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As ESPN.com's Adam Teicher pointed out on Friday, tight end Travis Kelce's production has dropped in recent weeks as opponents have worked on eliminating him as a threat. Teicher added, however, that doesn't mean you should give up on him from a fantasy perspective, as the Chiefs haven't given up on him from a football perspective.

Teicher is told they've continued to scheme for ways to get Kelce the ball.

Kelce has been the receiver on 10 of the Chiefs' 27 pass plays of 20 yards or more this season.

But that brings us to a bigger point.

Pro Football Focus' Mike Clay framed it like this: "Alex Smith is the Leroy Hoard of quarterbacks. Need a yard? He'll get you 3. Need 7 yards? He'll get you 3."

Fortunately for Dwayne Bowe owners, Clay notes a lot of those 3-yard tosses are going to Smith's top wideout.

Bowe saw only 16 percent of the Kansas City Chiefs' targets this past week, but consider that it was his lowest total since his season debut in Week 2. Bowe had averaged 31 percent of the targets over the previous five games.

Bowe still hasn't scored this season, but he's seeing enough volume to allow one or two down the stretch. ...

One last note here, also according to Clay. ... Knile Davis had a nice run there for a while, but the Chiefs have clearly returned ownership of their backfield to Jamaal Charles.

After Davis out-carried Charles 99-77 during the team's first seven games, Charles holds a 74-14 advantage during the past month. Charles has now handled at least two-thirds of the team's designed runs in four consecutive games. Going forward, Charles is arguably the top fantasy running back, while Davis is well off the flex radar.