{"id":40819,"date":"2025-12-29T15:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=40819"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:13:20","slug":"3-kansas-city-chiefs-veterans-on-offense-still-have-something-left-to-play-for-in-week-18s-game-against-the-las-vegas-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=40819","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd25 3 Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Veterans Still Fighting for Pride in Week 18 vs. Raiders \u2014 You Won\u2019t Believe What\u2019s at Stake! \ud83c\udfc8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_limit\/Mzk6MDAwMDAwMDAwMzYyMjg4\/nfl-denver-broncos-at-kansas-city-chiefs-362288.jpg?arena_f_auto\" alt=\"Dec 25, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Hollywood Brown (5) misses a catch against Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt (29) at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. \" \/><\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0don\u2019t have the postseason to play for, but several of their players have some personal at stake in the Week 18 game against the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>For some veteran players on the Chiefs, it should and could be enough to keep them on the field in what ultimately amounts to a meaningless exhibition game against an AFC West rival. No, we\u2019re not talking about 2026\u00a0NFL Draft\u00a0positioning here, though that\u2019s something important for Kansas City in this down year. This is a matter of finances for a pair of players and a matter of personal achievement for another player who may be set to play his last game in the league.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"chiefs-wr-hollywood-brown-will-be-pursuing-a-big-day-in-las-vegas\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-m-font-size\">Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown will be pursuing a big day in Las Vegas<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">There\u2019s a reason that Chiefs QB Chris Oladokun targeted WR Hollywood Brown in the endzone against the\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0on Christmas Day. As things currently stand, Brown has 46 receptions for 523 yards and five touchdowns on the season. He\u2019s earned over $1.5 million in contract incentives with those numbers, but he can early even more with a big performance in Week 18. If Brown gets two more touchdowns, he\u2019ll earn another $500k in contract incentives for reaching seven touchdowns on the season. If he records 102 receiving yards, he\u2019ll earn another $125K in contract incentives for reaching the 625 receiving-yard mark.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"kareem-hunt-is-close-to-cashing-in-a-on-a-few-contract-incentives\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-m-font-size\">Kareem Hunt is close to cashing in a on a few contract incentives<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Fans might not be thrilled about it with Brashard Smith and Dameon Pierce needing snaps late in the season, but Kareem Hunt could get some work in Week 18 because of the financial implications for the veteran running back. Right now, Hunt has played 48% of the offensive snaps. If he reaches 50% on the season, he\u2019ll receive a playtime contract incentive worth $125K. That\u2019s actually achievable if he gets a little over half the offensive snaps in Week 18. With 31 more scrimmage yards against the Raiders in Week 18, Hunt can earn an extra $25K in contract incentives for reaching 750 scrimmage yards.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"travis-kelce-could-be-chasing-one-last-record-in-week-18-vs-the-raiders\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-m-font-size\">Travis Kelce could be chasing one last record in Week 18 vs. the Raiders<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Chiefs TE Travis Kelce already owns plenty of NFL and franchise records, but he could be chasing one more in the Week 18 game against the Raiders. At 12,990 receiving yards, Kelce is just 57 receiving yards away from surpassing Jason Witten (13,046) to move into second place all-time among tight ends in receiving yards. At that point, he\u2019d trail only former Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez (15,127). As much of a bummer as the 2025 NFL season has been for what could be Kelce\u2019s last dance, walking away as the No. 2 tight end in receiving yardage would be a nice consolation prize to going out in a blaze of glory in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udd25 3 Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Veterans Still Fighting for Pride in Week 18 vs. Raiders \u2014 You Won\u2019t Believe What\u2019s at Stake! 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