OAKLAND, Calif. -- As the Oakland defense struggled through the first five weeks of the season, Derek Carr and the offense managed to repeatedly pick the team up and help the Raiders get off to their best start in 14 years.When Carr and the offense struggled to move the ball against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Raiders had no chance.Carr committed two turnovers and led the Raiders to just one score after the opening drive and the Chiefs picked apart Oaklands defense for a 26-10 victory Sunday.It hurts man, Carr said. We didnt do good enough at all. That was bad. That was a bad performance by us.The Raiders (4-2) entered the game on pace to allow the most yards per play by a team since the 1970 merger, but still managed to be in first place thanks to an offense that always kept them in games.Carr led second-half comebacks against New Orleans, Baltimore and San Diego, but couldnt do much of anything against the Chiefs (3-2) after throwing a 3-yard touchdown pass to Andre Holmes on the opening drive of the game.I thought we got outcoached and outplayed, coach Jack Del Rio said. Take your pick.The Raiders managed to score just once on their final nine drives. Carr missed an open Michael Crabtree on a deep pass on the second drive that turned into an interception by Marcus Peters.Sebastian Janikowski missed a 52-yard field goal the next drive and Oakland was stopped on fourth down when Carr threw incomplete to Seth Roberts the following drive when Del Rio opted against another long field goal.A 25-second drive for a field goal to end the first half seemed to give the Raiders a lift, but Oakland managed just three punts, one lost fumble and a turnover on downs in a scoreless second half.Carr finished 22 for 34 for 225 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He was hurt by a pair of third-down drops by Seth Roberts and Jalen Richard but wasnt sharp at all.After Carr connected nine times with Amari Cooper in the first half, the Chiefs adjusted their defense and limited Cooper to one catch in the second half.The running game managed just 65 yards on 17 carries with rookies DeAndre Washington and Richard unable to carry the load with Latavius Murray sidelined by a toe injury.That wasnt nearly enough to overcome a defense that allowed 183 yards rushing, gave up more than 390 yards of offense (406) for the sixth straight week, and forced just three punts and no turnovers.We go over this every week, linebacker Bruce Irvin said. Its the same. I dont know what else to tell you. Kansas City had a great game plan, hats off to them. They did a lot of window dressing. They did a lot of stuff, disguising stuff to make us believe one thing and they actually did another thing.The defensive performance has put heavy pressure on Carr and the offense all season.Carr downplayed that factor, saying his focus is on each individual drive and play and not on how the defense is playing overall.I really dont have time to think of those kinds of things, Carr said. My mindset is so focused on my job. Im just focused on that so I really dont think about that.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Vans Old Skool Sale . "It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium. Wholesale Vans Shoes . 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They will get that on Wednesday night against the Minnesota Twins.The Braves announced Tuesday that they will promote the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 draft from Double-A Mississippi and have him in the lineup for the finale of a two-game interleague series against the Twins.We dont expect him to come up here and be the savior, but we feel like this is an opportunity for us to take a good look and get him some experience up here in the big leagues, Braves president of baseball operations John Hart said. He has a lot of intangibles that I think will translate and we dont think hes going to be overwhelmed when he comes up.Swanson, 22, played just 127 minor league games and had a modest .261 batting average with Mississippi after an early-season promotion from Class A Advanced Carolina, where he hit .333.The native of Marietta, Ga., had a combined .362 on-base percentage with 39 extra-base hits and 55 RBI in 105 total games with Mississippi and Carolina.This is a very smart kid, and hes a good player, Hart said. However he performs up here, I think its going to do nothing but be beneficial for him and for us as we go to make a decision as to what we do with the shortstop position next year.The Braves opened a spot for the former Vanderbilt All-American by trading shortstop Erick Aybar to Detroit on Tuesday for utility player Mike Aviles and catching prospect Kade Scivicque.The 32-year-old Aybar was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels last winter as part of the Andrelton Simmons to give the Braves a stopgap shortstop until Swanson was ready.Aybar, who got off to a slow start, hit .360 in his final 19 contests with the Braaves to get his average up to .dddddddddddd42 in 97 games.An MRI taken of Miguel Sanos sore right elbow revealed no structural damage, which was good news for the Twins.The bad news, though, is that the Twins cant use a designated hitter against the Braves and Sano arm is questionable for third base.Hes got to show hes ready to make throws, manager Paul Molitor said. When hes ready, hell get a chance to play some defense.Sano wasnt used as a pinch-hitting option as the Twins won 4-2 in the opener of the two-game set and could also sit out the series finale, although Molitor didnt rule out a return to the lineup.Right-hander Mike Folytnewicz (6-5, 4.50 ERA) will start for the Braves against Twins right-hander Kyle Gibson (4-6, 4.86 ERA).Folynewicz got credit for credit for the Braves 9-7 victory at Minnesota on July 27 that completed a two-game sweep.Gibson hasnt pitched against the Braves in his career, but has struggled in interleague games, going 2-7 with a 6.10 ERA in 11 games against the National League.Sano has hit well despite being limited to DH duties for a while, batting .304 with four homers and seven RBI over his last six games before having the MRI on Monday, a day off for the Twins.We were hoping that would be the case, Molitor said of the good MRI results. There is no repercussion from surgery (in 2014). Its just a matter that he had a little bit of a sore elbow.After not throwing much for more than a week, Sano took ground balls and made throws to first base before the first game against the Braves.Sano, 23, has a .250/.342/.491 slash line with 20 homers, 16 doubles and 50 RBI in 84 games this season. ' ' '