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The Raiders are not good against tight ends, which is good news for Travis Kelce

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The Oakland Raiders give up a lot of touchdowns to tight ends. The Kansas City Chiefs have a really good tight end in Travis Kelce. Therefore, Kelce is going to have a big game against the Raiders.

Makes enough sense to you, right?

The Raiders defense is allowing 25.5 points per game which is 26th in the NFL. With the way the Chiefs offense has been playing, that's good news. Also great news is that the Raiders are not very good against tight ends. I went through Pro Football Reference box scores to find the stats of how the leading tight ends have done against the Raiders in each game this season.

The results are encouraging for the Chiefs and Travis Kelce.

Week 1: Tyler Eifert (Bengals): 9 catches, 104 yards, 2 TDs

Week 2: Crockett Gilmore (Ravens): 5 catches, 88 yards, 2 TDs

Week 3: Gary Barnridge (Browns): 6 catches, 105 yards, 1 TD

Week 4: Martellus Bennett (Bears): 11 catches, 83 yards, 1 TD

Week 5: Nobody (Broncos)

Week 7: Ladarius Green (Chargers): 4 catches, 45 yards, 1 TD

Week 8: Kellen Davis (Jets): 1 catch, 1 yard, 1 TD

Week 9: Jesse James (Steelers): 2 catches, 13 yards, 1 TD

Week 10: Kyle Rudolph (Vikings): 1 catch, 7 yards, 0 TDs

Week 11: Brandon Pettigrew (Lions): 1 catch, 8 yards, 0 TDs

Week 12: Craig Stevens (Titans): 1 catch, 20 yards, 1 TD

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