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NFL rumors: Chiefs could have forfeited vs. Patriots due to equipment mistake

After getting blown out by the Jets and Chiefs in back-to-back weeks, the Raiders need all the help they can get to make the playoffs.

They almost got what would have been one of the weirdest breaks in NFL history Sunday.

The 8-4 Chiefs are in Foxboro, Mass., to face the 10-2 Patriots in a key AFC clash. Kansas City can clinch the AFC West with a win, but some of the team's equipment was accidentally sent to New Jersey instead of to Foxboro, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Sunday.

As the Chiefs were unloading their gear Saturday, one container wasn't unloaded and instead made its way to New Jersey.