How can the Tennessee Titans earn a victory over the Kansas City Chiefs? How would the Oakland Raiders benefit from a Titans’ win?

Despite Thursday’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oakland Raiders can still go into the postseason as the AFC West champion with some help over the next three weeks.

The Raiders can reclaim their spot atop the division with a victory over the San Diego Chargers and a Tennessee Titans’ victory over the Chiefs. Heading into the current year, most analysts viewed the Titans as the worst team of the AFC South. Now, they’re scrapping for a division title in a tie with the Houston Texans at 7-6.

Second to only the New England Patriots in the AFC, the Chiefs have won eight of their last nine games. Plus, they’re coming off a mini-bye week with 10 days off. Typically, more preparation time for Chiefs head coach Andy Reid results in a victory.

However, the Titans match up well against the Chiefs for multiple reasons. Tennessee comes into Arrowhead Stadium armed with the No. 3 rushing offense against the league’s No. 27 run defense. Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio admitted to mistakenly ignoring the run in a critical moment during Thursday’s game, per San Francisco Chronicle reporter Vic Tafur:

We had three 3rd-and-1s during the game. The first two, we ran it and got it and, yeah, it would’ve made a lot of sense to run right there. As we look at it as a staff, we’re going, ‘Geez, what the heck?’

Ignoring the tendency to run the football won’t be a problem for the Titans. They’ve accumulated the second-most rush attempts through 13 contests—it’s their bread and butter for winning games.

The Chiefs could very well seal a close victory with an interception for a return, a punt return for a touchdown or simply capitalize off turnovers. However, the Titans have a clear-cut opportunity to pull off an upset and hand the AFC West back to the Raiders on Sunday. Here’s why.