HENDERSON, Nev. -- If the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' blueprint for beating the high-powered Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV on Sunday looked familiar -- keeping Patrick Mahomes off the field with a punishing running game while making Mahomes uncomfortable by winning up front with a four-man rush -- it should. At least, it should to the Las Vegas Raiders.
It's how they ended a seven-game losing streak at Arrowhead Stadium with a 40-32 Week 5 victory, and how they came within two minutes of sweeping the Chiefs. But there were far more unanswered questions for a youthful and often-skittish Raiders team as it careened toward the finish line.