Alright welcome in to the full recap of the Raiders’ divisional matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs where the Chiefs get revenge in a big way after a humiliating defeat on Thursday Night, defeating the Raiders 13-31.
Do any of you notice a pattern here? Raiders win against the same Chiefs team Thursday Night at home, then get embarrassed by the Rams 52-0 on the road. Raiders win against a tough 49ers team at home, then they get routed today at Kansas City 13-31. That’s a neat pattern I just noticed. Would’ve been nice to sweep the “red teams” to close out the season, but we might’ve reclaimed that top pick. I may be wrong considering both Jacksonville and Tampa Bay lost.
The Positives
No positives. Even though the Raiders made this a tightly contested game for the majority the game, all that effort went out the window in the 2nd half. Justin Tuck had a huge roughing the passer penalty to set up by Knile Davis. Then a bad snap by Wisniewski caused a fumble, Chiefs recover, sets up a Alex Smith TD pass to Travis Kelce. Carr struggled; there are not a lot of positives to take away from this game.
The Negatives
Offensive line. 4 sacks on Derek Carr, the O-line allowed 4 sacks on Carr. The O-line struggled all game long to give Carr any time and keep him upright. Penn struggled, Austin Howard struggled, Gabe Jackson struggled. Wisniewski had some miscues with Derek Carr; he had 1 delay of game penalty and the aforementioned bad snap that lead to a fumble. Khalif Barnes, isn’t it obvious already that he has been a liability on the O-line for the last 5 years? And yet we still signed him to a 1-year extension. He’s good for depth, but putting him on the starting lineup? It’s all bad when Khalif starts, especially on the road against a very good front seven.
Special teams. The first quarter alone for special teams should leave them on the negative for the rest of the game. It’s usually a bad omen when a punt return for a TD gives a team a lead and that happened. Bad special teams coverage on De’Anthony Thomas and it was a sign of bad things to come during this game.
Receivers. Too many dropped balls. Just too many of them. Andre Holmes had some of them, James Jones, Rivera. Again, this is why Derek Carr needs a receiver like an Amari Cooper in the draft. They just couldn’t get any separation from the Chiefs’ secondary, especially when Carr was throwing balls down the field. At least try and fight for the ball or draw a PI penalty, none of the receivers tried to do neither of the two, although there was PI in garbage time to set up a James Jones TD pass, but again that’s garbage time when the Chiefs’ defense is not even trying.
Conclusion
Can’t say I’m satisfied with our two wins of the season. It sucks to lose, but there’s no other way to go but look forward into the offseason. Next week may be the last game at the O.Co against Buffalo. The Bills pulled out a stunning win against the Packers, so that’s nothing to look forward to because they just stopped a hot team on their tracks. At least we’re not going to go 0-16. The Thursday Night game was perfect timing to set up a first win and the Battle of the Bay game last week was a huge for bragging rights. Anyway, I’ll see you guys for the Bills game next week. Stay tuned for the quick recap on tonight’s Laker game against the Minnesota Timberwolves as Kobe Bryant will surpass Jordan at third on the all-time scoring list. I’ll see you guys later.
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