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AP Mailbag: Assessing wide receiver and defensive tackle for Week 8

AP Mailbag: Assessing wide receiver and defensive tackle for Week 8

Welcome back to the Arrowhead Pride Mailbag! Each week, watch for your opportunity to submit your Kansas City Chiefs questions in The Feed, which is found on AP’s home page.

After blanking an opponent for the first time since the 2015 postseason with Sunday’s 31-0 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, let’s see what is on our readers’ minds.


AZDiamond75 asks:

Will the Chiefs make a trade adding to the defensive line this week? Defensive tackle was a huge need before. With Omarr-Norman-Lott going down, it’s now s pretty much a certainty.

After the rookie defensive tackle...

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What did Rashee Rice do in his first game back?

What did Rashee Rice do in his first game back?

Going into Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Las Vegas Raiders, I wanted to see what wide receiver Rashee Rice would do after more than a full calendar year off the field. In his absence, the offense had developed a rhythm without him, so I was curious to see how he would be used — and how much the team would put on his plate.

After Sunday’s 31-0 blowout, the Chiefs are sure to be happy that Rice is back — and will want to feature him often. He ran 16 routes and saw 10 targets. That is...

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Arrowheadlines: Chiefs place Omarr-Norman-Lott on Reserve/Injured list

Arrowheadlines: Chiefs place Omarr-Norman-Lott on Reserve/Injured list

The latest

Chiefs place Omar Norman-Lott on Reserve/Injured list | The Mothership

Rashee Rice had an offseason talk with Patrick Mahomes. It led to a TD on Sunday | The Athletic

“I basically told Pat I was a fade guy in college,” Rice said Sunday. “If you look at my college highlights, I caught a lot of back-shoulders at SMU. Just having a great quarterback, we just had to put it in the air, talk about it.”

From there, the two went to work.

Over and over, Mahomes and Rice practiced those corner-of-the-end-zone-type throws...

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The Chiefs are once again the Super Bowl favorites

The Chiefs are once again the Super Bowl favorites

While watching the Kansas City Chiefs31-0 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, did you feel like you were watching a college matchup between a small school and an FBS powerhouse?

NFL teams rarely win like Kansas City did on Sunday. But in the NCAA, we see these kinds of games every season. Power conference teams play those from smaller schools to prepare for conference play. This season’s matchup between Ohio State and Grambling is a good example. The Buckeyes are arguably the country’s best team, while the Tigers are a middling member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference....

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Upon Further Review: 3 thoughts from the Chiefs’ win over the Raiders

Upon Further Review: 3 thoughts from the Chiefs’ win over the Raiders

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs opened a can of something-or-other on the Las Vegas Raiders, escorting them off GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium after a 31-0 beatdown.

Here are three things that occur to me after reflecting on Sunday’s game.

  1. Stone Forsyth didn’t cause Omarr Norman-Lott’s injury

No matter what I think about it, the Raiders’ backup left tackle — who was filling in for the injured starter Kolton Miller — was going to end up with some blame for the rookie defensive tackle’s season-ending ACL injury, which happened with 2:30 left in the third quarter.

Forsyth...

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NFL Power Rankings Week 8 Roundup: Chiefs move up after shutout win

NFL Power Rankings Week 8 Roundup: Chiefs move up after shutout win

Last week, the Kansas City Chiefs were an easy call to move up in power rankings after a 30-17 win over the Detroit Lions. This week, a 31-0 shutout of the Las Vegas Raiders continued the trend. Every power ranking we’re tracking moved them up again — including a few with the Chiefs at the top.

Here’s this week’s sampling:


NFL.com: 3

(Up from 9)

If the Chiefs’ record were a hair better, I’d have considered them for a top-two spot after the 31-0 beatdown of the rival Raiders. This was peak-Chiefs dominance, and even though the blowout...

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Arrowheadlines: Chiefs get an ‘A+’ for complete performance against Raiders

Arrowheadlines: Chiefs get an ‘A+’ for complete performance against Raiders

The latest

NFL Week 7 grades: Eagles earn high mark after snapping two-game skid | CBS Sports

A+ Chiefs
For the first time all season, Patrick Mahomes had his full arsenal of weapons available to him on offense and it definitely showed. With Rashee Rice back from his six-game suspension, Mahomes went off with 286 yards passing and three touchdowns in just three quarters of action (He spent the fourth quarter on the bench). Rice, who didn’t really show any rust, had a team-high seven catches that went for 42 yards and two touchdowns. Mahomes kept the...

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8 winners and 1 loser from the Chiefs’ dismantling of the Raiders

8 winners and 1 loser from the Chiefs’ dismantling of the Raiders

What more could we possibly ask for?

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs did nearly everything right against their old foes: the Las Vegas Raiders. In nearly every aspect of a game, it was a complete and total dismantling of a lesser opponent. We could get used to seeing this offense the rest of the season, but we can’t expect many more blowouts like this 31-0 laugher.

The only challenge is coming up with any losers from this game. Enjoy the victory Monday!

Here are the Chiefs who stood out.

Winners

Wide receiver Rashee Rice: To nobody’s surprise, the...

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Report: Chiefs’ Omarr Norman-Lott out for season with torn ACL

Report: Chiefs’ Omarr Norman-Lott out for season with torn ACL

According to a report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Kansas City Chiefs’ rookie defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott — who left Sunday’s 31-0 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders with a knee injury — has suffered a torn ACL. This will end his season.

More to come.

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Headlines across the globe following the Chiefs’ Week 7 win over the Raiders

Headlines across the globe following the Chiefs’ Week 7 win over the Raiders

Following the Kansas City Chiefs31-0 dismantling of the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday afternoon, Arrowhead Pride user Belohawks scoured the Internet for the most appropriate news headlines.

Division Win = Joy Multiplied

Arrowhead: where math is fun!

Raiders’ Week Is: Animosity, Bitterness, Spite, Venom…

In other words: hostility, acrimony, detestation, loathing…

OktoberFEAST

Fun festival moves from parking lot to GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

Kansas City Players Celebrate Win by Driving Bus Around Wyandotte County

Team spokesperson denies it means anything.

Rasheedemption

Suspension yields smooth ride, balance, good handling and touchdowns.

Chris Jones...

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5 things we learned from the Chiefs’ beautiful domination of the Raiders

5 things we learned from the Chiefs’ beautiful domination of the Raiders

It is impossible to overestimate the gap between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas Raiders.

Sunday’s 31-0 smackdown wasn’t just a convincing win. The Chiefs scored at will — and shut down the Las Vegas offense to a point that was comical. It was an utter and complete victory — a destruction so complete that the winners waved the white flag on the losers’ behalf.

Or in the words of Kendrick Lamar, the Raiders are “not like us.

*And for the first time this season, Kansas City’s winning percentage is on the right side of 0.500 — and...

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Chris Jones makes quick work of Raiders: ‘I played 23 plays’

Chris Jones makes quick work of Raiders: ‘I played 23 plays’

Few NFL games are as lopsided from start to finish as the Kansas City Chiefs31-0 defeat of the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday afternoon. While the Raiders did have significant injuries that stunted their starting lineup, that won’t be remembered for long. Even the nearly unstoppable Kansas City offense will probably be part of the lasting storyline.

The Chiefs’ defense was historically efficient during the team’s first regular-season shutout under head coach Andy Reid. (He also oversaw 2015’s 30-0 postseason victory over the Houston Texans that was much more significant in the team’s history — a defensive performance that...

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