The Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver DeSean Jackson (1) makes the catch over the Kansas City Chiefs free safety Tyrann Mathieu (32) during the second half of Nov 14, 2021 Sunday Night Football contest at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (AP News photo)

By Rich Perez

SRS Las Vegas Raiders beat reporter

Sunday Night Football is not all it’s hyped out to be. Being on the prime time stage under the lights of Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas as the Las Vegas Raiders (5-4) lost their second straight game 41-14 to the visiting Kansas City Chiefs (6-4). The Chiefs quarterback Pat Mahomes threw for 35-50 for 406 yards and five count then five touchdowns. Mahomes was so busy in the pocket Sunday evening that he even got back up Tommy Townsend came in and threw a completed pass for 16 yards.

Mahomes said that the offense is having success moving the ball compared to earlier this season,“We’ve done it before,” Mahomes said. “We’ve done it these last few seasons we were doing at the beginning of this season. We were moving the ball and making a lot of stuff happen. We were just turning the ball over. Then we kind of went through a little little spell where we weren’t making these drives and we were still finding ways to win. I knew that we’re going to click back into it.”

For the Raiders again the offense sputtered as they could not get anything going , and when they did get some thing going they lost the ball for whatever reason. Derek Carr made every attempt possible to keep the Raiders in the game. But Kansas City’s defense was just relentless in this game …shades of last year’s team. Carr went 25-35 for 261 yards threw two touchdowns and one interception.

Newly acquired wide receiver DeSean Jackson came in for his first big connection and tried to make too much happen on his first Raiders reception attempt as the ball got punched out …that was a game changer for the Raiders as everything went South from there. Jackson got a reception and had 38 yards. At the Raiders practice on Wednesday Jackson said he isn’t asking for the ball 100% of the time but wants to do whatever he can to make his role fit, “I’m not asking to get the ball 100 times, I’m not asking to play 100% whatever that role is that fits, just let me play it to the best of my ability,” Jackson said, “Being that spark, what I’ve been able to do my whole career. Deep threat, vertical threat if it’s being a decoy opening it up for other guys whatever it is I need to do to be a spark, that’s what I’m here for.”

Unfortunately the Raiders had a great opportunity to take over first place instead Kansas City has looped right back up from the bottom to the top of the division.

The Raiders take on the Bengals next Sun Nov 21st at Allegiant a 1:05 pm kick off, in a game that they need to win …a very important five game stretch they have here for the playoff run.  They must maintain composure and finish strong.