The Oakland Raiders won again at Arrowhead, beating the Kansas City Chiefs 26-16.

The Raiders had a +10.7 advantage in The Trench Counter, with a +3 differential in the takeaway column. Oakland had a +4 edge in Total Rushes/Completions.

Carson Palmer went 14-for-28 for 209 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, while putting the Raiders in Sebastian Janikowski's field goal range four times.

Darren McFadden rushed 29 times for 114 yards.

The Raiders knocked Brady Quinn out of the game early, forcing the Chiefs to go back to Matt Cassel. Quinn and Cassel each threw an interception, while both Cassel and Javier Arenas lost a fumble.

Brandon Myers has given the Oakland Raiders strong production a tight end, a position that projected to be a weakness heading into the season.

Myers has 28 catches on the season, which puts him on pace for the most catches by a Raiders' tight end since Todd Christensen's 95 catches in 1986.

The Oakland Raiders scored 13 unanswered points over the final seven minutes of regulation and overtime to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 26-23.

The Raiders had a +7.2 advantage in The Trench Counter, overcoming a -2 turnover differential by recording 10 additional first downs and being slightly less ineffective offensively (4.7 yards per play versus 3.4 for Jacksonville). The Raiders had a +9 in Total Rushes/Completions.

Carson Palmer went 26-for-48 for 298 yards, one touchdown and one interception, while Darren McFadden carried 19 times for 53 yards. Palmer scored the game-tying touchdown with 3:34 remaining in the fourth quarter on a goalline run.

Blaine Gabbert exited with injury after going 8-for-12 for 110 yards and a touchdown to Cecil Shorts III. Maurice Jones-Drew also left the game with an injury.

The Oakland Raiders are 5-10 since acquiring Carson Palmer in a trade with the Bengals.

Gary Horton of Scouts Inc. thinks Palmer is a poor fit for the West Coast offense used by new Raiders' coordinator Greg Knapp. 

“I just don’t see the fit,” Horton said. “Plus, he makes a lot of bad decisions. It just seems like it was a bad trade from the start.” 

The Raiders averaged nine more points and committed a half turnovers less in the 16 games before Palmer's arrival.

Greg Knapp still prefers the zone blocking run scheme as offensive coordinator of the Oakland Raiders, but called more one-back power running successfully last Sunday against the Falcons.

“We did some more one-back power and we emphasized, instead of wide zone, we did some tight zone as change ups,” Knapp said Thursday. “But it was still a pretty good mix in (32) rushes. It was a pretty good mix of both.

“Keep in mind too, this is really the first game we’ve really had a chance to keep the run game going throughout the four quarters so it gave us a lot more opportunities to use the whole run game package. That helped keep the defense honest.”

Knapp and Dennis Allen feel the zone blocking scheme is the best in football and is worth the growing pains.

“What you saw on Sunday is we did a better job of having consistent runs with less negative runs,” Knapp said. “It was good to see with both not only Darren (McFadden), but Goody (Mike Goodson) to share the wealth a little in the run game. I was pleased with (Stefen) Wisniewski’s performance and certainly, with him and Willie (Smith), getting more reps in our offense, you’re hoping to get that kind of continuity and that progression and success. That’s worked out well the last couple weeks.”

The Oakland Raiders have lost 10 consecutive games coming off a bye following their Week 6 defeat by the Falcons.

The streak is the longest since the bye system was instituted in 1990.

Carson Palmer took the blame for the Oakland Raiders' narrow 23-20 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

Palmer threw a key pick-six interception to Asante Samuel with 2:40 remaining in the game.

"We had a great game plan, and I let the team down, I let the fans down." Palmer said. "Making the mistake I made was crucial. It's my fault."

The Atlanta Falcons defeated the Oakland Raiders by a final score of 23-20 on a game-winning 55-yard field goal by Matt Bryant in the closing seconds.

The Falcons had a -4.5 deficit in The Trench Counter, as they were aided by a 79-yard interception return in the fourth quarter from Asante Samuel. The Raiders gained 7.0 yards per play compared to 5.4 for Atlanta, while also recording six additional first downs. Oakland had a +16 edge in Total Rushes/Completions.

Matt Ryan threw three interceptions for the game while completing 24 of his 37 pass attempts for 249 yards and a touchdown. 

Atlanta rushed just 15 times for 45 yards, with Michael Turner carrying 11 for 33.

Carson Palmer went 23-for-33 for 353 yards with a touchdown, interception and lost fumble. Palmer connected with Denarius Moore five times for 104 yards with a touchdown.

Darren McFadden rushed 27 times for 70 yards with a touchdown and a fumble.

The Oakland Raiders play the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, and they largely serve as a team worth examining as how to build a sustainable winner.

"They've got the right formula for winning football games," Dennis Allen said of the Falcons. "They understand their personnel, they understand what they're looking for and what it takes to win. In some respects, that's a team we try to emulate."

Reggie McKenzie was a candidate to become general manager of the Falcons, along with eventualy hire Thomas Dimitroff.

"They play with energy, they play with passion, they enjoy playing the game, they create an up-tempo situation both offensively and defensively," Allen said. "When they play that way, it keeps the crowd into it, keeps the crowd excited. It's a good home-field advantage."

Dimitroff and head coach Mike Smith have a similar relationship as what McKenzie is attempting to create with Allen.

"You've got to be collaborative, and collaboration is more important than communication," Smith told Bay Area reporters by conference call last week. "Communication can be one way, and collaborating is two-way communication. Thomas is forward-thinking, very intelligent and a good talent evaluator, and it's been a great working relationship for us."

Anthony Wayne Smith, a defensive lineman who played for eight years in the 1990s for the NFL's Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, will stand trial for four murders.

The killings came in a nine-year span beginning after Smith's career in the NFL concluded.

Smith had already been tried for one of the killings: the 2008 death of Maurilio Ponce, a mechanic found stomped, beaten and shot along a Southern California desert highway in what prosecutors called a business deal gone wrong.

A jury deadlocked 8-4 in April in favor of guilt, and in July while awaiting retrial, Smith was charged with the other murders.

The other murders are a 1999 killing of Kevin and Ricky Nettles, who were kidnapped from a Los Angeles car wash and shot to death, as well as the 2011 killing of Dennis Henderson.

Defense attorney Daniel Evans said prosecutors have cited no credible motive in any of the cases, and said they all lack physical evidence.

"There's no DNA evidence, there's no fingerprints evidence, there's no ballistics evidence that tie him to any of these cases," Evans told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday night.