Kansas City (6-0) at Las Vegas (2-5)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, CBS
BetMGM NFL odds: Chiefs by 9 1/2.
Against the spread: Chiefs 5-1; Raiders 3-4.
Series record: Chiefs lead 71-54-2.
Last meeting: Raiders beat Chiefs 20-14 in Kansas City, on Dec. 25.
Last week: Chiefs beat San Francisco 28-18; Raiders lost to Los Angeles Rams 20-15.
Chiefs offense: overall (10), rush (10), pass (12), scoring (13).
Chiefs defense: overall (10), rush (4), pass (20), scoring (5).
Raiders offense: overall (26), rush (30), pass (16), scoring (26).
Raiders defense: overall (11), rush (23), pass (8), scoring (29).
Turnover differential: Chiefs minus-3; Raiders minus-13.
DT Chris Jones. Raiders coach Antonio Pierce said his team can't rely on just one blocker to keep Jones out of Las Vegas' backfield, a testament to how dominant the 30-year-old remains. “This guy is playing at that MVP level — defensive MVP level,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. "He takes a lot of pride in being the best and right now he’s doing that, he’s showing that.”
DE Maxx Crosby. He finally appears to be fully healthy after playing through a high ankle sprain. Even at less than 100%, Crosby has made at least half a sack in every game but one this season. His 6 1/2 sacks are on pace to surpass his career high of 14 1/2 set last season. He also has had notable interactions with Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, as shown in the Netflix docuseries “Quarterback.”
Chiefs offensive line vs. Raiders defensive front. Pro Football Focus ranks Kansas City's offensive line as the NFL's third best, noting it had a particularly strong run-blocking performance Sunday's victory over the 49ers. The Raiders have had a series of issues on their line — DT Christian Wilkins is on injured reserve and DE Malcolm Koonce is out for the season. That puts extra pressure on DE Maxx Crosby, LB Robert Spillane and others to pick up the slack.
Chiefs WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (hamstring) didn't practice Wednesday and RB Kareem Hunt (hip) didn't go fully. Raiders WR Jakobi Meyers (ankle) appears as if he will play after missing the past two games. TE Harrison Bryant (elbow), T Kolton Miller (elbow) and G Dylan Parham (foot) did not practice.
The Raiders were the most recent team to beat the Chiefs, who have won 12 consecutive games including the Super Bowl since then. ... Until that Christmas Day game, Kansas City had defeated the Raiders six straight times, 11 of 12 meetings and 16 of 18. ... The Chiefs are 4-0 against the Raiders in Las Vegas.
Kansas City is 8-2 in its past 10 regular-season road games against the Raiders. ... The Chiefs picked off 49ers QB Brock Purdy three times last week, the first game with that many interceptions since Oct. 5, 2020, against New England. ... Chiefs WR Mecole Hardman had 110 all-purpose yards against San Francisco, including two carries for 38 yards and a touchdown. ... Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has 225 TD passes. He needs 13 more to pass Len Dawson for the Chiefs franchise record. ... Chiefs TE Travis Kelce needs one TD catch to pass Jason Witten (74) for fifth most by a tight end. He needs three TD catches to break Tony Gonzalez’s franchise record. ... Chiefs C Creed Humphrey has started 57 straight games since entering the league in 2021. ... Chiefs DT Chris Jones is tied with Justin Houston for fourth in club history with 78 1/2 sacks. ... Raiders TE Brock Bowers has been targeted on 30.3% of his routes, according to NFL Next Gen Stats, the highest rate for a rookie tight end through seven weeks since 2018. ... Bowers also leads all tight ends with receptions (47), yards receiving (477), receiving first downs (23) and yards after catch (251). ... CB Jakorian Bennett is allowing opposing quarterbacks to complete only 40.6% of their passes when he is the primary defender. That's the fifth-lowest rate through seven games since Next Gen Stats began tracking the statistic in 2016. ... Opponents are converting 28.9% of third downs against Las Vegas, the second-lowest rate in the NFL. It's also the lowest for the Raiders through the first seven games since 2001 when the club held opposing teams to 25%. ... Raiders DE Maxx Crosby is two tackles for loss from 100. J.J. Watt (133), Aaron Donald (117) and DeMarcus Ware (101) are the only others to reach that mark in their first six seasons.
Chiefs defense. Kansas City is not only playing at a high level, allowing just 17.2 points per game, and the Chiefs faces a Raiders offense that has been held in the teens during their three-game losing streak.
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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Xavier Smith, right, is stopped just short of the goal line by Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Jack Jones (18) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Kansas City Chiefs safety Jaden Hicks (21) celebrates with teammates after intercepting a pass during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby (98) reacts during the second half of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Las Vegas, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/David Becker)
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted to a mixed finish after Tesla surged and IBM slumped following their latest profit reports. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Thursday to break its first three-day losing streak since early September. It bounced between losses and gains through the day, and was evenly split between rising and falling stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.8%. Tesla jumped 21.9%, the second-best day in its history, after reporting a better profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. IBM sank 6.2% after reporting revenue that came in short of expectations. Treasury yields eased.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting Thursday following a rush of profit reports from big U.S. companies, as a sharp drop for IBM helps cancel out a surge for Tesla.
The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in afternoon trading. It's coming off of its first three-day losing streak since early September.
The Nasdaq composite was up 0.7%, as of 3:11 p.m. Eastern, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was lagging the rest of the market with a drop of 145 points, or 0.3%.
IBM was one of the heaviest weights on the market and fell 6.5% after reporting revenue for the latest quarter that fell just short of analysts’ expectations. It was the single biggest reason the Dow was dragging behind other indexes.
Boeing was another heavy weight and sank 1.4% after its machinists voted to continue their strike, which has crippled aircraft production. More than 60% of union members who voted on the proposed contract rejected it, keeping them on the picket lines six weeks into their strike.
Union Pacific dropped 4.9% after the railroad reported slightly weaker profit and revenue than expected.
Such losses helped to overshadow Tesla's jump of 21.3% after the electric-vehicle maker reported better profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. An optimistic CEO Elon Musk also predicted 20% to 30% sales growth next year, though its revenue for the latest quarter fell short of analysts’ forecasts.
UPS climbed 4.9% after likewise topping analysts’ forecasts for profit. The package-delivery company’s finances can offer a window into the strength of the economy because of how many different types of customers it serves, and its revenue edged past expectations.
ServiceNow, whose platform helps companies automate and connect processes, was another one of the strongest forces pushing upward the S&P 500. It jumped 4.5% after delivering stronger profit and revenue than expected, driven by interest by customers to incorporate artificial-intelligence technology.
Stocks have broadly regressed this week after the S&P 500 and Dow both set records at the end of last week. They’ve been hurt by rising Treasury yields in the bond market, which can make investors less willing to pay high prices for stocks. Critics had already been saying beforehand that stocks looked too expensive given how much faster their prices have risen than corporate profits.
Yields have climbed as report after report has shown the U.S. economy remains stronger than expected. That’s good news for Wall Street, because it bolsters hopes the economy can escape from the worst inflation in generations without the painful recession that many had worried was inevitable.
But it’s also forcing traders to ratchet back forecasts for how deeply the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates, now that it’s just as focused on keeping the economy humming as getting inflation lower. With bets diminishing on how deeply the Fed will ultimately cut its overnight interest rate, Treasury yields have also been given back some of their earlier declines.
A report on unemployment claims Thursday offered a mixed picture on the job market. It said fewer workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, which can be a signal of relatively low layoffs. But it also said the total number of those collecting benefits rose to its highest level in almost three years.
Altogether, the numbers show a slowing economy, “but there is no sign of a crash in employment or a surge of layoffs in these data,” according to Carl Weinberg and Rubeela Farooqi at High Frequency Economics.
Treasury yields, which had eased overnight, pared their losses after the release of the unemployment claims report before yo-yoing. The yield on the 10-year Treasury was at 4.20%, down from 4.25% late Wednesday. It’s still well above its 4.08% level from late last week.
A separate preliminary report said growth in U.S. business activity may have accelerated slightly last month, as strength for companies in services industries continue to make up for weakness in manufacturing. The report from S&P Global also showed a recovery in confidence as companies anticipate greater stability and certainty after the upcoming presidential election.
A third report, meanwhile, said sales of new homes were stronger last month than economists expected.
In stock markets abroad, indexes were modestly higher in Europe after finishing mixed in Asia.
AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.
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