Undoubtedly the NFL’s two most struggling teams face off on Thursday Night Football as the Oakland Raiders go up against their Bay Area rival San Francisco 49ers. The rebuild of Jon Gruden is in full effect as the Silver and Black find themselves with a 1-6 record, while San Francisco’s loss of their starting quarterback has proven too huge of a hurdle with a 1-7 record staring them in the face.
There’s not much short-term consequences at play in terms of who comes out on top: a win for one team can bring their total wins to just two while a loss for the other inches them closer to a potential first overall pick in the 2019 draft.