KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs headed off to the locker room going through a massive hollow towards the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday night, the entirety from the massive performs to the officiating calls going the manner in their longtime AFC West rivals.
One name especially lit a hearthplace beneathneath them.
It turned into a doubtful penalty on Chiefs protecting address Chris Jones for roughing Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, and no person withinside the Kansas City locker room may want to consider it. But in place of stew over it, or lament their 10-factor deficit, Patrick Mahomes and the relaxation of the Chiefs used it as motivation to typhoon from at the back of for the 30-29 victory.
“There turned into anger pretty much how we had performed as much as that factor,” stated Mahomes, who threw 4 landing passes to tight give up Travis Kelce. “We wanted each person to exit there and take the combat to them.”
The Raiders nevertheless had a risk while Davante Adams, who in advance had hauled in a 58-backyard landing catch, introduced a 48-yarder with 4:29 to go. It got here after Kelce’s very last landing catch, while Kansas City failed on a 2-factor strive that left the rating 30-23. But in place of kick a tying more factor, Raiders instruct Josh McDaniels additionally went for 2.
Josh Jacobs, who had shredded the Chiefs protection all night, turned into crammed on the aim line.