As the Las Vegas Raiders return from their bye week and begin December play, there are in a pretty simple situation: They basically need to win out to try to make the playoffs at 10-7.
The Raiders are buried in the AFC playoff picture, so their margin of error is slim. The Raiders, who have played one of the easiest schedules in the NFL this season and has played against several backup or weak quarterbacks, don’t have too bad of a remaining schedule. But all but one team has more victories than Las Vegas heading into Week 14.