammons
›
CB
12
/ 11
234
—
—
46
Josh Gordon
›
WR
12
/ 0
219
—
—
47
Joe Jackson
›
EDGE
12
/ 0
208
—
—
48
Nick Allegretti
›
OL
17
/ 0
163
—
—
49
Mike Remmers
›
OL
4
/ 2
156
—
—
50
Khalen Saunders
›
iDL
7
/ 0
144
—
—
51
James Winchester
›
LS
17
/ 0
126
—
—
52
Joseph Fortson
›
TE
6
/ 2
122
—
—
53
Andrew Billings
›
iDL
6
/ 0
84
—
—
54
Damon Arnette
›
CB
4
/ 0
74
—
—
55
Zayne Anderson
›
CB
4
/ 3
62
—
—
56
Darius Harris
›
LB
7
/ 1
54
—
—
57
Dicaprio Bootle
›
CB
3
/ 0
46
—
—
58
Joshua Kaindoh
›
EDGE
3
/ 0
46
—
—
59
Daurice Fountain
›
WR
2
/ 2
38
—
—
60
Johnny Townsend
›
P
4
/ 0
38
—
—
61
Josh Jackson
›
CB
2
/ 1
35
—
—
62
Chad Henne
›
QB
4
/ 0
31
—
—
63
Matt Bushman
›
TE
2
/ 0
21
—
—
64
Jordan Franks
›
TE
1
/ 0
20
—
—
65
Austin Blythe
›
OL
4
/ 0
18
—
—
66
Prince Tega Wanogho
›
OL
2
/ 0
6
—
—
67
Cortez Broughton
›
iDL
1
/ 0
3
—
—
68
Nakia Griffin-Stewart
›
TE
1
/ 0
3
—
—
69
Darius Stills
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
70
Mathew Sexton
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
71
Dalton Schoen
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
72
Omar Bayless
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
73
Darryl Williams
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
74
Chris Finke
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
75
Austin Edwards
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
76
Gary Jennings
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
77
Darwin Thompson
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
78
Nick Keizer
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
79
Emmanuel Smith
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
80
Roderick Johnson
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
81
Gehrig Dieter
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
82
Brenden Knox
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
83
Elijah McGuire
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
84
Shilique Calhoun
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
85
Devon Key
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
86
Lorenzo Neal
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
87
Malik Herring
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
88
Marlon Character
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
89
Shane Buechele
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
90
Elijah Sullivan
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
91
Cornell Powell
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
92
Kyle Long
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
WR
57
RB
55
TE
84
Defense
EDGE
34
CB
49
LB
49
S
41
iDL
55
Special teams
K
66
P
91
Overall grade trend
Snap-weighted aggregate of the player grades on this team, by position, weighted into Offense / Defense / Special-teams (see
methodology
).
22.2
LB
Ben Niemann
›
29.8
LB
Nick Bolton
›
65.7
LB
Dorian O'Daniel
›
41.9
*
LCB
Charvarius Ward
›
56.4
EDGE
Chris Jones
›
93.3
iDL
Jarran Reed
›
46.8
iDL
Derrick Nnadi
›
41.8
EDGE
Frank Clark
›
38.7
RCB
L'Jarius Sneed
›
42.9
WR1
Tyreek Hill
›
63.7
SLOT
Josh Gordon
›
53.9
*
OL
85.2
LT
Brown
LG
Thuney
C
Humphrey
RG
Smith
RT
Wylie
TE
Travis Kelce
›
84.1
WR2
Byron Pringle
›
62.7
QB
Patrick Mahomes
›
82.7
RB
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
›
41.8
Special teams
K
Harrison Butker
›
66.3
P
Tommy Townsend
›
91.0
Offense
QB
Patrick Mahomes
›
82.7
RB
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
›
41.8
WR1
Tyreek Hill
›
63.7
WR2
Byron Pringle
›
62.7
SLOT
Josh Gordon
›
53.9
*
TE
Travis Kelce
›
84.1
Offensive line
Team grade
85.2
LT
Brown
LG
Thuney
C
Humphrey
RG
Smith
RT
Wylie
Defense
EDGE
Chris Jones
›
93.3
iDL
Jarran Reed
›
46.8
iDL
Derrick Nnadi
›
41.8
EDGE
Frank Clark
›
38.7
LB
Special teams
K
Harrison Butker
›
66.3
P
Tommy Townsend
›
91.0
Ben Niemann
›
29.8
LB
Nick Bolton
›
65.7
LB
Dorian O'Daniel
›
41.9
*
LCB
Charvarius Ward
›
56.4
RCB
L'Jarius Sneed
›
42.9
FS
Juan Thornhill
›
45.7
SS
Daniel Sorensen
›
22.2