We will find out a lot about the Raiders the next two weeks (1 Viewer)

[Riversco]

Jets @ Raiders week 8

Raiders @ Steelers week 9

The Raiders will either get knocked out of contention or be considered a legit threat.

 

[Raider Nation]

If "legit threat" means playoff contender, I'm not sure they are there quite yet. For now, it's just nice not to be the laughingstock of the league anymore.

 

[timbrah_ho]

I just want to know if Carr is going to be my week 10 bye week replacement and/or new QB if Rivers does his yearly fade (which seemed like it might have started up until the 4th quarter today)

 

[Riversco]

If "legit threat" means playoff contender, I'm not sure they are there quite yet. For now, it's just nice not to be the laughingstock of the league anymore.

Actually turnarounds can be extremely quick.

 

[SeniorVBDStudent]

This will be interesting.

Worth noting that del rio led jags always played steelers close.

But definitely scary matchups.

What will Carr do when jets take cooper and murray away?

How will D deal with bell AND ben throwing to brown and bryant?

Brutal.

 

[Riversco]

Well that was about a perfect a week as the Raiders could have hoped for.

Raiders are sitting in a wild card slot. They now own a head-to-head win over the Jets, and the Jets no longer have a QB. Their biggest threat for that wild card slot is probably the Chiefs now.

 

[Riversco]

Week 9 looks like the battle of wild card teams. And the way this is going, both teams will probably still be in the wild card slots after that game.

 

[Deamon]

Week 9 looks like the battle of wild card teams. And the way this is going, both teams will probably still be in the wild card slots after that game.

Don't count the Jets/Bills/Dolphins out. With so many div games coming up, and a relatively easy schedule, I could see at least 1 WC team coming from the east.