KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- preached all week for the to rediscover their identity. Find the swagger that had gone mi sing during a three-game losing Trevor Bauer Jersey streak that put their playoff hopes in peril. They found it during a five-minute stretch of the second half Sunday. Their offense finally humming and their defense taking advantage of turnovers, the scored three touchdowns in quick succe sion, propelling them to a 31-13 victory over the . "It was kind of the focus all week of us kind of cutting it loose, going out there and playing for each other," said , who threw for 297 yards and two scores. "(Reid) always talks about that, letting emotions show, and I thought guys did a good job of that." It took a while, though. The (8-6) were clinging to a 10-6 lead early in the third quarter against the same team that started their skid last month. But after scored a touchdown to cap a 70-yard drive, the recovered a fumble, scored again, and then added one more touchdown to put away the game. "Going into halftime, there were so many things we were so close on," Reid said. "The guys settled down, they played - they let their personalities show." Just about the only downside for Kansas City was the big shot that took on a carry near the goal line. He went through concu sion testing on the sideline and was cleared to return later in the game, but was eventually pulled with the outcome decided. "It was a big hit but nothing else," Charles said. "I'm fine." was 27 of 56 for 222 yards, throwing a TD pa s in the final minute. But he also was sacked four times and fumbled a snap that led to a Carlos Baerga Jersey Kansas city touchdown. The , who had been poor against the run the past three weeks, even managed to bottle up running back . The second-year pro had 112 yards and two scores on just four carries in their first meeting, but was held to 59 yards on 12 carries Sunday. "Their athletes made more plays than we did," Cleveland Indians Blank Jersey the ' said. "Pretty much it." The (2-12) have lost 10 straight on the road, and still have not won back-to-back games since Weeks 7 and 8 of the 2012 season. That includes a pair of duds in the appropriately named Show-Me State - they were routed 52-0 at St. Louis two weeks ago. "You can't just blame one area," Carr said. "This is a team thing." Both teams got off to slow starts in a penalty-filled matchup, but Kansas City finally got a jolt of energy when fielded a punt at his 19-yard line. Picking up a nice block from , the rookie somersaulted over the goal line for an Joe Carter Jersey 81-yard touchdown return. "It's to the point where I'm starting to get a feel of it," Thomas said. kicker atoned for mi sing his first field-goal attempt since Week 2 early in the second quarter by knocking through a 41-yarder. The ' matched him with a 53-yarder as time expired to close within 10-3 at the break. Oakland had a chance to make the game interesting in the third quarter when fumbled and recovered. But in a fitting summation of the ' season, Wilson ended up hurt on the play, and the went nowhere before Janikowski kicked another field goal. The took advantage of the opening - and a roughing-the-pa ser penalty on - to go 70 yards on their next po se sion. Davis finished it off with a short touchdown run. Carr fumbled the snap on the next play, Kansas City recovered and Smith hit Kelce from 20 yards for a touchdown. The then forced a three-and-out, and Smith's 70-yard throw to Davis a moment later capped their three-TD spurt and gave Kansas City a 31-6 advantage. "The whole second half it started falling apart," said the ' , "and we were never able to recover and it got out of hand." NOTES: LB had an oblique strain and CB cramps. Both of them finished the game. ... Kansas City improved to 6-1 when leading at halftime. ... Carr now has 313 completions, becoming the sixth rookie QB to surpa s 300 in a season. ... The teams combined to convert 8 of 31 third downs. They also had 21 penalties. Copyright 2014 Carlos Carrasco Jersey by The A sociated Pre s