Oakland Raiders v. Kansas City Chiefs: Five Things That Must Happen

The Oakland Raiders, riding a four-game losing streak play host to bitter arch-rival Kansas City – if they hope to snap that losing streak, a few things must happen.

The Oakland Raiders are home to host hated division rival Kansas City in Thursday’s prime-time game. Oakland comes in riding a four-game losing streak – a streak in which they haven’t looked like particularly good team. In fact, it might be fair to say that over these last four games, they’ve looked like a pretty terrible team.

Sitting at 2-4 and hosting the 5-1 division leading Chiefs is an intimidating prospect. But just imagine what a lift it could give this team if they can put Kansas City down and walk away with a win.

And this Raiders team really needs to walk away with a win in the worst way possible. Because, let’s face it, a 3-4 hole is a lot easier to dig out of than a 2-5 hole. Especially, when that 2-5 hole contains three division losses.

There are a million things going wrong for this team and precious few that seem to be going right these days. An offense that was supposed to be elite, that was supposed to be among the cream of the crop in the NFL, has sputtered, stuttered, and failed to look anything like an elite offense.

In fact, over these last four weeks, the Oakland offense has barely looked competent enough to be considered a legitimate NFL offense.

They are quite literally battling for their playoff lives against the Chiefs tonight – a team they haven’t had much success against in recent seasons. A loss could effectively end the year. A win though – a win could buoy the spirits of this team and be the catalyst they so desperately need.

To win though, they are going to have to play a flawless game. They are going to need a few things to happen, among the many others, such as these…