AFC West Week 12 Preview: Raiders vs. Chiefs

The race in the AFC West is getting narrower by the week.

With the Kansas City Chiefs' loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night and a fourth straight Denver Broncos victory, things are shaking up within the division just in time for the most critical stretch of the regular season.

Here's what to look for from the AFC West this week:

Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas Raiders

The Chiefs will be looking to extend their five-game winning streak against the Las Vegas Raiders when they face their AFC West rival at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

Kansas City comes off a tough loss to the Eagles at home in what was a rematch of Super Bowl LVII. The loss put the Chiefs at 7-3 this season.

Las Vegas (5-6), meanwhile, comes off a loss of its own, as the Raiders fell, 20-13, to the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Sunday.

While this Sunday's game against the defending Super Bowl champions isn't the ideal match-up Raider Nation would have wanted for a bounce-back win, Las Vegas is 4-1 at home this season.

Kansas City still has one of the more dominant offenses in the NFL, but the Raiders' defense just held the Dolphins to 20 points (six in the second half), while also forcing three turnovers.

Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos

The Broncos (5-5) continue to trend upward and are at the .500 mark on the year after starting the season 1-5.

But the Browns (7-3) are on a hot streak of their own, having won their last three games, as well as five of their last six.

Neither team is turning heads with its offense. As far as the ground game goes, however, Cleveland ranks third in the league in average rushing yards per game with 142.7.

Defensively, the teams are on complete opposite sides of the spectrum, as Cleveland ranks No. 1 in offensive yards allowed per game at 243.3, while Denver ranks last at 400.1.

Regardless, the Broncos are finding ways to win and they have shown throughout their run that they can compete with the best.

We should be in for quite the intra-conference battle.

Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers

The Chargers will be on the prime-time stage once again this Sunday when they host the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football.

It will certainly be the game Los Angeles needs to get back in the win column after falling to 4-6 last week, but the Chargers have performed well in prime-time games this season.

Los Angeles is second-to-last in the NFL in offensive yards allowed per game at 393.6, a weakness that should stand out as a major concern as it prepares for a top-10 offense.

Fortunately for the Chargers, their strength defensively is limiting the run, the primary threat of Baltimore's offense.

On the other hand, the Ravens (8-3) rank third in passing defense, a strength that will hold much value against a top-10 passing offense that the Chargers have.

With each team having the ability to counter the other's specialty, we might just get a close battle on Sunday night.

The Silver and Black will return home this week to celebrate Thanksgiving and take on their AFC West rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, on Sunday, November 26, at 4:25 p.m. EST/1:25 p.m. PST.

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