ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Oakland Raiders outside linebacker Sio Moore became a national punchline for his sack-dance celebration 30 yards from the line of scrimmage late in the final minute against Kansas City last week. It almost cost the Raiders a chance at their first win and obscured the fact Moore has been playing at a very high level this season.

A third-round draft pick in 2013, Moore is the Raiders' co-leader in tackles (82) and is tops on the team in sacks (3). Moore has reached double-digits in tackles four times this year, including matching his season-high of 12 against the Chiefs.

Moore has benefitted from playing in the same linebacking corps as first-round draft pick Khalil Mack. Mack regularly faces double-team blocking from opponents, and that has freed Moore up to make additional plays.

Yet there are a handful of incidents like the one against the Chiefs that have prevented Moore -- who is tied for 14th overall in tackles among all NFL players -- from being considered one of the top at his position.

During Oakland's 41-17 loss to Denver in Week 10, the Broncos scored on a 51-yard screen pass from Peyton Manning to C.J. Anderson. At least six Raiders defenders whiffed at a chance to stop Anderson. Moore? He didn't come close and instead took himself out of the play with a half-hearted effort that later was widely criticized by Mike Mayock of the NFL Network.

Mayock pointed out that while numerous Oakland players missed a chance to stop Anderson, it was Moore's "egregious lack of hustle" that was the biggest mistake made on a play that ultimately swung momentum in the Broncos' favor for good.

Until Moore matures and stops making the boneheaded plays like that one and his ridiculous celebration of a sack against the Chiefs, he'll continue to get overlooked by the national media.

That's a shame, too, because the kid is actually having a very good season.