Raiders vs. Chiefs: Score and Twitter Reaction for Thursday Night Football

The AFC West standings say the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs are tied at 10-3, but Kansas City seized control of the division Thursday with a 21-13 victory at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs won each of the head-to-head battles with Oakland this season and control their own destiny for the division crown and a first-round bye in the playoffs.

They also handed the Raiders their first road loss of the campaign and moved further ahead of the 8-4 Denver Broncos in the loaded AFC West.

Chiefs find themselves atop the AFC West pic.twitter.com/Tvcxqx9jxC

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 9, 2016

Alex Smith was far from a game manager with 264 passing yards on 17 completions. Travis Kelce (101 receiving yards), Chris Conley (70 receiving yards) and Tyreek Hill (66 receiving yards) all had catches of more than 30 yards, and Hill hauled in Smith’s lone touchdown throw of the game.

Hill also scored on a punt return, and NFL director of football communications Randall Liu noted he joined some impressive company in the process:

Tyreek Hill is the 1st rookie to have a receiving TD, rushing TD, KR-TD & PR-TD in a season since Gale Sayers in 1965 pic.twitter.com/co1UN3bBtt

— Randall Liu (@RLiuNFL) December 9, 2016

The win came at a cost, as the Chiefs announced four-time Pro Bowl linebacker Derrick Johnson suffered an Achilles injury.

“Johnson has torn an Achilles before,” Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk noted. “That injury, people who have had it know the feeling instantly. His reaction spoke volumes.”

On the other side, Latavius Murray led the way for Oakland with 103 rushing yards and a touchdown. Derek Carr threw for just 117 yards and zero touchdowns, although Skip Bayless of Fox Sports 1 pointed out the quarterback didn’t receive much help:

Derek Carr’s bum finger obviously doesn’t work in the cold. No velocity. Erratic accuracy. BUT I’VE COUNTED 10 DROPS, INCLUDING A FG SNAP.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) December 9, 2016

Despite the loss, the Raiders caught an early break when Hill muffed a punt. James Cowser recovered, and Oakland parlayed the turnover into a 44-yard Sebastian Janikowski field goal.

Oakland kept rolling, stuffing a 4th-and-1 attempt by Spencer Ware at its 27-yard line. Will Brinson of CBS Sports reacted to Chiefs head coach Andy Reid’s decision:

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