The Kansas City Chiefs suffered their first loss of the season 40-32 to the Las Vegas Raiders in a back-and-forth game. It stings a bit more, seeing their win streak come to an end against their biggest rival within the AFC West division. All-in-all there’s work to be done in Kansas City and Las Vegas is heading home within one game of a share of the division lead.
Here’s a look at some of the Twitter reactions following the game:
Mahomes had another confusing game
Mahomes was brilliant at times against the Raiders’ defense. Other times he was utterly perplexed. If you look at the stat sheet, it certainly wasn’t a bad game for Mahomes. It seems like these types of games are becoming more prevalent in his career, but they’re much more noticeable when the Chiefs don’t notch the win.
Oakland Raiders’ defense on Patrick Mahomes: pic.twitter.com/vXec5KZo4P
— IIBroGodII (@_IIBroGodII) October 11, 2020
Patrick Mahomes has never beaten Las Vegas Raiders…
— Dave (@21David52) October 11, 2020
Today’s 8-point loss to the Raiders is the biggest loss of Patrick Mahomes’s NFL career
— The Ringer (@ringer) October 11, 2020
Mitch Trubisky is undefeated this season.
Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes are not. pic.twitter.com/62IuxAKZwd
— Dhruv Koul (@DhruvKoul) October 11, 2020
NFL fans watching Derek Carr outduel Patrick Mahomes: pic.twitter.com/uNtby7IoVw
— dripgurley (@dripgurley) October 11, 2020
Defensive meltdown
The defense had been tremendous through the first quarter of the season for Kansas City. Against Derek Carr and the Raiders, they were exposed in a big way. The secondary gave up big chunk plays and the run defense struggled to slow down Las Vegas’ rushing attack.
I haven’t seen the Chiefs pass defense play this poorly since before the bye last season.
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) October 11, 2020
Derek Carr? Throwing deep? In this economy?
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) October 11, 2020
The Chiefs defense showing us just how god awful Brian Hoyer was last week
— Boston Diehards (@WTP_BDiehards) October 11, 2020
The Chiefs defense allowed 15.87 yards per play against the Raiders in the second quarter.
Yikes.
— Craig Stout (@barleyhop) October 11, 2020
Derek Carr said he was tired of losing, and he showed it today.
Much respect! #Raiders shock the #Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium!
— Maurice Moton (@MoeMoton) October 11, 2020
The sky isn’t falling
Things might look bleak today, but it’s still early on in the season and this loss can motivate the Chiefs to be better. Just look at what happened last season…
Chiefs also lost the 5th game of the season last year… they won the Super Bowl.
It'll be okay.
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) October 11, 2020
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