OAKLAND -- Welp, that should be a wrap.
The Oakland Raiders' run to a playoff spot, as unlikely as it seemed at the start of the season, is all but done, courtesy of a 42-21 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday in the penultimate game at the Oakland Coliseum. The Raiders, who lost their third straight game, fell to 6-7, while the Titans, one of two teams the Raiders were chasing for the sixth and final playoff spot in the AFC, improved to 8-5.
The Raiders were a feel-good story when they sat at 6-4 and rode a three-game winning streak in this latest rebuilding season, but injuries and ineffectiveness the past month have turned the tide.