The Chiefs walked out of Dallas with a 31–28 loss and a .500 record slipping away from them, and it was hard not to think back to another Thanksgiving in the same building. If Kansas City needed a reminder of how to handle that environment, Derek Carr left behind a pretty good one four years ago.

Carr still remembers every bit of that 36–33 overtime win the Raiders pulled off in 2021. And for him, the stage mattered as much as the score.

“Being able to play the Cowboys on Thanksgiving was cooler than being able to play just a game. I grew up watching this game. And now I’m coming in here. Both sides of the family, just colliding. And in one moment, in Jerry’s world. I never lost in Jerry’s world. So, on Thanksgiving Day, the Raiders were victorious,” Carr added.

He laughed, rememberin

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