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Raiders in driver's seat for No. 1 draft pick (is that a good thing?)

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- It's all set up for the Oakland Raiders now.

They control, as the saying goes, their own destiny. All they have to do is lose out.

Wait, what? No, this is not a suggestion the Raiders go ahead and tank the rest of the season, because what professional in his or her right mind would willingly lose games? None that will be around for very long.

But this much is true: Drop their last seven games, beginning Sunday in Arizona against a Cardinals team that also could figure in the race for No.