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  For a lot of "experts" (us included, hence the quotations), the came into 2017 as favorites to not only battle for a division title but to build off last season's 12- Francois Beauchemin Jersey 4 record that included their first playoff appearance since 2002.Instead, it's taken just six weeks for the Raiders to match last season's lo s total. Which makes Thursday night's AFC West matchup against the all the more important. Because after Kansas City comes to town, Oakland has back-to-back trips to the East Coast -- first in Buffalo and then in Miami -- before the bye in Week 10. We mention this because despite the preseason expectations, the reality is that the Raiders travel more than any other team this season. Thanks to , we know that it will be nearly 33,000 miles and includes four trips of at least 2,000 miles. By comparison, the travel just 6,800 miles, le s than any other team. This is noteworthy for one very simple reason: From 1997-2011, teams that traveled 2,000 miles or more for a road trip had a winning percentage of just .398, and it dropped to .364 for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. To recap: The Raiders have already lost on the road to the and , and at home to the (without ) and . There's no shame in dropping a game to the Chiefs, arguably the 's best team, but Oakland's season could effectively be over at the halfway point if they drop subsequent games in Buffalo and Miami. The good news is that after the bye, the Raiders play four of their next five games at home (the one road game is in Kansas City). The bad news: They'll finish up at Philadelphia and at Los Angeles. But we can't just blame the schedule for the Raiders' plight. This was one of the league's most explosive offenses a season ago and there's little reason for that to have Erik Johnson Jersey changed, especially with the addition of and , who joined , , one of the league's best offensive lines and, of course, Carr. But a year after leading the NFL's eighth-ranked offense -- in which Carr ranked seventh among all pa sers -- this Raiders outfit and Carr both rank 17th in their respective categories, according to . Perhaps the biggest i sue is that Carr hasn't looked like the MVP candidate he was in 2016. And we're not talking about the back injury that kept him out of the Week 5 matchup against the Ravens but the cumulative effects of injuries . Carr, of course, isn't looking for excuses. These QB's have the highest pa ser rating when under pre sure / getting hit! NFL Matchup on ESPN (@NFLMatchup) At the end of the day, this is my fault," Carr said following Sunday's lo s to the Chargers in which he was 21-of-30 for 171 yards, with one touchdown, two interceptions and only had six pa ses travel more than six yards downfield. "It's not my players' fault, it's not my teammates' fault. This is all on me. So, I have to get it right. I have to somehow make it click better or maybe I can talk to them better. Maybe I can explain things better. Whatever it is. They're just going to go as I go. So it's all my fault. I have to figure out a way to communicate what we need." In addition to the lack of a deep pa sing game -- Carr ranks 17th in going deep, according to after ranking fifth in 2016 -- there isn't any consistency in the running game. Put another way: If you have Marshawn Lynch it probably makes sense to use him -- especially if your quarterback is coming off a few injuries and is working his way back into form. Instead, Lynch is averaging 11.7 carries a game for 42.8 yards. A sputtering offense shouldn't overshadow a defense that . A year ago, the unit ranked 22nd (25th against the pa s, 17th against the run). Six games in and the defense is 28th (29th against the pa s, 21st against the run). On paper, the fixes are clear. As a practical matter, there may not be enough time to make those fixes before it's Joe Colborne Jersey too late which, for us, is the Raiders' next three games. The Chiefs now have something to proveThe Chiefs are coming off their first lo s of the season, dropping a home game to the Steelers, 19-13. And while they had a chance to win it late, they were thoroughly dominated in the first half when Pittsburgh's defense allowed just . It was a weird place to Rene Robert Jersey find Kansas City's offense, which came into the game as the league's best, both in pa sing and running the ball. There's little reason to think they won't get back on track against a reeling Raiders team. It starts with , who has graduated from game manager to legit NFL MVP candidate. In terms of , he's the league's best quarterback who also happens to have the league's best running back, rookie , at his disposal. How good has Smith been? In his first five starts, his completion percentage was: 80.0, 75.0, 76.2, 73.0 and 78.5. The Steelers held him to 55.9, mostly because they were able to shut down the running game. There against a Raiders' defense that is allowing, on average, 179 rushing yards per game. "It's important to be a balanced football team on offense you can't be one-dimensional," Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy said. this week, via the . "Being balanced is one of the things I think we've done a good job at this year, and depending on the tempo of the game or score of the game, that may swing a little bit one way or another." The last time we metThe Chiefs have won the last five meetings, and seven of the last eight, dating back to October 2013, which was the first season Andy Reid and Alex Smith were in Kansas City. In fact, the only lo s came in Oakland in 2014 -- on a Thursday night. Not-so-fun-fact: The Raiders were 0-10 coming into that game.The Chiefs, meanwhile, are 3-2 in Thursday night games since Reid's arrival, including the season-opening victory over the in September.Not surprisingly, Thursday night games ."It's tough both ways," Semyon Varlamov Jersey Smith said, via ESPN.com's Adam Teicher. "It certainly is a challenge physically. It just depends on how you come out of the previous game . Every guy is different. Every guy is battling their own injuries . You have to try to make that decision -- if you can get back in time and are good enough to go. "Then you're cramming mentally, coaches and players included, getting the game plan in, getting it down, certainly walking the fine line of new stuff in a short week. You've got to be able to in a loud place, a noisy environment, to be able to master all of that stuff when things are really going fast.Linebacker added: "It kind of sucks for the body. But at the same time, it sucks for the opponent, too. We go through a lot as NFL players playing every Sunday or Mondays at times. Thursday is hard ... You want to play at 12 o'clock on Sunday. That's the best scenario."Dispatches from Fantasy IslandIf you're planning on starting Raiders tight end Jared Cook -- don't. explains: Cook has combined for five Fantasy points in the past three games, and he has a tough matchup coming up against the Chiefs in Week 7 on Thursday night. Cook only has one good game thi

  For a lot of "experts" (us included, hence the quotations), the came into 2017 as favorites to not only battle for a division title but to build off last season's 12- Francois Beauchemin Jersey 4 record that included their first playoff appearance since 2002.Instead, it's taken just six weeks for the Raiders to match last season's lo s total. Which makes Thursday night's AFC West matchup against the all the more important. Because after Kansas City comes to town, Oakland has back-to-back trips to the East Coast -- first in Buffalo and then in Miami -- before the bye in Week 10. We mention this because despite the preseason expectations, the reality is that the Raiders travel more than any other team this season. Thanks to , we know that it will be nearly 33,000 miles and includes four trips of at least 2,000 miles. By comparison, the travel just 6,800 miles, le s than any other team. This is noteworthy for one very simple reason: From 1997-2011, teams that traveled 2,000 miles or more for a road trip had a winning percentage of just .398, and it dropped to .364 for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. To recap: The Raiders have already lost on the road to the and , and at home to the (without ) and . There's no shame in dropping a game to the Chiefs, arguably the 's best team, but Oakland's season could effectively be over at the halfway point if they drop subsequent games in Buffalo and Miami. The good news is that after the bye, the Raiders play four of their next five games at home (the one road game is in Kansas City). The bad news: They'll finish up at Philadelphia and at Los Angeles. But we can't just blame the schedule for the Raiders' plight. This was one of the league's most explosive offenses a season ago and there's little reason for that to have Erik Johnson Jersey changed, especially with the addition of and , who joined , , one of the league's best offensive lines and, of course, Carr. But a year after leading the NFL's eighth-ranked offense -- in which Carr ranked seventh among all pa sers -- this Raiders outfit and Carr both rank 17th in their respective categories, according to . Perhaps the biggest i sue is that Carr hasn't looked like the MVP candidate he was in 2016. And we're not talking about the back injury that kept him out of the Week 5 matchup against the Ravens but the cumulative effects of injuries . Carr, of course, isn't looking for excuses. These QB's have the highest pa ser rating when under pre sure / getting hit! NFL Matchup on ESPN (@NFLMatchup) At the end of the day, this is my fault," Carr said following Sunday's lo s to the Chargers in which he was 21-of-30 for 171 yards, with one touchdown, two interceptions and only had six pa ses travel more than six yards downfield. "It's not my players' fault, it's not my teammates' fault. This is all on me. So, I have to get it right. I have to somehow make it click better or maybe I can talk to them better. Maybe I can explain things better. Whatever it is. They're just going to go as I go. So it's all my fault. I have to figure out a way to communicate what we need." In addition to the lack of a deep pa sing game -- Carr ranks 17th in going deep, according to after ranking fifth in 2016 -- there isn't any consistency in the running game. Put another way: If you have Marshawn Lynch it probably makes sense to use him -- especially if your quarterback is coming off a few injuries and is working his way back into form. Instead, Lynch is averaging 11.7 carries a game for 42.8 yards. A sputtering offense shouldn't overshadow a defense that . A year ago, the unit ranked 22nd (25th against the pa s, 17th against the run). Six games in and the defense is 28th (29th against the pa s, 21st against the run). On paper, the fixes are clear. As a practical matter, there may not be enough time to make those fixes before it's Joe Colborne Jersey too late which, for us, is the Raiders' next three games. The Chiefs now have something to proveThe Chiefs are coming off their first lo s of the season, dropping a home game to the Steelers, 19-13. And while they had a chance to win it late, they were thoroughly dominated in the first half when Pittsburgh's defense allowed just . It was a weird place to Rene Robert Jersey find Kansas City's offense, which came into the game as the league's best, both in pa sing and running the ball. There's little reason to think they won't get back on track against a reeling Raiders team. It starts with , who has graduated from game manager to legit NFL MVP candidate. In terms of , he's the league's best quarterback who also happens to have the league's best running back, rookie , at his disposal. How good has Smith been? In his first five starts, his completion percentage was: 80.0, 75.0, 76.2, 73.0 and 78.5. The Steelers held him to 55.9, mostly because they were able to shut down the running game. There against a Raiders' defense that is allowing, on average, 179 rushing yards per game. "It's important to be a balanced football team on offense you can't be one-dimensional," Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy said. this week, via the . "Being balanced is one of the things I think we've done a good job at this year, and depending on the tempo of the game or score of the game, that may swing a little bit one way or another." The last time we metThe Chiefs have won the last five meetings, and seven of the last eight, dating back to October 2013, which was the first season Andy Reid and Alex Smith were in Kansas City. In fact, the only lo s came in Oakland in 2014 -- on a Thursday night. Not-so-fun-fact: The Raiders were 0-10 coming into that game.The Chiefs, meanwhile, are 3-2 in Thursday night games since Reid's arrival, including the season-opening victory over the in September.Not surprisingly, Thursday night games ."It's tough both ways," Semyon Varlamov Jersey Smith said, via ESPN.com's Adam Teicher. "It certainly is a challenge physically. It just depends on how you come out of the previous game . Every guy is different. Every guy is battling their own injuries . You have to try to make that decision -- if you can get back in time and are good enough to go. "Then you're cramming mentally, coaches and players included, getting the game plan in, getting it down, certainly walking the fine line of new stuff in a short week. You've got to be able to in a loud place, a noisy environment, to be able to master all of that stuff when things are really going fast.Linebacker added: "It kind of sucks for the body. But at the same time, it sucks for the opponent, too. We go through a lot as NFL players playing every Sunday or Mondays at times. Thursday is hard ... You want to play at 12 o'clock on Sunday. That's the best scenario."Dispatches from Fantasy IslandIf you're planning on starting Raiders tight end Jared Cook -- don't. explains: Cook has combined for five Fantasy points in the past three games, and he has a tough matchup coming up against the Chiefs in Week 7 on Thursday night. Cook only has one good game thi