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If the Raiders lose this game, they’ll fall to 2-4, and find themselves a full four games behind the 6-0 Broncos in the division standings. With ten games remaining in the season after that, making up four games while possible, would be a Herculean task – it’s the position the Chargers currently find themselves in and the position the Raiders want to desperately avoid.
3-3 and three games back sounds a whole lot more manageable. Especially when you still have a game against Denver left on the schedule.
The Chargers, meanwhile, if they were to lose the game, would find themselves sitting at 2-5 with virtually no shot at the division crown.