AFC West

Sam McDowell: Five things that stood out in Chiefs’ ugly Christmas Day loss to Raiders

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A helmet-less Isiah Pacheco walked to the Chiefs’ sideline training table after absorbing a knee to the head and took a seat. Well, he tried. The table collapsed on him, and the player who sat on it because he was already injured fell to the ground along with it. And it wasn’t the worst thing to unfold on the Chiefs’ sideline. Or in the game. The Raiders beat the Chiefs, 20-14, in the ugliest game of the Patrick Mahomes Era. The Chiefs’ defense was excellent. The Raiders went the final three quarters without a completion. And the Raiders still won the game. How’s that for Ch…