Kansas City Chiefs' Dominant Path to Crushing the Raiders in Week 7 Just Got Shockingly Easier – Here's Why You Can't Miss It
The Kansas City Chiefs are finally looking and feeling like themselves again after a dominant 37-20 victory in Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season against the Baltimore Ravens. The game was even more lopsided than the final score showed.
Despite their rough start to the year, they sit at 2-2 and just a game or so behind the 3-1 Los Angeles Chargers for first place in the AFC West. Unfortunately, the Chiefs have two tough games coming up, as they'll travel to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars and return home to face the Detroit Lions.
After that, however, they have what appears to be yet another easy game looming against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 7. It's not like Kansas City needed any more help against Las Vegas, but they just got some in the form of a brutal Raiders injury update.
Raiders' Kolton Miller injury is final nail in the coffin for Chiefs in Week 7
In Week 4's game against the Chicago Bears, Raiders star left tackle Kolton Miller, who the team gave a $66 million extension this offseason, left the game with an ankle injury. On Tuesday, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported that Miller broke his ankle and sustained a high ankle sprain, so he'll head to IR.
This means that Miller will be out for Week 7's game between the Chiefs and the Raiders. Kansas City fans are not necessarily cheering for an opponent's injury, but they'll gladly take the fortunate break, as Las Vegas is now missing one of its best players.
It's not like the Raiders' offensive line was impressing anyone this season, as they've already given up 12 sacks and rookie running back Ashton Jeanty has had nowhere to run. But just when things started to look improved in Week 4, it all came crashing down with Miller's injury.
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Not only is Miller the most experienced and talented player on the Las Vegas offensive line, but he is the longest-tenured Raider in the building. This is sure to have a residual emotional effect on the rest of the team, considering his leadership position.
Chris Jones, George Karlaftis and Mike Danna are surely licking their chops at a matchup with either Stone Forsythe, a failed Pete Carroll project from his days with the Seattle Seahawks, or rookie third-rounder Charles Grant, Carroll's current project, who has yet to be active this season.
Kansas City obviously takes every game seriously under Andy Reid, and the Raiders, for whatever reason, can make things interesting with the Chiefs. But there is a very good chance that Las Vegas is 1-5 or 2-4 heading into Arrowhead Stadium in mid-October, without their star left tackle, to boot.
Insider names retired QB as possible Bengals target with Joe Burrow injured
Shortly after the Cincinnati Bengals fell to 2-2 on the season via a 28-3 blowout loss at the Denver Broncos this past Monday night, Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase said that "it didn't look like we wanted it" as backup quarterback Jake Browning made a second straight start in place of the injured Joe Burrow (toe).
For a piece published on Wednesday, ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler suggested the Bengals could soon reach out to an inactive signal-caller about serving as Burrow's temporary replacement through the end of the ongoing campaign.
Bengals still believe in Jake Browning, but...
"The Bengals still believe in Jake Browning, who was far from the only culprit in Denver on Monday, but Cincinnati has too much skill position talent to accept the status quo," Fowler explained. "At some point, it could need reinforcements at the game's most important position. It might be worth calling up recently retired Derek Carr to check on how his shoulder injury is healing."
With Browning in the lineup, Cincinnati endured a disappointing 48-10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings before this past Monday's encounter. According to Pro Football Reference, Browning began Wednesday ranked 31st in the NFL among qualified players with a 67.9 passer rating for the season. StatMuse shows only two players committed more turnovers than Browning (five) over the campaign's first four weeks.
As for Carr, he admitted in September that he "wouldn’t say never" regarding a possible comeback after he retired as an active player in May due to reasons related to a significant shoulder injury. He remains under contract with the New Orleans Saints, so Cincinnati would have to trade for his services.
Why Russell Wilson may not be an option for Bengals
Many have linked the Bengals with Russell Wilson of the New York Giants ever since Wilson lost the starting job to rookie Jaxson Dart last week. However, Dan Graziano noted for the ESPN article that "the Giants might wait until someone gets desperate to ship [Wilson] out" for the most value possible.
Wilson and fellow veteran Jameis Winston are currently mentoring Dart, who was evaluated for concussions twice over the last two months after he took unnecessary hits during games. In short, the Giants may need Wilson to make another start or two before the Nov. 4 trade deadline arrives.
That said, Fowler added that the Bengals could become desperate to acquire Wilson if their "downward spiral deepens" via this coming Sunday's home game against the 3-1 Detroit Lions. As of Wednesday morning, ESPN BET had the Bengals as 10.5-point underdogs for that matchup.
