Oakland Raiders 2017 Schedule Is Announced
The schedule of the Oakland Raiders for the 2017 season has been announced.
Parts of the 2017 NFL schedule leaked throughout the day, but the entire schedule has now been released. Here’s a rundown of the schedule of the Oakland Raiders, as well as some interesting information regarding the schedule.
Every team knew their 2017 opponents not too long after the Super Bowl, and when that was known, strength of schedule was able to be determined. The Raiders will have the fourth toughest schedule in 2017, per the NFL’s official Twitter account.
It’s no surprise, but the AFC West make up the top four in terms of strength of schedule. As the best division in football, each team has to play one another twice, thus boosting the strength of schedule compared to other teams.
What is a bit surprising is that even though the Raiders have the fourth toughest strength of schedule, they will only play four playoff teams from 2016 — Patriots, Cowboys, Giants, Chiefs. Since the Chiefs count twice, the other 11 teams they will face were not in the playoffs in 2016.
This shows that the Raiders will face many teams that just missed out on the playoffs. The Jets and and Chargers were 5-11, and the rest of the non-playoff opponents were between 7-9 and 9-7.
Let’s get on to the good stuff — the full schedule. All times are Pacific.
- Week 1 – Sunday, Sept. 10 – at Tennessee Titans – 10:00am
- Week 2 – Sunday, Sept. 17 – vs. New York Jets – 1:05pm
- Week 3 – Sunday, Sept. 24 – at Washington Redskins – 5:30pm
- Week 4 – Sunday, Oct. 1 – at Denver Broncos – 1:25pm
- Week 5 – Sunday, Oct. 8 – vs. Baltimore Ravens – 1:05pm
- Week 6 – Sunday, Oct. 15 – vs. Los Angeles Chargers – 1:25pm
- Week 7 – Thursday, Oct. 19 – vs. Kansas City Chiefs – 5:25pm
- Week 8 – Sunday, Oct. 29 – at Buffalo Bills – 10:00am
- Week 9 – Sunday, Nov. 5 – at Miami Dolphins – 5:30pm
- Week 10 – Bye
- Week 11 – Sunday, Nov. 19 – vs. New England Patriots (in Mexico City) – 1:25pm
- Week 12 – Sunday, Nov. 26 – vs. Denver Broncos – 1:25pm
- Week 13 – Sunday, Dec. 3 – vs. New York Giants – 1:25pm
- Week 14 – Sunday, Dec. 10 – at Kansas City Chiefs – 10:00am
- Week 15 – Sunday, Dec. 17 – vs. Dallas Cowboys – 5:30pm
- Week 16 – Monday, Dec. 25 – at Philadelphia Eagles – 5:30pm
- Week 17 – Sunday, Dec. 31 – at Los Angeles Chargers – 1:25pm
For the second year in a row, the Raiders will open up with three out of four on the road. But unlike last year, the Raiders will also close the season with three out of four games on the road. That’s a bit rough.
There are only three 10:00am games, definitely fewer than most past seasons. And those morning games aren’t at home — the Raiders will be on the road for each one of those.
The bye week is the same as last year — Week 10. It’s a good place to have a bye week, although it would have been nice to have the bye after either the Thursday game or the Mexico City game.
The Raiders have five primetime games — Week 3 at Washington, Week 7 vs. Kansas City (on Thursday), Week 9 at Miami, Week 15 vs. Dallas and Week 16 at Philadelphia (Monday, Christmas). And while the Mexico City game isn’t primetime, that one will feel like a marquee game with how hard the NFL will be pushing it.
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The 2016 playoff teams are Week 7 (Chiefs), Week 9 (Dolphins), Week 11 (Patriots), Week 14 (Chiefs) and Week 15 (Cowboys).
The back-to-back road games:
- Week 3 and 4 – Washington and Denver
- Week 8 and 9 – Buffalo and Miami
- Week 16 and 17 – Philadelphia and Los Angeles
Oakland will have three consecutive homes games officially twice, but only once if we don’t count the Patriots game. Week 5, 6 and 7 — Baltimore, Los Angeles, Kansas City.
The short week — the Sunday game that follows the Thursday game — isn’t bad because it’s against the Chiefs and then the Chargers. So the Raiders will have familiarity with both teams, which will help with preparation.
What are your thoughts on the schedule? What parts do you like, and/or what parts don’t you like?