LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce insists physicality is stitched into the fabric of his football team. The fabric appeared to get snagged, again. The Kansas City Chiefs (7-0) muscled their way to a 27-20 victory Sunday to stay unbeaten , while the listless Raiders (2-6) had their worst offensive day of the season while losing their fourth straight game.
”(We’re) trying to establish some physicality with our guys up front,” Pierce said. “That was part of our identity and DNA that we’ve been harping on. We harped on in training camp.
We’re going to continue harp on it.” Las Vegas finished with a season-low 228 yards while its 33 yards rushing were its fewest against the Chiefs since it rushed for a mere 31 on Dec. 5, 2004.
In addition, the Raiders' 1.57 yards per carry were their second-fewest ever versus Kansas City, the lowest being 0.73 on Dec.
3, 1995. Only three teams on four occasions have averaged less than 2.0 yards per carry in a game this season.
And it was the Raiders who did it twice, both times finishing with 1.6 per carry, including Sunday. “It was a good defensive front up front,” said running back Alexander Mattison, whose 1.
07 yards per carry is third-worst for a Raiders player with 14 or more carries in a game. “Got to give props to those guys on the other side of the ball. They did a good job.
We have to do better in our execution. We have to do better schematically however you look at it. “We’ll look at tape, .