Game will start on 3:25 PM CST, NFL
Match: Kansas City Chiefs - Oakland Raiders
I think that everything is pointing toward a blowout here. However, the one thing that I knew would submarine any improvements was the fact that they have been shackled by one of the most difficult schedules in NFL history. At one point they had to play five straight road games. Then they came home and played two home games in five days on a Sunday-Thursday. After three straight weeks at home they had to travel cross country last week for an early start in New York. It didn't go well and the Raiders got absolutely pasted 34-3. Now they have to fly home, hang out, and then travel to Kansas City this week to face a Chiefs team that is coming off a bye week. Andy Reid teams are legendary off the bye. And I think that they are going to be really focused and really motivated for this one. The Chiefs were kind of faced with their own mortality over the past month or so, with Pat Mahomes getting injured and the team losing four of their last seven games. I think that this team is going to be extremely focused to get this win and essentially wrap up the division title. The Raiders defense is a mess. They still can't rush the passer and they are just No. 28 in pass defense. I think that Mahomes is going to tear them up. If Oakland can fluke out some plays and push around the Chiefs defense with the running game and hang around in this one then so be it. But I see a mismatch in this game. I see a motivated, rested and more talented Chiefs team playing with home field advantage against a Raiders team that is tired, run down, and in over its head. I think that this one has the potential to get out of hand and I can see it around 44-14.
Best of luck and Grind On everyone.