5 Reasons The Winless Oakland Raiders Will Beat The 1st Place Kansas City Chiefs

[BigRedChief]

Presented without comment. Local CBS station article.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/201...hursday-night/

The winless Oakland Raiders are headed into week 12 of the NFL season and facing their bitterest rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, on short rest for a Thursday night showdown at O.co Coliseum.


The Chiefs are fired up after knocking off the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks at Arrowhead Stadium Sunday, putting them in first place in the AFC Western Division, while the Raiders demonstrated why they are winless with an inept showing on offense in their loss to San Diego Sunday.


So why should the Raider Nation be optimistic about this game? Here’s why:
It’s a Trap!
Kansas City is tied with the Denver Broncos for first place in the AFC West and the Chiefs play the Broncos next week. It’s not uncommon for teams to look ahead to a game against a stronger rival and let down in a game against the opponent they’re supposed to beat. Even Admiral Ackbar knows if there ever was a trap opponent, it’s the Raiders. You know Kansas City will feel the Raider game is a warmup for Peyton Manning’s
Broncos.


Parity
There is a reason losing teams usually don’t go 0-16 as well as winning teams usually don’t go undefeated. The Raiders are bad, but probably not as bad as 0-10, and it could also be the Chiefs are not as good as 7-3. On paper, it’s a huge mismatch. But the Raiders have shown flashes, and have been competitive in a few games, at least. If the offense can show a little consistency to help out their defense, they could steal this one. Plus, it’s a rivalry game - throw the records out, right?


Upsets Every Week
You can count on at least one or two big upsets per week in the NFL. Who knew the Tampa Bay Bucs or Cleveland Browns would knock off the Pittsburgh Steelers this season … or that the Rams would beat the Broncos? The Raiders coming up big against their arch-rival at home is not out of the realm of possibility. The phrase “any given Sunday” is fairly accurate when talking about the NFL, which always has any number of shocking upsets during a season. As John Madden would say, you still gotta play the game.


Short Week Advantage
The dreaded shortest of the short weeks in the NFL, where teams play just four days after beating themselves up on a Sunday, has to favor the home team. No cross-country travel, no time change, home-cooking and familiar surroundings can help any team, even the Raiders.


Law of Averages
It has been a year since the last time the Raiders won a game. Their last win was November 17, 2013 at Houston. They have to win sometime, right? This week is as good as any to finally put one in the win column.

[chiefzilla1501]

The Raiders are 0-16 but they've lost some really close games against a really tough schedule. It's going to be a dogfight.

If there's any benefit, the Raiders are traveling from San Diego. No time difference, but it's still travel time nonetheless.

Oh, and **** Goodell and his short weeks.

By the way, reports say that the Chiefs were gameplanning for Oakland even before the Seattle game. You can tell the coaches and players are ready for the short week in ways I bet Oakland's inexperienced coaching staff is not. So there's advantage there.

[ILChief]

So basically nothing that has to do with football

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by ILChief

So basically nothing that has to do with football

I thought it was hilarious. Way past the grasping at straws argument.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The Raiders are 0-16 but they've lost some really close games against a really tough schedule. It's going to be a dogfight.

If there's any benefit, the Raiders are traveling from San Diego. No time difference, but it's still travel time nonetheless.

Oh, and **** Goodell and his short weeks.

By the way, reports say that the Chiefs were gameplanning for Oakland even before the Seattle game. You can tell the coaches and players are ready for the short week in ways I bet Oakland's inexperienced coaching staff is not. So there's advantage there.

The Raiders did that as well . . .

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

I think that's called "whistling past the graveyard".

[splatbass]

That sounds like someone that is desparately reaching for hope. None of those reasons are very convincing, except for the short week. I thiink Reid will have them prepared though.

[O.city]

Everyone is game planning ahead. The Chiefs already have some of the staff working on Denver. Too much prep for that short of time

[Reerun_KC]

Aids thread

[Frosty]

I suspect they are having trouble selling tickets.

[DaneMcCloud]

The Chiefs aren't as good as their 7-3 record???

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by Frosty

I suspect they are having trouble selling tickets.

They already sold out. They've sold out every home game this year apparently.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

How exactly are the Chiefs possibly not as good as 7 and 3? What a dumbass.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

How exactly are the Chiefs possibly not as good as 7 and 3? What a dumbass.

According to the media, it's because the Chiefs don't throw for 300+ yards and 4+ TDs a week and don't have a WR with a TD. According to the media, this team is very limited.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by ILChief

So basically nothing that has to do with football

Certainly not the merits of the Raiders OR Chiefs.