The second half of the 2024 NFL season is just getting started and the Las Vegas Raiders are at their bye week.
Yet, even with eight games remaining for the Silver and Black when it returns to play the Miami Dolphins on November 17, their playoff chances look bleak.
The 2-7 Raiders, who have lost five straight games, are above just one team in the current AFC playoff standings. And if the Chiefs win three of their final nine games, Las Vegas will be eliminated in the AFC West chase.
It wasn’t supposed to happen this quickly:
AFC standings after Week 9
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