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Kansas City Chiefs Rewatch: 2011 Week 7 vs Raiders

By Leigh Oleszczak

OAKLAND, CA - OCTOBER 23: Kyle Boller #7 of the Oakland Raiders gets tackled by Jon McGraw #47 and Allen Bailey #97 of the Kansas City Chiefs at O.co Coliseum on October 23, 2011 in Oakland, California. The Chiefs won the game 28-0. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - OCTOBER 23: Kyle Boller #7 of the Oakland Raiders gets tackled by Jon McGraw #47 and Allen Bailey #97 of the Kansas City Chiefs at O.co Coliseum on October 23, 2011 in Oakland, California. The Chiefs won the game 28-0. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /
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The Kansas City Chiefs had a bye week after moving to 2-3 in 2011, but next was a trip to Oakland.

After beginning the 2011 season 0-3, the Kansas City Chiefs rattled off two straight wins and were looking to get to .500 on the year. While they didn’t look great during their two-game win streak, 2-3 was welcomed after how badly the first two weeks of the season went for this team (getting blown out by the Bills and Lions).

Next up for the 2-3 Chiefs was a date against the Oakland Raiders in the Black Hole. Oakland was actually having a good season at this point, sitting at 4-2 prior to this game. How would the 2-3 Chiefs stack up against the 4-2 Raiders?

Kansas City Chiefs Rewatch: Week 7 vs Raiders – October 23, 2011

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Less than three minutes into the game, Kendrick Lewis picked off Kyle Boller and returned it 59 yards for a touchdown. The first points of the day was a pick six and just like that, Kansas City was up 7-0.

Boller was picked again later in the first quarter (this time by Brandon Flowers), which led to a Chiefs touchdown several minutes later. Ron McClain punched the football in from the one-yard line and KC was up 14-0 by the end of the first quarter.

The Raiders were close to scoring early in the second quarter and even opted to go for it on fourth down from the one-yard line, but didn’t get it. The rest of the second quarter was quiet for both teams and the next set of points didn’t come until four minutes into the third quarter.

The Chiefs got crafty and had Javier Arenas carry the ball and he found the end zone on a seven-yard run. That put KC up 21-0 and with all of the momentum.

A 58-yard pick six (courtesy of Brandon Flowers) early in the fourth quarter was the nail in the coffin for the Raiders. It was 28-0 Kansas City and the Raiders had been unable to do anything offensively all afternoon.

It was a rough day for the Raiders quarterbacks, who threw a total of six interceptions. Kyle Boller played the first half and after throwing three interceptions, Hue Jackson had seen enough. He pulled Boller and in came Carson Palmer, making his Oakland Raiders debut. Palmer did not fair much better, throwing three interceptions as well.

The Raiders defense played well, but it was their offense who let them down. They only allowed two offensive scores from KC and limited the Chiefs offense from making big plays.

With the win, the Chiefs moved to 3-3, which was crazy to think about after their 0-3 start. Oakland moved to 4-3 and were still sitting above .500 despite this poor outing.

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The Raiders quarterbacks were awful in this game and that paved the way for an easy Kansas City Chiefs win. Palmer would go on to spend just two years with the Raiders and this was actually the final game of Boller’s NFL career. Coaches had seen enough out of him by this point after he was taken in the first round in the 2003 NFL Draft.

This was also the game where Flowers, after picking off Palmer in the fourth quarter, flexed in front of the Black Hole. Classic moment in Chiefs history.

The Kansas City Chiefs were back to .500 after starting their season out as poorly as possible. Would they get over .500?

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