Breaking down every game on the Raiders’ schedule this season

Week 1: At Los Angeles Chargers September 8, 1:05 p.m., CBS/Paramount+

Current Line: Chargers -3.5

The Raiders set a franchise record for points in a 63-21 victory over the Chargers last December, a performance that got then-Los Angeles general manager Tom Telesco fired. Las Vegas hired Telesco as its new general manager this offseason.

Week 2: At Baltimore Ravens September 15, 10 a.m., CBS/Paramount+

Current Line: Ravens -7.5

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is coming off winning his second career Most Valuable Player award, and should provide a big early test for the Raiders’ defense with his dual-threat ability.

Week 3: Vs. Carolina Panthers September 22, 1:05 p.m., CBS/Paramount+

Current Line: Raiders -4

Las Vegas will be among the last teams to stage its home opener, but at least the Raiders get to do it against a team widely considered one of the NFL’s worst coming off a 2-15 season.

Week 4: Vs. Cleveland Browns September 29, 1:25 p.m., CBS/Paramount+

Current Line: Browns -1.5

Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett is one of the only defensive players in the league considered a tier above Maxx Crosby as the former won the Defensive Player of the Year award last year while the latter finished fourth. 

Week 5: At Denver Broncos October 6, 1:05 p.m., FOX

Current Line: Broncos -1.5

The Raiders have beaten the Broncos in all eight meetings since moving to Las Vegas including in heartbreaking fashion on the road, where three of the four victories have come by less than a touchdown.

Week 6: Vs. Pittsburgh Steelers October 13, 1:05 p.m., CBS/Paramount+

Current Line: Pick’em

A couple legendary local high school football players will return to Las Vegas with the Steelers in tight end Darnell Washington (Desert Pines) and guard Troy Fautanu (Liberty).

Week 7: At Los Angeles Rams October 20, 1:05 p.m., CBS/Paramount+

Current Line: Rams -5.5

If the Raiders have any uncertainty on defense, it’s at the cornerback position and they’ll want those questions shored up before taking on the Rams’ dynamic receiving duo of Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua.

Week 8: Vs. Kansas City Chiefs October 27, 1:25 p.m., CBS/Paramount+

Current Line: Chiefs -5.5

Although they’ve knocked off the Chiefs twice on the road in the last four years, the Raiders are still looking for their first victory over their archrivals at Allegiant Stadium, where Kansas City has won three of the four meetings by two touchdowns or more.

Week 9: At Cincinnati Bengals November 3, 10 a.m., FOX

Current Line: Bengals -7

It was somehow less than three years ago that the Raiders came a fourth-and-goal interception away from knocking off the eventual Super Bowl-bound Bengals in a road playoff game. 

Week 10: BYE

Week 11: At Miami Dolphins November 17, 10 a.m., CBS/Paramount+

Current Line: Dolphins -6

New defensive tackle Christian Wilkins might have something to prove against his former team as he repeatedly stated his desire to remain in Miami but the two sides couldn’t come to a contract agreement.

Week 12: Vs. Denver Broncos November 24, 1:05 p.m., CBS/Paramount+

Current Line: Raiders -1.5

The Raiders were widely believed to be interested in selecting a quarterback in the first round of this year’s NFL Draft but the Broncos took the last one with a top grade, Oregon product Bo Nix, one spot ahead of them at No. 12 overall.

Week 13: At Kansas City Chiefs November 29, Noon, Prime Video

Current Line: Chiefs -7.5

The Raiders’ first stand-alone television spot of the season comes in the league’s second annual “Black Friday” matchup.

Week 14: At Tampa Bay Buccaneers December 8, 10 a.m. on CBS/Paramount+

Current Line: Buccaneers -3

The Raiders have only played at Tampa Bay three times previously in franchise history and haven’t lost there since the first meeting—a 20-17 overtime defeat on November 10, 1996.

Week 15: Vs. Atlanta Falcons December 16, 5:30 p.m., ESPN

Current Line: Falcons -1

The pressure is on Las Vegas to remain relevant this late in the season to avoid it getting flexed out of its only scheduled Monday Night Football showcase of the year.

Week 16: Vs. Jacksonville Jaguars December 22, 1:25 p.m., CBS/Paramount+ 

Current Line: Jaguars -1

Las Vegas had one of its worst collapses ever the last time it faced Jacksonville, turning a 17-0 lead into a 27-20 defeat in Week 9 of the 2022 season despite 10 catches and 145 yards from receiver Davante Adams.

Week 17: At New Orleans Saints December 29, 10 a.m., FOX

Current Line: Saints -2.5

This should set up as a long-awaited showdown between the Raiders and their all-time passing leader, current Saints quarterback Derek Carr, whom they unceremoniously cut from the roster before the 2023 season.

Week 18: Vs. Los Angeles Chargers Time, date and television TBD

Current Line: Chargers -1

Some Las Vegas fans hoped the team would look towards Jim Harbaugh to fill its coaching vacancy in the offseason, but the former Raiders’ quarterbacks coach had his sights set on Los Angeles from the moment he decided to leave the University of Michigan.