Chapter 657: Escape intact
Tests, one after another.
Challenge after challenge.
The pace of professional competitions never stops. Even if the Los Angeles Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs have just completed a wonderful peak showdown, the progress of the regular season will not slow down.
Fortunately, when the league arranged the schedule, it took into account that this game was in Mexico City, including travel distance, time difference changes and other objective factors. In order to ensure that the team would not lose its regular season preparation rhythm because of the international competition, They also made preparations in advance——
Bye week.
The Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs earned a brief respite from their bye weeks in the final week of November.
The two teams, which have just completed the most exciting, exciting and most exciting game of the season, can use the next week to complete adjustments.
This is good news.
However, this is only a temporary respite. After just one week of adjustments, the war has resumed and the challenges are still there.
The Kansas City Chiefs are about to go away to challenge the rival Oakland Raiders.
No one will forget that last season, the Oakland Raiders upset the Kansas City Chiefs, ending the latter's six-game winning streak to start the season, and leading to a series of six-game losing streak. However, the Kansas Chiefs made a comeback to defeat the Oakland Raiders, ending their six-game losing streak. Get back on track.
The sworn enemies in the same district are worthy of being sworn enemies in the same district, and every confrontation is full of highlights.
This season, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders have gone through two completely different curves. The Kansas City Chiefs currently lead the American League with nine wins and two losses and are still the No. 1 seed; the Oakland Raiders have fallen into a desperate whirlpool with two wins and nine losses. Become a strong contender for the No. 1 pick.
A heaven and a hell.
Moreover, there is one very important thing——
At the beginning of this year, the league held a meeting of team owners to formally vote and approved the Oakland Raiders' proposal to relocate to Las Vegas. The team will officially complete the relocation in the 2020 season.
This means that the football team that has been in Oakland since 1995 is leaving.
This is not all.
Oakland's NBA team, the Golden State Warriors, has also announced plans for a new stadium and will soon head to San Francisco, just across the bridge, to start their journey in a new home stadium.
First it was the basketball team, then the football team. The city of Oakland was gradually losing its teams. Ultimately, it was due to the economic crisis, the sluggish football market, and the inability of the city government to fund new stadiums, which eventually led to the departure of the teams.
Professional alliances are, after all, business alliances, and everything is geared towards profit.
However, it was a devastating blow to the residents of this city. The team they were deeply bound to left just like this, which was equivalent to the collapse of half of the sky that supported their daily lives.
Auckland residents protested and appealed, but in the end they were unable to change the wishes of the big bosses.
Whether it's the Golden State Warriors or the Oakland Raiders, their days in this city are counting down.
It is precisely because of this that every home game this year can feel the heroic atmosphere of "the wind is rustling and the water is cold", and the atmosphere is completely different.
At present, the Oakland Raiders are about to face the everlasting rivals in the same district, the Kansas City Chiefs. Perhaps the grudges between Oakland and Kansas City will end here, and the young people of the future will gradually forget their past entanglement with the other city.
It's sad.
From the past to the future, and then looking at the present, the fate of the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs is completely different. Every meeting between the two teams is extremely precious and becomes the last bright spot in the city's memory.
then. The Oakland Raiders exploded.
Despite the poor record this season, despite the dissatisfaction inside and outside the team, even though the team is in turmoil and panic and seems unable to see tomorrow, standing in front of the Kansas City Chiefs has a completely different momentum.
The Oakland Raiders' offensive team was firing on all cylinders. Amid the roaring cheers of the home audience, they showed off their momentum and posture, and launched an offensive battle with their rivals in the same district with great force, which was impressive.
In the first half, the game was actually deadlocked.
Before the game, the Oakland Raiders players expressed their ambitions. They are not afraid of the Kansas City Chiefs, and they do not care whether the team's season has ended early. The outcome of a game cannot change anything. They are ready to overturn the defending champion. Fully prepared——
No reason, just because it was the Kansas City Chiefs. That's enough.
The Oakland Raiders did what they said, and with their wonderful performance, you can feel the surge of burning vitality. The home audience fell into a state of selflessness, and the overwhelming cheers continuously released energy.
However, in the second half, the game officially entered Levi's performance time.
In the third quarter alone, Levi advanced 101 yards on the ground, caught the ball for 32 yards, scored two running touchdowns and a receiving touchdown, completely destroying the Oakland Raiders defense with a devastating performance.
Levi, who had a poor performance in the last game, quickly rebounded after the off-season adjustment, got back on track, and dominated the game with a dominant performance.
The Oakland Raiders were defeated.
Although quarterback Derek Carr was still trying to hold on to the game; after sending two interceptions, Carr also fell into despair.
Tragic, tragic, sad.
After all, the Oakland Raiders still failed to replicate the miracle of last season.
"49:33".
The Kansas Chiefs escaped unscathed and took away an important victory on the road.
Judging from the score, the Kansas Chiefs fought without a fight; but the game was very stalemate and very close, and it was not until the second half of the third quarter that the gap widened. The Oakland Raiders really gave the defending champion a severe test.
But the Kansas Chiefs finally withstood the test. For the second time this season, they quickly completed adjustments and got back on track after losing a fierce battle. While avoiding the dilemma of losing streak, they gradually revealed the mature appearance of a strong team.
At the same time, this victory also bought the Kansas Chiefs some breathing space——
The New England Patriots, chasing after each other, have always maintained the suspense of the American League's No. 1 seed.
Now, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Oakland Raiders and returned to the winning track, while the New England Patriots suffered an upset loss to the Tennessee Titans led by Derrick Henry, ushering in their third loss of the season and suspending their pursuit of the Kansas City Chiefs, ranking first in the American League. The seed and No. 2 seed remain unchanged.
However, there are still four weeks left in the regular season, and there are still countless possibilities.
For the Kansas Chiefs, the home field advantage in the playoffs is particularly important because the team has remained undefeated at home so far this season. The only two losses have occurred on the road. The home field advantage will play a more important role in the playoffs. .
The Kansas City Chiefs need to maintain their advantage and the New England Patriots won't give up the chase.
Then, on the fourteenth day of the regular season, the Kansas City Chiefs are about to face the toughest and most difficult challenge at home this season. The gold content of their undefeated home game will depend on this:
One of the traditional kings of the American League, the Baltimore Ravens.
(End of chapter)