Raider Week: Are Team Rivalries Eternal?

Does the Chiefs-Raider rivalry still matter?

The question might be one to ask many of the old timers who have followed the Chiefs since they showed up in town back in 1963.

It was such fun, they recall fondly, the hard hitting (some of it in the stands), with so much on the line (a playoff berth, a conference title, a Super Bowl), the tough talk from players (Ben Davidson to any number of Chiefs), the nattily-dressed (Chiefs) and the Goth-look (Raiders), the good (Chiefs) against the bad (Raiders.)

Chiefs-Raiders games were often defined by their physical playSuch an exercise today might seem wholly forced and somewhat superfluous. The rivalry is much less than it once was and likely will not…