Las Vegas Raiders tight end Michael Mayer (87) during the regular season home game against the New York Giants at Allegiant Stadium. Take a look at the Raiders' injury report as the team prepares to face the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Raiders’ season finale against the Chiefs on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium could look like a preseason game. That’s because of the message coach Pete Carroll has sent to players, essentially telling them that they will play if they are on the game-day roster.

And with that, it has potentially compromised their chances of enhancing their haul of draft picks since, at No. 1, they’d be holding all the cards in the draft for teams desperate to land a franchise quarterback with coveted Fernando Mendoza poised to go first.

The Raiders now have full control of the first overall pick of the 2026 NFL Draft heading into the final week of the regular season. The Las Vegas Raiders were

Playing in a game dubbed “The Tank Bowl,” the Raiders were far worse than the New York Giants, losing a matchup between two-win teams Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.

Welcome back to my weekly AFC West check-in – a quick, data-driven power ranking that tracks how the divisional shifts from Sunday to Sunday. Rankings aren’t box-score trophies – they’re context-adjusted judgments on where these teams are at and who’s sitting pole week to week.