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Chiefs topple Raiders to seize control of AFC West

KANSAS City took control of the AFC West with a 21-13 win against division rival Oakland in frigid conditions on Thursday.

Tyreek Hill had touchdowns receiving and on a punt return, while the Kansas City defense made life miserable for Oakland quarterback Derek Carr.

The Chiefs moved into a National Football League tie with the Raiders at 10-3 but hold the head-to-head tiebreaker. The Chiefs have won both games this season against Oakland.

Carr completed just 17 of 41 pass attempts for 117 yards, though that was not entirely his fault.

Receiver Seth Roberts dropped just about every ball thrown to him, Amari Cooper couldn’t adjust to a long throw for a would-be TD early in the fourth quarter, and several more passes were dropped to the rock-hard turf of Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kansas City quarterback Alex Smith threw for 261 yards with a TD and an interception to help the Chiefs beat Oakland for the seventh time in their past eight meetings.

Hill didn’t seem bothered by the cold, scorching the Raiders for a 36-yard TD reception before bringing a punt back 78 yards for another score. It made him the first rookie since Gale Sayers in 1965 with TDs on the ground, through the air and on punt and kickoff returns in a single season.

Charcandrick West also had a TD run for the Chiefs who led 21-3 when they lost linebacker Derrick Johnson to an Achilles tendon injury, and that seemed to briefly deflate them. Oakland proceeded to march 92 yards for a TD just before halftime.

But the Raiders kept coming up empty with their chances in the second half.




 

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