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The Oakland Raiders will "host" the Houston Texans in Mexico's capital on Monday Night Football fresh off their bye week.
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The Oakland Raiders will "host" the Houston Texans in Mexico's capital on Monday Night Football fresh off their bye week.
The Texans, winners over division foe Jacksonville this past Sunday, made the playoffs a season ago, only to be dismantled at home in a first-round loss to Kansas City.
Oakland QB Derek Carr is having an MVP type of season to date and has helped guide the Raiders to a 7-2 mark.
With a 7-2 record heading into the break, Oakland holds a half-game lead over rival Kansas City (6-2) in the quite competitive AFC West. Denver sits a full game back at 6-3, with San Diego three games back in the basement at 4-5. Oakland has meetings (all on the road) left with its three top rivals.
Yes, it is too early to crown a division champ, but the Raiders at 7-2 are looking pretty good these days. For a team trying to get back to the playoffs for the first time since the 2002 Super Bowl season, hopes are high in the Bay Area.
It has been 14 years since the Oakland Raiders last appeared in the Super Bowl, but this will be the year the Silver and Black return.
The Raiders are 7-2 and are in sole possession of first place in the AFC West. So, is this Raiders' team ready for the big time, or is it still a little too early to get excited?
With their 30-20 win over the division rival Broncos (6-3) on Sunday night, the Raiders (7-2) took a one-game lead in the division.
With both teams coming into the game tied for first place in the AFC West, the winner assumes control of the division, albeit possibly for just a week or so. With a rematch scheduled for the final weekend of the regular season (Jan 1) in Denver, much could change between now and then in the divisional race.
Week nine officially starts the second half of the NFL season. This is the time when teams start to figure out if they are going to be playoff contenders, or pretenders.
For the Oakland Raiders, are they really as good as their 6-2 record? If so, can they handle the pressure of fending off what look to be their two toughest challenges in the AFC West, the Denver Broncos and Kansas Chiefs, respectively?
If Oakland wants to be taken seriously in the playoff picture, and ultimately the chase for a Super Bowl, the team needs a big win against the Broncos.
Oakland, which just completed a two-game sweep in Florida with wins over Jacksonville and Tampa Bay, respectively, now has four straight games in the Bay Area, something that may or may not work to its credit.
The fact that they managed to overcome a record 23 penalties to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30-24 in overtime on Sunday was a credit to another sterling performance by Derek Carr and a defense that tightened up late.
After rolling to a 33-16 win in Jacksonville last Sunday, Oakland (5-2) is preparing for this Sunday's meeting with Tampa Bay (3-3).
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