But Friday wasn’t that day — even with Las Vegas exposing many weaknesses in the Chiefs’ 19-17 home victory on Black Friday in Kansas City. In the end, the Chiefs defense came up with two late stops, which included Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson’s potential 58-yard go-ahead field goal landing short with 2 minutes, 21 seconds left.

The Kansas City Chiefs nearly lost their second game of the 2024 regular season against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 13 but were bailed out by an unbelievable penalty on the matchup's penultimate play.

It’s the Kansas City Chiefs and Las Vegas Raiders — the salt-in-the-wound bus ride, Kermit the Frog impression, Christmas-day fiasco rivalry (pick your storyline of choice). They’re two teams who don’t like each other, and a win could leave the Chiefs on the doorstep of clinching a playoff berth ... already.

The Kansas City Chiefs continue to find random ways to win football games. Sitting with an 11-1 record, the Chiefs have won just two games by more than one score: 26-13 over the New Orleans Saints and 28-18 over the San Francisco 49ers.

The NFL will feature a Black Friday football game for the second year in a row. Last season's inaugural game featured our Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets in a game that the Phins won easily 34 to 13.