Kansas City-Oakland Divisional Round Game

Today's matchup pits the AFC's #1 seed, the Kansas City Chiefs, versus the #6 seed Oakland Raiders. In Oakland's wild card game against the Jaguars, only one touchdown was scored and that was on a late 4th quarter pass from David Gerrard. To say that Oakland's offense was anemic is like saying that Michael Jackson enjoys the company of young boys. JaMarcus "Raiders fans wish Al Davis would get a stake through the heart so he doesn't draft players like this guy with the #1 pick" Russell had two picks and completed a Jonathan Quinn-like 30% of his passes in the loss. The Chiefs were bad all season long amassing only two wins all season, however, one of those wins came at Oakland. So who wins, the team that comes from the land of barbecue or the team that comes from the Black Hole (of suck)? Video and recap right now.

1st Half


2nd Half


After a quick three and out by Kansas City, they get the ball right back when Darren McFadden fumbles and Donnie Edwards picks it up and returns it to the Raiders' 16 yard line. Kansas City then draws first blood on a six yard TD run by Larry Johnson. After exchanging punts, Oakland makes another costly turnover. This time a JaMarcus Russell interception gave the Chiefs the ball at the Oakland 47 with 54 seconds left in the first half. After a curious decision by Herm Edwards to kick a field goal with 25 seconds left and a timeout, Nick Novack bangs it off an upright and through to give the Chiefs a 10-0 lead at the end of the first half.

Another Raiders miscue opens up the 2nd half as Johnnie Lee Higgins fumbles the kickoff and Derrick Johnson recovers it and takes it to the Oakland five yard line. However, the Chiefs fail to capitalize on the turnover when Tyler Thigpen throws an interception into the endzone on the first play of the drive. The comedy of errors continues as Justin Griffith fumbles on the first play of the Raiders' drive to give the Chiefs first and goal at the seven. To recap the second half so far; three plays and three turnovers. Truly the Bizarro Bowl at its finest. The Chiefs, however, don't make the same mistake twice and give the ball to Larry Johnson for a quick touchdown run. Johnnie Lee Higgins atones (kind of) for his mistake by taking the ensuing kickoff to the Chiefs' 19 yard line. However, the Raider offense sputters like it usually does and a 32 yard field goal attempt would be all they get. However, with the Raiders being the Raiders, Sebastian "GHB" Janikowski misses the field goal. In the game nobody wants to win, Tyler Thigpen throws another interception to give the Raiders the ball back at the Chiefs' 25. The Raiders finally get on the board when Russell hooks up with (ewwww) Zach Miller for a 25 yard touchdown. The Chiefs respond by driving the ball 60 yards down field and score on a four yard TD run by Larry Johnson to make it 24-7. Johnnie Lee Higgins takes the ensuing kickoff to the house to make it a little more interesting at 24-14. An onside kick attempt by the Raiders failed and the Chiefs were able to take off a good chunk of the clock before they punted. The Raiders drove the ball to the Chiefs' 34, but could not proceed any further as time had expired. The Raiders really have nobody to blame but themselves as they committed four turnovers that lead to 17 Chiefs points. So another upset in the AFC playoffs and we'll see Cincinnati going to Oakland for the Bizarro AFC championship.