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These are the Raiders' first 7 games of the regular season:

Denver
Kansas City
@ Minnesota
@ Indianapolis
Chicago (in London)
BYE
@ Green Bay
@ Houston

I'd say AT BEST they'll be 3-4 to start the season. More than likely that's a 2-5 stretch. Distinct possibility they could be 1-6.

To be nice to them, let's assume they start 3-4. So they have to at MINIMUM go 6-3 the rest of the way to go 9-7, which is typically the minimum to making the playoffs, and even then it's not guaranteed.

They have to go 6-3 against:

Detroit
LA Chargers
Cincinnati
@ New York Jets
@ Kansas City
Tennessee
Jacksonville
@ LA Chargers
@ Denver

I don't see it happening. They'll pick up some wins in there, but I don't see 6 of them. And that's assuming they managed to fart out 3 wins in the first 7 games.