The Kansas City Chiefs had five more special teams snaps in Week 2 than they did in Week 1, yet the action in that phase was sparse overall in the win over the Los Angeles Chargers compared to the previous week.
Why is that? It could be that eight of the 11 kickoffs resulted in touchbacks, or that five of the 12 punts resulted in fair catches. There were also more extra points (six) than field goals (three) — and let’s face it — players tend to try much harder blocking field goals than extra points.
