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Chiefs fall to Raiders 40-32

Juan Thornhill
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Kansas City Chiefs free safety Juan Thornhill (22) runs this interception back for a touchdown against the Oakland Raiders during the first half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019.
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3:48 p.m. | Chiefs gathered to talk to reporters after their loss to the Raiders.

3:30 p.m. | The Chiefs fail to get another touchdown and two-point conversion. The Raiders win 40-32. They are now 4-1 for the season and lost their first game since November 2019.

3:16 p.m. | Travis Kelce scores a touchdown for the Chiefs. Mahomes hits Darrel Williams for a two-point conversion. The Chiefs trail 40-32.

3:06 p.m. | The Raiders intercept a Chiefs fourth down conversion attempt and run it back for a touchdown. They now lead 40-24.

2:59 p.m. | The Raiders make good on a field goal attempt, extending their lead 33-24 over the Chiefs.

2:42 p.m. | Sammy Watkins has been ruled out for the remainder of the game for the Chiefs.

2:42 p.m. | The Raiders find the end zone in the fourth quarter after a scoreless third. They now lead 30-24 after the extra point was no good.

1:45 p.m. | After a penalty canceled a potential Chiefs touchdown, Harrison Butker makes the field goal attempt on the fourth down. The Chiefs tie it up at 24-24.

1:28 p.m. | The Raiders run in a 72-yard touchdown and take the lead, 24-21.

1:27 p.m. | Chiefs Sammy Watkins is being checked out for what looks like a hamstring injury.

1:12 p.m. | The Raiders find the end zone once again and have a good extra point attempt. The score is now 21-17 Chiefs.

1:05 p.m. | Sammy Watkins runs it in for the Chiefs, bringing them to a 21-10 lead with Butker's clean extra point attempt.

12:52 p.m. | The Raiders find the end zone for the first time. The score stands at 14-10 Chiefs.

12:53 p.m. | Chiefs LB Anthony Hitchens leaves the field with a hand injury.

12:47 p.m. | After an interception from newly returned Bashaud Breeland, Tyreek Hill walks in an easy touchdown. Butker's extra point is good for a 14-3 lead.

12:34 p.m. | Patrick Mahomes runs in the Chiefs' first touchdown and Harrison Butker makes the extra point. The Chiefs lead 7-3.

12:22 p.m. | The Raiders strike first with a 38-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead in the first quarter.

12:11 p.m. | Chiefs OG Kelechi Osemele went down during the Chiefs' first possession with an apparent leg injury. He had to be carted off of the field. Osemele is replaced by Mike Remmers.

11:50 a.m. | The Chiefs are ready to kickoff and 41 Action News sports reporter Aaron is at Arrowhead Stadium with his game preview and prediction.

ORIGINAL STORY | Only five games into the 2020 season, the Kansas City Chiefs can practically lock up a record-tying fifth straight AFC West championship Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs are 4-0 and own a two-game lead over the Las Vegas Raiders, who at 2-2 are KC’s closest competition in the division at the moment.

Both the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos are 1-3 on the season.

A three-game lead with 11 games to play — we hope, at least, but more on that later — doesn’t lock up the AFC West crown mathematically, but it’s hard to see the Chiefs faltering enough to be threatened as our "4th & 1" podcast co-hosts Tod Palmer and Nick Jacobs explain.

The Chiefs’ offense will need to execute better than it did Monday against New England, when it failed to reach the end zone until the final minute of the third quarter, but Mahomes won’t be facing a Bill Belichick defense.

That should help, though Mahomes still expects a tough test from Las Vegas.

It’s also hard to know how much the game’s status being in flux — and ultimately postponed — after players for the Chiefs and Patriots tested positive last weekend affected pregame focus and preparation.

Either way, it’s the new status quo in the NFL, which is having to move games like checker pieces amid the Tennessee Titans’ outbreak and New England’s positive tests.

The Chiefs’ scheduled game Thursday at the Buffalo Bills likely will be pushed back to Sunday if the Titans-Bills play as scheduled Tuesday.

But first, it’s Raiders week.

Kansas City’s defense, which has been shorthanded during several games at cornerback, gets a boost with Bashaud Breeland’s return from a four-game suspension.

Breeland — who started 18 games, including the playoffs, last season for the Super Bowl LIV champs — said he’s ready to contribute right away.

The Chiefs will be without rookie defensive lineman Mike Danna, who has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.

But defensive tackle Chris Jones, who sat out the New England game with a groin injury, won’t carry an injury designation into the Raiders game. No other Chiefs missed practice time last week.

Fortunately, despite cornerback Stephon Gilmore’s positive test a day after the Patriots visited Arrowhead, no Chiefs had tested positive for COVID-19 since that game as of Friday night.

But plenty was made of Mahomes’ postgame encounter with Gilmore. The Chiefs’ QB explained why COVID-19 is always on his mind these days.

Wide receiver Tyreek Hill also laid out some of his COVID-19 concerns.

On the Chiefs inactives list this week:

  • RB DeAndre Washington
  • OL Yasir Durant
  • TE Ricky Seals-Jones
  • DE Demone Harris
  • LB Darius Harris

Raiders inactives:

  • S Dallin Leavitt
  • OT Brandon Parker
  • OG Patrick Omameh
  • WR Bryan Edwards
  • DT Maliek Collins

Tickets for the first two games in November, which will remain capped at 22% capacity amid the pandemic, will go on sale next week to season ticket members.

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