CARSON — All things remain possible for the Raiders.
They could beat the Los Angeles Chargers on the road Sunday, the Denver Broncos in Week 17 and make the playoffs at 8-8. They could win both and not make the playoffs.
The Raiders could lose both and end up in last place in the AFC West, a precipitous fall from their 6-4 perch after 10 games at which they had drawn even with the division champion Kansas City Chiefs in the loss column.
Given the Raiders health and overall level of play over the past month, winning the last two would seem to be a taller order than any other possibility among the myriad tiebreakers which would give them a post-season with a .