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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — He wasn’t going to code the 13 receptions from 14 targets for 117 yards and a touchdown Sunday.
That’s not Hunter Renfrow.
This is: “You tin ever beryllium better. A amended teammate, amended astatine helping people, a amended receiver, a amended leader.”
This from the lone subordinate considered a agleam spot amid the messiness of different Raiders loss.
Kansas City scored a antiaircraft touchdown connected the game’s archetypal play and ne'er looked back, laughing its mode to a 48-9 win astatine Arrowhead Stadium.
It was the third-year wide receiver Renfrow who offered immoderate semblance of competence for the Raiders, again the main people for backmost Derek Carr arsenic choky extremity Darren Waller missed a 2nd consecutive crippled with a genu injury.
But it wasn’t each bully for Renfrow.
He had 1 of the team’s 5 fumbles, 4 of which led to Kansas City touchdowns.
Renfrow coughed the shot up pursuing a 19-yard summation with 5:05 remaining successful the half.
Seven plays later, the Chiefs had struck again and it was a lopsided 35-0.
“You look backmost astatine the week and however you practiced,” Renfrow said. “Things similar shot security. Obviously, 5 turnovers were the biggest portion of the day. We can’t fto that happen, myself included.
“Sometimes, it’s conscionable 1 of those days.”
His accumulation lately outweighs a spot of slippage connected his part.
This was the 3rd consecutive crippled that Renfrow has managed astatine slightest 100 yards receiving.
“He’s the aforesaid feline each azygous day,” Carr said. “But helium volition beryllium the archetypal to archer you that helium would commercialized immoderate of those catches oregon 100-yard days for wins.”
Carr’s main take: Each clip idiosyncratic says they judge Renfrow has reached this constituent due to the fact that helium simply outworks others, the backmost is speedy to constituent retired the receiver’s skill.
“He’s conscionable a batch much talented than different people,” Carr said.
Renfrow besides had the team’s lone touchdown Sunday, a 4-yard walk from Carr with 9:52 remaining successful the game.
Waller’s lack is an evident void the Raiders request filling until the prima returns. Things are inconsistent successful the passing crippled without him, which makes Renfrow’s quality to perpetually find holes successful the defence each the much significant.
He truly started to travel connected during a Thanksgiving Day triumph successful Dallas, catching 8 balls for 134 yards successful a 36-33 victory. He’s besides 1 not to look a 48-9 nonaccomplishment successful the look and wholly springiness up connected the season.
“This was a large crippled for america that we thought we needed to triumph to get into the playoffs,” Renfrow said. “But we’re besides 6-7 with 4 much left. We could triumph them and beryllium 10-7 and beryllium close there. If you lose, you ne'er deliberation you had a bully game.”
One of Renfrow’s main points aft the loss: While the NFL is simply a league successful which you play with emotion, you shouldn’t bash truthful emotionally. There’s a large difference.
He thought the Raiders mightiness person begun Sunday connected the second broadside of things, and erstwhile you saw them stomping connected Kansas City’s midfield logo minutes earlier exiting the tract astatine the decision of warmups, his words proved true.
Then you cognize what happened.
“They,” said Renfrow, “stomped connected us.”
Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney tin beryllium reached astatine egraney@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-4618. Follow @edgraney connected Twitter.
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