MoneyLine Pick for the Raiders vs

He has completed just 58 percent of his passes in five starts against the Chiefs for 219.6 yards per game, six touchdowns, five interceptions and a 72.0 passer rating. He said the emotion of making it back to an National Football League roster hit him on the bus ride to the Georgia Dome.

While the Raiders may be the hot pick to come out of the AFC, the Chiefs have already handed their AFC West rival a loss on the road this season, and are getting back to full strength at the most crucial point of the season. The loser faces a late-season scramble for not only the division crown, but a playoff spot as well. The Raiders would make a furious comeback and win the game 38-24 to push their record to 10-2.

When the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs got together for their twice yearly meetings over the last 57 years, there’s always been a certain edge to the competition.

This is an ancient rivalry, and on a short week with little preparation, this installment should produce another all-time classic between these two proud AFC West franchises.

Chiefs TE Travis Kelce vs Raiders LB Malcolm Smith – As mentioned above, Kelce is in very impressive form and will be no doubt used a great deal by the Chiefs.

The only way the Chiefs can match the Patriots in the common opponent tiebreaker would be if the Patriots lose to both the Broncos and Jets, while the Chiefs take care of the Broncos once more. Even this season, as the Raiders bolted to a 10-2 start, Carr had by far his lowest QBR of the season (31.4) in a 26-10 loss to the Chiefs on October 16, when he was intercepted once and lost a fumble.

Oakland has won six straight games and is 10-2 for the first time 2000.

NOTES: The Chiefs plan to open parking lots at noon CT on Thursday, more than 7 hours before kickoff against Oakland.

“You know what, all these games, it’s like Groundhog Day for me”, he said.

With a good, young nucleus in place McKenzie and the Raiders brass hired former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach and Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio as head coach in 2015.

Yet another loss to the Chiefs (9-3) at Arrowhead Stadium would be a body blow to their stated goal of winning the division.

The likelihood of the Patriots – who reached double-digits in wins for the 15th time in 16 seasons with their triumph over Los Angeles – missing the playoffs at this point is fairly miniscule.

Maclin has missed four straight games with a groin injury and practiced on a limited basis last week. It’s more about us as a team.

Now, consider the stakes when they meet Thursday night.

As for the last-place San Diego Chargers, they played host to Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

He said he likes the cold weather. The other thing I like about Mack, he shows up in the running game. In fact, you have to go back to the 2011 campaign, a year in which Oakland finished at 8-8, to see even a hint of the playoffs. A Kansas City win would knock Oakland to 10-3 on the year and give the Pats a chance to take a one-game lead by Monday.

With a record of 10-2, and now the first overall seed in the AFC, the Raiders still have to beat hated division rival Kansas City Chiefs (9-3) on Thursday Night Football.

“This is a new era”, Johnson said. “We’ll put together another plan this week, and I’m not going to divulge whether it’s going to be that or whether he’ll go back under (center)”.