It was hard to see what the Raiders were trying to do against the Chiefs Sunday. And looking at the snap counts didn’t do anything to solve the mystery. Pat Mahomes dropped back to pass 46 times in the game. Compared to 32 rush attempts.
Despite this disparity, the Raiders fielded their top pass rusher, Benson Mayowa, for just 18 total snaps (24%). That’s a drop in snaps for the Raiders current sack leader (3.5) from the season opener.
Mayowa saw 25 snaps (39%) against the Broncos in the opener and had 2.