On Friday, the Kansas City Chiefs are hosting the Las Vegas Raiders at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Who will sing the national anthem prior to this Black Friday showdown?
The Bonner Family Will Sing the National Anthem Prior to Chiefs-Raiders Game
The Chiefs announced that The Bonner Family will sing the national anthem before Friday’s game, while also performing at halftime of the contest.
The Bonner Family is a Latter-day Saints family from Utah who sing hymns and gospel music.
The choir group features parents Debra and Harry as well as their eight children: Mauli, Yahosh, Conlon, O/B/A, Nolong, Yunga, Clotile, and Oyoyo.
Mauli has worked with artists such as Ariana Grande and Katy Perry and served as a composer on the film “Jane and Emma,” with the family recording music for the soundtrack.
The Gladstone Fire Department will present the colors.
Also, a familiar face will make his return to Arrowhead on Friday. Former Chiefs right tackle Mitchell Schwartz will be the drum honoree.
Schwartz played for the Chiefs from 2016-2020, helping them win Super Bowl LIV over the San Francisco 49ers. He was a first-team All-Pro in 2018 and a second-team All-Pro in 2016, 2017, and 2019, and he was named to CBS Sports’ NFL All-Decade Team.
Schwartz last played in the NFL in 2020, and he officially announced his retirement from the league on July 14, 2022.
Chiefs-Raiders By the Numbers Preview
Kansas City Chiefs
Team: The Chiefs haven’t lost consecutive games to the Raiders since 2011-12 (three straight). Kansas City’s last loss before its current 12-game win streak (including playoffs) was at home to the Raiders on Christmas Day, 2023.
QB: Twenty-three quarterbacks have started all their team’s games this season. Mahomes’ TD-INT ratio (6-8) is tied for the worst out of that whole group (Matthew Stafford has thrown three TDs to four INTs for the Los Angeles Rams).
Offense: Are the Chiefs a smash-mouth offense now? Kansas City has run by design on 48.8% of its plays, far and away its highest in any season since Mahomes became the starting QB (the previous high was 38.9% in 2018). That includes a 57.9% run rate on first downs, and the first season with Mahomes they’ve been above 50% on first downs.
Defense: The Chiefs have allowed a touchdown on just 47.4% of red-zone trips, pacing them for their best rate since the 2014 team (38.9%).
Fantasy: This is a conservative offense, but as Xavier Worthy’s role increases, there is hope — Mahomes is completing a career-high 53.6% of his passes thrown 15+ yards down the field.
Betting: Seven of Kansas City’s past eight road divisional games have come in under the projected point total, though the one exception was Week 12, 2023 … at Vegas (31-17 win with a total of 42.5 points).
Las Vegas Raiders
Team: The Raiders own the worst per-game turnover differential in the league this season (-1.9).
QB: Minshew has two more games with multiple interceptions than multiple touchdown passes this season and misfired on 19 of 34 passes last week against a vulnerable Rams defense.
Offense: Brock Bowers has received 25.1% of the Raiders’ targets this season. That’s on track to be the highest target share by any rookie tight end since at least 2000 and the highest by a TE period since Mark Andrews for the 2021 Baltimore Ravens (25.9%).
Defense: The Raiders own the fifth-highest sack rate on play-action attempts this season (8.9%).
Fantasy: Bowers has five top-five finishes at the position this season, and after not seeing a red-zone target in any of his first three games, he’s had a target in scoring position in every game since.
Betting: Over tickets have cashed in four of Vegas’ past five home games (2-1 through seven weeks this season).
