Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Oakland Raiders

Date:  December 23, 2006

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  10        7          0          3            20

OAK               3          3          3          0             9

 

Visitor playmakers:

RB Larry Johnson, DE Tamba Hali, DE Jared Allen, S Sammy Knight, S Jarrad Page

 

Home playmakers:

DT Warren Sapp, RB Justin Fargas, DE Kevin Huntley, LB Robert Thomas, DB Nnamdi Asomugha

 

Network:  NFL Network

Announcers:  Bryant Gumbel, Dick Vermeil

 

Pregame:  Yes – Chiefs Locker Room Show, Chiefs Kickoff Show

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes – NFL Network Postgame Show, Herm Edwards and Art Shell postgame comments

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  Excellent

 

Notes:  After an opening drive that relied heavily on the running skill of Justin Fargas, the Raiders offense stalls inside the ten-yard line and they kick the FG.  It goes downhill for Oakland after that, with the Chiefs defense punishing the Raiders on one side of the ball and the offense pounding them on the other.  The only real positive the Raiders display is the play of Fargas and some decent, if not wasted, defensive plays.  Kansas City’s Jared Allen has a huge day, scoring a triple-play in the second quarter when he sacks Andrew Walter, strips him of the ball, then recovers the fumble.  It’s his sixth fumble recovery of the season, tying greats Deron Cherry and Dan Saleamua for most fumble recoveries in a season.  Dustin Colquitt kicks the longest punt of his career, booming a 72-yarder in the second quarter.  Larry Johnson posts a 135-yard rushing effort.

 

The Chiefs win their eighth straight game against the Raiders, something no NFL team has ever done.  The Black (Stink) Hole just ain’t what it used to be.

 

Once again Bryant Gumbel embarrasses himself, this time stepping all over Coach Vermeil’s color commentary. Dick Vermeil speaks well of Larry Johnson, despite LJ’s earlier comments about the coach.

 

Running time:  3:23 (2 discs)