World News – United States – Carr-led raiders knock heads out in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY Mo (AP) – Derek Carr threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns, edging out Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes along the way, and the Las Vegas Raiders nearly ruled out the mighty offense Kansas City in the second half to rally for a 40-32 win on Sunday that ended the Chiefs’ 13-game winning streak, franchise record

Josh Jacobs scored the approval touchdown in the fourth quarter, Daniel Carlson added a basket minutes later, and Mahomes was intercepted on the fourth down to set up another Jacobs touchdown making it 40-24 with 5: Encore 26

Mahomes quickly led the Chiefs onto the field, hitting Travis Kelce for a touchdown and Darrel Williams for the 2-point try to make it a single possession game But after the Raiders (3-2) recovered the squib quickly, Jacobs scolded for a first down as the Chiefs (4-1) ran out of time-outs, and Carr snuck in for a first down in the fourth. and -1 near midfielder with 2 minutes remaining to allow Las Vegas to end their five-game slippage against Kansas City

The Chiefs had won seven straight wins over their longtime rival at Arrowhead Stadium, where Carr had been particularly bad losing each of his six starts.But he was simply spectacular with 17,000 relatively calm fans in the building, helping to guide the Raiders to their first Kansas City win since October 28, 2012

Mahomes spent the entire game trying to escape the Las Vegas pass rush, which battered the Chiefs offensive line, and finished with 340 passing yards and two touchdowns with an interception Kelce received 108 yards

The slower second half, when the Raiders finished their comeback from a 14-3 deficit, came after a first half in which the Raiders and Chiefs combined for nearly 700 yards and played a draw of 24

The Chiefs secured a touchdown pass from Mahomes to Sammy Watkins, who later walked away with a hamstring injury but also had two touchdown passes brought back by penalties The first was a 58-yard drive to Hill that was wiped out by a hold call on Kelechi Osemele, who left with a knee injury two games later, and the second was a strike to Clyde Edwards-Helaire at the end of the half which was called off by Kelce’s Offensive Pass Interference

Carr looked like he was destined for another miserable day at Arrowhead Stadium with his early interception, but he came back with three touchdown passes in the first period The first was a 59-yard draw to Nelson Agholar, who simply split the Chiefs into secondary, and the second to tight end Darren Waller in the back of the end zone.

When Henry Ruggs III pitched 72 yards for Carr’s third TD pass from quarterback, the Raiders had a 24-21 lead

There weren’t about the same number of offenses in the second half – especially in Kansas City

The Chiefs had to pitch their first three possessions, winning just two first downs, and one of those on penalty.This gave the Raiders a chance to get ahead of Jacobs’ 7-yard bull run with 14 : 14 to play, then make it a two-possession game when Carr hit Hunter Renfrow for 42 yards in the third and 18 to prepare Carlson 43-yard field goal

Jeff Heath intercepted Mahomes in fourth position minutes later, and Jacobs helped seal the victory for Las Vegas

Raiders placed DT Maurice Hurst on the COVID-19 list earlier this week, and Chiefs reportedly had a positive assistant strength and conditioning coach test But contact tracing was carried out within both organizations and there were no further positive tests allowing the game to play as intended.

Las Vegas: WR Bryan Edwards (ankle and foot) and DT Maliek Collins (shoulder) were inactive… FS Lamarcus Joyner injured his hamstring in the opening game, Renfrow was shaken while returning a kick but remained in the game, and CB Keisean Nixon injured his hip while covering a punt early in the second half

Kansas City: Besides Osemele and Watkins injuries, LB Anthony Hitchens suffered a hand injury and was off the field in the fourth quarter, when the Chiefs were unable to stop Las’s offense. Vegas

The Chiefs were supposed to visit the Bills on Thursday night, but will instead play on October 19, giving Buffalo time to catch up to their game against Tennessee on Tuesday Las Vegas is off before facing the Buccaneers on October 25

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