FINAL SCORE: Chiefs 21, Raiders 13
Raiders vs. Chiefs live scores, highlights, updates, and more from ‘Thursday Night Football’
The highest-stakes game of 2016 went down in primetime.
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The Chiefs are now 10-3, but won the season series against the Raiders, which puts them in first place in the AFC West. Will the AFC playoff path run through Kansas City? It’s starting to look that way.
Third quarter: Raiders 13, Chiefs 21
0:57 — Raiders 13, Chiefs 21: Seabass hit a 31-yarder.
Second quarter: Raiders 10, Chiefs 21
0:10 — Raiders 10, Chiefs 21: Latavius Murray went up the middle for a 1-yard touchdown to give the Raiders some life at the end of the half.
6:43 — Raiders 3, Chiefs, 21: Tyreek Hill returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown (watch). Travis Kelce gave Marquette King a taste of his own celebration dance.
8:39 — Raiders 3, Chiefs 14: Charcandrick West ran it in for a 3-yard touchdown.
14:51 — Raiders 3, Chiefs 7: Chiefs scored on a 36-yard pass to Tyreek Hill at 14:51.
First quarter: Raiders 3, Chiefs 0
Oakland went 3-and-out on their first possession but a muffed punt by Tyreek Hill gave the Raiders renewed life. They capitalized with a 44-yard field goal by Sebastian Janikowski for an early lead.
Temperature at kickoff: 21 degrees!
Injuries
Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson limped off the field in the second quarter after rupturing his Achilles.
Inactives
Pregame
The winner of the AFC West, a first-round bye, possible home-field advantage in the playoffs, and even some NFL MVP votes may all rest on the outcome of Thursday Night Football. Week 14’s tilt between the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs may just be the biggest regular season game of 2016.
The 10-2 Raiders currently lead the AFC, but the 9-3 Chiefs are right on their heels. A win on Thursday would push Kansas City into the top spot in the AFC West and position them to earn a one-week bye for the first week of the playoffs. The Chiefs already have a road win over their division rival. Now they’ll get the chance to welcome them to Missouri.
Home-field advantage could be a real factor. It was 61 degrees when the Raiders took the field last Sunday. On Thursday, the temperature is expected to drop to 16 during the evening and will near 0 with the wind chill.
The cold weather may not be enough to slow down MVP candidate Derek Carr. A dislocated finger on his throwing hand hasn’t — Carr found extra corners on his pinky after a botched snap two weeks ago, but missed only a single series because of the injury. He lit up the Buffalo Bills last Sunday for 260 yards and a pair of touchdown passes in a 38-24 victory.
He’ll stare down one of the league’s toughest secondaries on Thursday night. The Chiefs rank second in the NFL after forcing 14 interceptions this fall. They’re holding passers to a rating of just 87.6 — making opponents look just a bit better than Colin Kaepernick in 2016.
The Raiders have a frightful defensive weapon of their own. Khalil Mack has ascended from All-Pro to probable Defensive Player of the Year, thanks to a monster campaign in which he has recorded three rally-killing strip sacks.
Thursday’s game will be a chess match — a violent, frigid, exciting chess match where one team will stake its claim to the top spot in the NFL’s toughest division. It’s going to be awesome.
The divisional showdown will air on NBC and NFL Network, while live streaming is available at NBC Sports and on Twitter.
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