Some games have already been played week 17, including three games on Wednesday and Thursday and three which were flexed to Saturday.
Of the three Saturday games, only one went the way the Raiders would have wanted — the Bengals beat the Broncos. But the other two weren’t great for the Raiders. The Chargers put a beatdown on the lowly Patriots and the Rams beat the Cardinals. You want the Patriots to get a win and the Chargers to lose for strength of schedule reasons. You want the Rams to lose for the same reason.
Those game results actually raised the Raiders Strength of Schedule from .544 to .547, keeping them at sixth in the draft order.
The Raiders game will be Sunday in New Orleans, but that’s not the only game Raiders fans should be focusing on Sunday.
Here are the other games Raiders fans should feel some kind of way about because they could affect where the Raiders end up selecting atop the 2025 NFL Draft.