Oakland Raiders Week 11 X-Factors against the Cincinnati Bengals
By Matt Holder
The Oakland Raiders Week 11 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals is a very winnable game for Oakland. If the team is going to take advantage of the situation at hand, the following Raiders x-factors must perform well.
After playing five teams with winning records in the first nine games of the season, the Oakland Raiders should be pretty excited for their week 11 matchup. The Cincinnati Bengals roll into town with a winless record and allow the fourth-most points per game while scoring the fourth-fewest in the NFL. If the Raiders x-factors come to play on Sunday, the team should have no problem taking care of business.
When talking about the Silver and Black this week, it’s almost required to use the cliché: “Any given Sunday.” On paper, the Raiders are clearly the better team, but that phrase needs to be ingrained in the mind of every person in the building. In the midst of the playoff picture, the team cannot afford a major setback this week.
Oakland is tied with Pittsburgh for the last AFC Wild Card spot and the two teams will likely be in a neck-and-neck race until the end of the regular season. The Raiders will be able to keep pace with the Steelers and any other team battling for playoff position if the following people rise to the occasion this week.
Here are our x-factors for the Raiders Week 11 matchup against Cincinnati.