With old grudges and playoff stakes all stacked together, the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders escalated to a whole new level of intensity.
From players to coaches to fans, tension permeated throughout, and even within the "League" one could feel the spread of this spark.
Before the season started, no one had anticipated that the Kansas City Chiefs would lead with six consecutive wins; likewise, no one had foreseen that the Chiefs would find themselves in such a predicament, facing do-or-die battles with four games left in the season and every game being a matter of life and death, where any tiny mistake could ruin a year's efforts.
Pressure was mounting, layer upon layer.
So, how did professionals analyze and view this?
The chatter was incessant.
