OAKLAND, Calif. -- Say this for the Kansas City Chiefs in their 24-20 loss to the Oakland Raiders on Thursday night: They went down using their best offensive players.

Tight end Travis Kelce was in for 62 of the Chiefs' 66 offensive players. Among skill players, other than quarterback Alex Smith, Kelce was followed by wide receiver Dwayne Bowe (61) and running back Jamaal Charles (60).Charles' backup, Knile Davis, was in the game for just five offensive plays.

Receiver De'Anthony Thomas played 33 offensive snaps, his highest total of the season. Thomas picked up at least some of the second-half snaps that would have gone to Junior Hemingway. He didn't play in the second half because of a concussion.

Kelce picked up extra snaps because of starting tight end Anthony Fasano's sore knee. Fasano, who sat out last week's game against Seattle, was in for just two plays against the Raiders but made the most of them. Fasano caught a pass on each of his two snaps. One, a 11-yard catch, gave the Chiefs a first down. The other, for 19 yards, was a touchdown.

Most notable of defensive snap counts:

---Nose tackle Dontari Poe, four days after a physical game against Seattle, was in for every one of Oakland's 69 plays.

---Linebacker Dee Ford, the first-round draft pick, was again ignored. Ford didn't play on defense for the second straight week and third game in the past four.