KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr threw for 417 yards and three touchdowns the last time he faced the Kansas City Chiefs. That was with the Chiefs’ best cornerback, Marcus Peters, in the game.
Peters won’t play in the rematch on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. He was suspended on Wednesday by the Chiefs for one game for his actions late in last week’s loss to the New York Jets.
Kansas City’s challenge in getting better results against Carr this time is more difficult and perhaps best illustrated by how he attacked the Chiefs on the winning touchdown drive in the previous game, a 31-30 victory in October. The Raiders took 15 snaps and threw passes on all of them, though not all of the plays counted because of penalties on one team or the other.
Only one of the 15 passes went to the receiver Peters was covering on a given play.
The Raiders often threw at Terrance Mitchell. He allowed seven catches for 134 yards and two touchdowns, according to Pro Football Focus. One of the TDs was the game-winning catch by Michael Crabtree after time had expired.
Mitchell on Wednesday indicated he was looking forward to the rematch.
“We owe them one,’’ Mitchell said. “I don’t want it to look like I have my own individual battles going on, but I would like to do more than I did last time, play better."
Mitchell lost his starting job for the next game and also played little in the two subsequent games. But he has played more the past two games and played well, particularly two weeks ago against the Bills.
“It was just a couple of things, bang-bang plays here and there [before the benching]," Mitchell said. “I wouldn’t say I was terrible. Some things happened."
Mitchell probably will be prominent in the Chiefs’ plans on Sunday, as will Darrelle Revis. He made his season debut last week against the Jets, playing the entire first half but not at all after that.
Coach Andy Reid said Revis was on a play limit. Asked whether Revis would be similarly limited against the Raiders, Reid said, “Right now with him, it’s just getting him back in the swing day to day and communicating with him. He’s a veteran player and he’s a good communicator, so we’ll just talk with him as we go forward."
Revis acknowledged the Jets game wasn’t up to his standards. But he practiced with the Chiefs only a handful of times before the game and hadn’t played in live action since last season.
“Getting out there was fun, getting knocked around a little bit, playing the game," Revis said. “I think I can definitely build on this game, look at the tape to see the things that I did wrong and correct them and just continue to get my conditioning up. Trust me, I’ve been training, but you can’t [simulate] anything when it comes to a National Football [League] game and the speed of it."
Cornerback Steven Nelson also is likely to get a lot of playing time. Nelson missed the season’s first seven games after having core muscle surgery in August. He played well in his return in Week 8 against the Denver Broncos but hasn’t played as well since.
He had a particularly rough game against the Jets, allowing six catches for 143 yards, according to Pro Football Focus. He also had two holding penalties late in Sunday’s game, one on third down on New York’s winning touchdown drive and the other on the Jets’ two-point conversion attempt.
The Chiefs have two other cornerbacks, Phillip Gaines and Kenneth Acker. Each has played this season with varying degrees of success.
