TOMMY BRUNSON

Comp play winner for Sunday is the Raiders plus the points against the Chiefs.

It's been a long, long time since Kansas City was the toast of the NFL and sitting pretty at 5-0. Since then? Well, all KC has done is win only one game and cover one game over the past 7 games on the schedule. Included is a 31-30 setback in Oakland back on October 19th that the refs had a major hand in, but a loss is still a loss in this league.

The Raiders have put together wins in their last pair and in 3 of their last 4 games, as they have now evened their mark at 6-6 to pull in a 3-way tie with the Chiefs and the Chargers for the AFC West Division lead.

Have to take the points out for a spin today, as there is no way in the world I trust this Kansas City team to cover a number against anybody right now. Remember, this is the same Chiefs team that led last week against the Jets 14-0, only to allow New York to post 38-points in that wild 38-31 final in favor of the Jets.

At 5-0 it sure looked like Kansas City was a lock for at least the division title, but right now they cannot be counted on to even win a game.

Oakland has covered 8 of their last 11 trips to Arrowhead, so I say grab the points in a very big division clash here on Week 14 of the season as the Raiders keep it close in Kansas City.

3* OAKLAND