2018 Raiders schedule: Top five games entering the NFL Draft
By Brad Weiss
The Oakland Raiders 2018 schedule was released on Thursday, and here are five of the more exciting games entering the NFL Draft.
On Thursday, the NFL released the 2018 regular season schedule for the Oakland Raiders, and there are certainly some exciting games on the slate. As we look at the top-5 games heading into the NFL Draft, all of them have significance when it comes to where this team will finish this season.
Throughout the 16-game schedule, the Raiders will appear in prime time five times. They will have four games that are featured on either Thursday or Monday Night Football, and will go across the pond to take on the Seattle Seahawks in Week 6.
With that said, let us take a look at five games that will be exciting, and play a huge factor into whether this team will be a playoff team or not.
5. Week 2 at Denver Broncos
The first AFC West game of the season will take place in Week 2, when the Raiders go on the road to take on the Denver Broncos. It will be the team’s first look at new Broncos quarterback Case Keenum, who is coming off leading the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC title game in 2017.
For Oakland, they will be looking to bounce back from a terrible 2017 season, that saw them see their win total cut in half from the year before. The early season schedule is not easy on them, but it is an overall easier schedule than 2017.
Denver recently released C.J. Anderson, so their top rusher from a year ago is gone. While rosters are nowhere close to being set, the battles between these two franchises are legendary, and they split the season series last year.
The Raiders will be looking to get out to a fast start to their divisional campaign in this one.