KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Las Vegas bought a pair of defensive touchdowns for the second straight week, together with a pick-6 of the struggling Patrick Mahomes, and the resurgent Raiders held off the sloppy Kansas Metropolis Chiefs 20-14 on Monday to maintain their slim postseason hopes alive.
Large defensive sort out Bilal Nichols returned a fumble Eight yards for a landing, and Jack Jones took an interception 33 yards for one more rating 7 seconds later, serving to the Raiders (7-8) snap a six-game dropping streak to the Chiefs.
Kansas Metropolis (9-6) squandered a chance to clinch the AFC West for the eighth consecutive yr with one among their worst performances of the Mahomes period.
Together with two defensive TDs, Harrison Butker missed a chip-shot area aim, penalties and dropped passes have been once more an issue, and twice they did not convert on fourth down within the second half.
The Chiefs had an opportunity after Mahomes hit Justin Watson for a landing with 2:42 to go. However on the following possession, the Raiders’ Zamir White bought free for a 43-yard achieve, choosing up a primary down that allowed them to expire the clock.
Mahomes completed 27 of 44 for 235 yards and an interception; he practically threw a second but it surely was overturned upon evaluation.
The Raiders, enjoying with out injured operating again Josh Jacobs, received regardless of a dismal day from their very own offense.
Aidan O’Connell was 9 of 21 for 62 yards, by no means finishing a move after the primary quarter, whereas White had 145 yards on the bottom.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid had spent the previous few weeks lamenting the sloppy play that stored costing the Tremendous Bowl champs.
They couldn’t have been a lot sloppier on Christmas Day.
They went three-and-out on consecutive collection to start out a recreation for less than the second time with Mahomes at quarterback. They have been held to minus-18 yards within the first quarter, the second-worst complete for the membership since no less than 1991. And the reigning league MVP was sacked twice in these two collection, whereas two extra offensive penalties solely made issues worse.
The Chiefs lastly pulled forward when Isiah Pacheco took a direct snap 12 yards for a landing, and Las Vegas had given the ball proper again after a punt. Pacheco once more took a direct snap however this time tried at hand off to Mahomes, who misplaced the alternate, and the 315-pound Raiders defensive sort out Nichols was there to scoop it up and run for the landing.
On the following offensive play for Kansas Metropolis, Mahomes was picked off by Jones, who returned it 33 yards for his second pick-6 in consecutive weeks. The Raiders’ fourth defensive TD within the two weeks, and their second in a span of seven seconds, gave them a 17-7 lead over their longtime divisional nemesis.
Then, Jones appeared to play the Grinch when he faked giving the ball to a child sporting Chiefs garments within the crowd.
It was nonetheless 17-7 when the Chiefs’ Butker, one of many NFL’s most correct kickers, missed a chip-shot area aim earlier than halftime, and the Raiders tacked on a area aim late within the third quarter to take a 20-7 lead heading to the fourth.