Instead, the Chiefs improve to 3-2, the Raiders fall to 4-2, and the AFC West is wide open. But Carr was sacked and fumbled – his second turnover of the game – and the Raiders’ hopes were sunk. “The quarterback and wide receivers did a great job looking the balls in”.
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Lets get one thing straight. He threw off his back foot and didn’t get enough on it, leaving an easy interception for Peters that ultimately resulted in a Chiefs touchdown. He looks back at those years with fondness and thought he might have continued in a Chiefs uniform.
The Raiders’ offense has been bolstered by their No. 9 rush offense (119.2 yards per game), but they may be without one of their top rushers.
Fantasy owners may be hesitant to start Charles because it will be just his second game back after tearing his ACL, but this is an ideal match-up for a big time return to the offensive game plan. Michael Crabtree, Amari Cooper, DeAndre Washingon and Jalen Richard are all unsafe with the ball, and their facilitator Derek Carr is one of the best young quarterbacks in football. “It either gets better or it gets worse”, Charles says. That allowed them to control the tempo of the game, possessing the ball for over 36 minutes.
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Smith has gone through this dance before when he faced his original team, Miami, in his second season with the Chiefs in 2014. Add Charcandrick West to the mix, and the Chiefs have a three-headed monster at running back that can not be challenged.
He the best running back to play in this divisional match up.
Keeping drives alive also leads to more red zone opportunities, which the Chiefs capitalized on past year in Oakland scoring four touchdowns in four trips. “We had a pretty good defense, made some plays and went to the postseason a couple of times”.
“Then again, that has nothing to do with the (rookie) running backs”. After finding tight end Clive Walford for 20 yards, he wisely got his offense up to the line of scrimmage quickly to spike the ball with just one second on the clock and giving Janikowski one last chance. This team is built for a big run this year, and hopefully for them, they can stay healthy.
The early troubles didn’t slow the Raiders, who won that game over the Saints and have only a home loss to the Falcons in the second week to blemish their record. Despite that, this team is definitely headed in the right direction, and is going to be in the mix for a playoff spot this season.
The 4-1 Raiders enter the contest after picking up a nice win against San Diego, 34-31, last week while the 2-2 Chiefs are coming off of a bye week.
The Chiefs showed took pressure off what had been a struggling passing game by balancing their offense. “They did a lot of window dressing”.
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“They both were pretty good”, Poe said.
