[Kansas City.com] Chiefs linebacker Tamba Hali added some spice to the 107th meeting between the Chiefs and Raiders that comes Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

Hali called the Raiders a “dirty” team.

“It’s a tradition,” Hali said. “The Raiders, they come in, they cheapshot, they hit you. I’m not saying (any) names. It is what it is. We’ve got to be ready to play and keep our composure, stayed poised and be able to get this win.”

“It’s a tradition,” Hali said. “The Raiders, they come in, they cheapshot, they hit you. I’m not saying (any) names. It is what it is. We’ve got to be ready to play and keep our composure, stayed poised and be able to get this win.”

Games between the Chiefs and Raiders the past few seasons have generally been clean. They’ve usually been intense and hard-fought but free of obvious cheap shots.

That’s not Hali’s recollection.

“The core guys that have been here, they understand what we’ve got going on Sunday,” he said. “(The Raiders) are coming in and they’re a good team and a fast team and they play dirty. We’ve got to come out swinging.

“We’ve got to be ready for that. You can let these guys come in and if they do it and you let them do it, they’re going to enjoy themselves doing it and they’ll run over you. So you have to be prepared for that and stay with the game plan.”