Three weeks ago, the Raiders and Chiefs were both sitting at 6-4 on the season. The division was seemingly up for grabs. Well, since then the Chiefs have grabbed it and the Raiders have fallen off a cliff.
The Chiefs took out the Patriots in New England today to win their third straight while the Raiders fell to the Titans to lose their third straight. Among those three were the Raiders loss to the Chiefs, which means even if the Chiefs lost their last three and the Raiders won their last three, the Chiefs would win the tiebreaker.
And so, with three games left in the season, the 9-4 Chiefs have clinched the division over the 6-7 Raiders.
Hard to imagine the Raiders making a play for the postseason with the way they’ve been playing in their current three-game losing streak, but if they do, it will be fighting for a wildcard spot. And they have to win out to finish with a winning record, which is probably what it would take as well as a few other cards to fall in their favor.
They have the Jaguars, Chargers, and Broncos remaining.
