Silver Minings: Winnable stretch coming up for Raiders

Lots of bottom feeders on tap for Silver and Black

It hasn’t been a great start to the season for the 2-3 Las Vegas Raiders, but they have a winnable stretch of games upcoming in which they have a chance to get firmly in the AFC playoff race.

Let’s look at the Raiders’ upcoming schedule:

• Week 6: 1-4 New England Patriots at home. The Patriots have been outscored 72-3 in the the past two games and have allowed 69 unanswered points.
• Week 7: At the 1-4 Chicago Bears.
• Week 8: At the 4-1 Detroit Lions (this is the lone toughie for a while).
• Week 9: 1-4 New York Giants at home.
• Week 10: 2-3 New York Jets at home.

Sans the Lions’ game, these are all very winnable games for the Raiders. They must exploit this stretch.

In other Raiders news:

• Draft talk: NFL.com has a look at the top Senior Bowl prospects.
• Week 6 pre: Here’s a preview of Sunday’s game against the Patriots.
• Super Bowl chances: What are the Raiders’ chances of winning the Super Bowl? Glad you asked. SB Nation has your answers.