Oakland Raiders tight end Lee Smith put the team’s bad loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday into an interesting perspective.
The Raiders lost the key divisional game 26-15 to KC. Although the score doesn’t look so bad, it doesn’t tell the whole story. Oakland was down 26-0 through three quarters before finally scoring in the fourth. Here’s what Smith said afterwards.
Raiders TE Lee Smith: “We don’t deserve to be No. 1 in our division when we just went out there and pissed on our leg.”
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) December 10, 2017
He’s not wrong. Both teams were 6-6 entering the game and in a 3-way tie for first in the AFC West along with the Chargers. The Chiefs had lost six of seven, while the Raiders had won two in a row and appeared to be heading in he right direction. And then Sunday happened. It’s hard to disagree with Smith’s assessment.
