LAS VEGAS (AP) — Daniel Carlson, who has the option to become a free agent, could have earned a contract with either the Las Vegas Raiders or another NFL team.
He hit a 60-yard field goal, the longest of his career, with eight seconds remaining to give Las Vegas a 14-12 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday and end the Raiders' 10-game losing streak. His previous record was 57 yards.
Kansas City's Carlson and Harrison Butker each made four field goals, with Butker scoring a 41-yarder with 1:01 left to give the Chiefs a short-lived 12-11 lead.
“For all the guys in the locker room, it's been a tough season,” Carlson said. “There's no way around that, but to end it like that, I think it was really cool to send everyone into the offseason on a good note.”
This was the first victory for the Raiders (3-14) over the Chiefs (6-11) at Allegiant Stadium. Las Vegas also ended its 11-game losing streak against AFC West opponents.
The Chiefs, who had won the previous five meetings in Las Vegas, lost their sixth straight game and eighth in 10.
Las Vegas' Ashton Jeanty ran for 87 yards, giving him 975 on the season, which ranks second among Raiders rookies behind Josh Jacobs' 1,150 yards in 2019. Jeanty's 1,321 yards from scrimmage broke the club rookie record set by Jacobs (1,316).
“I think he had a great year,” Raiders coach Pete Carroll said of the sixth overall pick in last year's draft. “I think he maximized the opportunities he had. He stood out in a lot of ways. It shows you not only the toughness, but the resilience.”
Much of the interest in the outcome was eliminated before kickoff when the New York Giants defeated the Dallas Cowboys 34-17, guaranteeing the Raiders the No. 1 pick in this year's NFL draft. A Giants loss would have meant Las Vegas would get that pick only with a loss to the Chiefs.
Carroll's future is less certain. He was hired about a year ago with the hopes that his championship pedigree of a Super Bowl title with the Seattle Seahawks and two college championships at USC would translate to Las Vegas. There was no immediate indication whether he would return, but the coach's typical day-after press conference was not on the club's media calendar.
Carroll was secretive about his future, saying only that he would like to return and denying reports of a possible retirement.
This also could have been the last game for Kansas City's Travis Kelce. The 36-year-old, who became the third tight end to reach 13,000 career yards, has not said whether he will retire after playing all 13 seasons in Kansas City.
