Missed opportunities was a recurring theme for the Raiders in this one. Every time they either created one or had one handed to them, they failed to capitalize. Some were just the Chiefs being the Chiefs. Others were the Raiders being the Raiders.
Ballers
WR Jakobi Meyers
His influence on the offense was obvious from the jump. He converted the first third down of the game on a 12-yard catch. And then scored the touchdown at the end of that drive as the Raiders tied it up.
The second scoring drive, Meyers had a 17-yard catch to put them in field goal range and a 54-yard Daniel Carlson field goal put the Raiders up 10-7.
The third quarter, the Raiders got their third score off a DJ Turner punt return with a late hit penalty tacked on. Meyers did his part to take advantage of the field position with a six-yard catch to led things off and an 11-yard catch on third-and-nine that put the Raiders in first and goal. Unfortunately that’s where the drive stalled, so they added a field goal to make it a 17-13 Chiefs lead.
Meyers led the Raiders in catches with six for 52 yards and a touchdown.
DE Tyree Wilson
Nice to see him show up here for just the third time in his two-year career and the first time this season. Not coincidentally, Wilson had his first sack of the season in this game. The sack ended the Chiefs second possession and allowed the Raiders to take the lead early in the second quarter. He also had a couple run stops, a pressure to force an incompletion, and drew a holding penalty. All solid contributions.