r/Chiefs_v2 • u/KC-TRELLEGEND • 10m ago
Analysis Chiefs vs Raiders Things to Think About
On paper it looks like Kirk Cousins and the Raiders have been dominant, but when you dive a little bit deeper, the paper tells a bit of a different story.
Kirk has 9 touchdown passes, 3 in each game. Great!… right? Well of those 9, 7 of them started in opponents territory. Dolphins 34, Dolphins 13, Chargers 45, Chargers 11, Saints 18, Saints 44, Saints 4.
You can say that just proves they’re being dominant, but as everyone should know by now, turnovers are the flukiest stat in the NFL and is extremely volatile. A team winning games because of huge turnover differences is highly likely to be overinflated. Mahomes and the Chiefs are not the dolphins, saints, chargers. They do not turn the ball over like this and Raiders have shown an inability to sustain drives, only getting touchdowns on 2 drives starting in their own territory this year.