Sunday’s 31-0 smackdown wasn’t just a convincing win. The Chiefs scored at will — and shut down the Las Vegas offense to a point that was comical. It was an utter and complete victory — a destruction so complete that the winners waved the white flag on the losers’ behalf.

Or in the words of Kendrick Lamar, the Raiders are “not like us.”

And for the first time this season, Kansas City’s winning percentage is on the right side of 0.500 — and it looks like it will say there.

Here are five things we learned.

This was the first time the Chiefs had fielded a fully healthy wide receiver group since the beginning of 2023. In 2024, fans never saw the true potential of a receiving corps featuring Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy and Hollywood Brown.

Rice’s season-ending injury from 2024 — and 2024’s suspension — delayed that vision. But on Sunday, the “Great Midwestern Smoke Show” finally debuted in full force.

While Rice, Worthy and Brown grabbed the headlines, this is actually a pass-catching group that goes five or six deep. Tight end Travis Kelce and veteran wideout JuJu Smith-Schuster quietly did all the little things that made everyone else better — the quintessential “glue guys” in an offense built on rhythm and spacing.

The Chiefs’ EGE motto — Everybody’s Gotta Eat — summed it up. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes served the ball just as well as the wait staff at the 1587 restaurant he and Kelce have opened — and nobody went home hungry.

Earlier this season — and even dating back to last year — some wondered if head coach Andy Reid had lost his fastball. After all, the Chiefs’ offense had struggled to generate big plays.

But Sunday was Reid’s emphatic reminder that his genius hadn’t faded. He’s simply been conducting a symphony without his first-chair players.

This is Reid’s 27th season as a head coach, yet his play-calling rhythm remains as inventive and unpredictable as ever. Sunday’s timing, misdirection and sequencing were classic Reid: the screen fakes, layered routes and quick tempo changes kept the Raiders off balance all afternoon.

So it’s never been that there was something wrong with Reid’s music. It’s always been fine. It was the musicians he’s been forced to conduct.

NFL coaches and players like to say that you are what your record says you are — but three weeks into a season, that doesn’t apply.

Sunday’s game showed what a bad NFL team truly looks like. The Raiders, decimated by injuries, resembled something between a college squad and a semi-pro team. They never looked capable of stringing together enough plays to stop Kansas City — or move the ball themselves.

Even when the Chiefs lost games in the season’s early weeks, the losses came from self-inflicted wounds — not a lack of talent or identity. On Sunday, the gap between the two teams was the size of a canyon. The Raiders had no chance. The Chiefs have never been in that position.

Rice and the offense deserved their flowers, but the defense quietly put together a masterpiece. The Chiefs dominated up front while the secondary blanketed the Raiders’ receivers so thoroughly that most of them were never mentioned on the broadcast — which, for a defensive back, is about the highest compliment possible.

Even as the Chiefs’ lead ballooned, Steve Spagnuolo’s unit played with focus and pride. There was no complacency or easing up. It was all business — from start to finish.

It’s too early to make parade plans, but if Kansas City stays healthy, this might be the most complete offense of the Mahomes era — and maybe even one of the most balanced teams in franchise history.

Still, after a rout like this, you have to wonder: was this the spark that will ignite a run, or was it just fool’s gold against an inferior opponent?

We’ll find out soon enough. The Chiefs now face the Bills, Commanders, Colts and Broncos — and if they navigate that stretch without a loss, they might not lose again until 2026.