You could make a valid argument that Sunday’s game against the Browns will either bury the Raiders’ season or keep its faint hopes alive.
No team has made the playoffs after starting 0-3 since 2002, so the odds are already stacked against the silver and black. Yet in their minds, a win against the upstart Browns could inject a sliver of optimism into a team hardly facing the stiffest of competition in the coming weeks.
Let’s take a look at five things to watch in Sunday’s crucial game between the Browns (1-1-1) and Raiders (0-3) at the Coliseum.