With a new quarterback at the helm,

the Oakland Raiders are set to host the Kansas City Chiefs at home this Sunday afternoon.
Sunday’s game will be televised nationally on CBS and is set to start at 4:05 p.m. (ET). Oakland is currently a 6-point favorite on the Don Best odds screen.
After losing starting quarterback Jason Campbell for at least six weeks with a collarbone injury, the Raiders knew they had to make a move to acquire a quarterback if they wanted to keep their playoff hopes alive. They did just that with a blockbuster trade this week, trading two high draft picks to the Cincinnati Bengals for the Carson Palmer.
Palmer demanded a trade following the end of the 2010 season, and said he would retire if Cincinnati didn't deal him. The Bengals finally honored his demand, a trade that was made easier by the fact rookie Andy Dalton is enjoying a solid season under center.
Oakland (4-2) will start Palmer right away, opting to go with him instead of current backup quarterback Kyle Boller. While Palmer has been keeping in shape in hopes that a trade like this one would come, he hasn’t taken live snaps since last year.
In a bit of bad news coming late in the week, reports Friday suggested that kicker Sebastian Janikowski may be out Sunday with a hamstring injury. Janikowski has been great for Oakland this season, converting on 12 of his 13 field goal attempts, including five of over 50 yards or more.
The Raiders are 5-1 ATS this season.
Kansas City (2-3) started the year off terribly, losing Eric Berry and Jamaal Charles to injuries and suffering blowout losses to Buffalo and Detroit. But since then, the Chiefs are 3-0 ATS in their last three games and 2-0 SU in their last two with wins over Minnesota and Indianapolis.
The key to Sunday’s game for the Chiefs will be to contain Oakland’s running game. Oakland ranks second in the league with 160 yards rushing per game while Kansas City has struggled against the run this season, allowing 119.6 rushing yards per game. If the Chiefs can figure out a way to slow down Darren McFadden and force the rusty Carson Palmer to throw, they could pull off the upset.
This series has been split down the middle at 5-5 SU over the last five years, with Oakland holding the slight ATS edge at 6-4. Oakland has won three of the last four games against Kansas City both SU and ATS, including both contests last season.
With both teams’ tendencies to run the football, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the ‘under’ is 8-2 in the last 10 games between the Chiefs and Raiders. Recent total trends point to an ‘over’ however, with six of Kansas City’s last nine road games and five of Oakland’s last seven home games going above the number.
Sunday’s total is currently set at 41 ½.
In this week’s Don Best Linemakers Poll, Oakland was ranked 11th along with the New York Jets and New York Giants while Kansas City was only ranked ahead of Jacksonville at No. 31.
It should be a great day in Oakland according to the weatherman, with mostly sunny skies and the afternoon high reaching the low-80s.