Let me just start by saying that the sky is not falling. The day of reckoning has not come and gone, leaving the Raiders’ playoff hopes floating with no life preserver in its tumultuous wake.
Thursday night’s highly anticipated AFC West showdown with the Chiefs flat-out, point-blank, gave this young Raiders team a preview of what this unfamiliar road to the Super Bowl will look like.
However, let’s put obvious facts out there. The road to the Super Bowl, as it now stands, will undoubtedly force the Raiders to play in the same inclement weather as we saw last night.